Challenge

Kyperounda Stadium
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Toni Mauzer made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd minute, Toni Mauzer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 3rd match minute, ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kapaneus Kokkinos to maneuver through the defense. When ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ's Sofoklis Atsidakos in the 6th minute got a chance for a shot 6th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Croatia's goalie prevented a goal. Eduard Kostelac's late challenge caught a ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eduard Kostelac helped the player get up and apologised. In the 6th match minute, Croatia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eduard Kostelac to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Sofoklis Atsidakos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Sofoklis Atsidakos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Akamas Sarris struck a weak shot in the 12th minute. Ilija Skugor didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Zethos Bocsusis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Zethos Bocsusis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 17th minute, Kapaneus Kokkinos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 21st minute, Arkas Kapsimalles reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ilija Skugor. The goal made the score 2-0. 23 minutes into the match, Zethos Bocsusis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zethos Bocsusis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Ilija Skugor made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sofoklis Atsidakos in the 26th minute. Ilija Skugor made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Zethos Bocsusis sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Arkas Kapsimalles took a quick shot and it went in 4-0 without a chance for Ilija Skugor to make any attempt to save it. After 46 played minutes Croatia got a freekick which was hit by Neven Culina. When ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ's Zethos Bocsusis in the 47th minute got a chance for a shot 47th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Croatia's goalie prevented a goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

Kapaneus Kokkinos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Ilija Skugor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 54 minutes of play, ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ's Thanasis Tselios made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ilija Skugor was left in no man's land by his defense there! After having played for 57 minutes, Arkas Kapsimalles managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arkas Kapsimalles was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kapaneus Kokkinos in the 66th minute of play forced Croatia's goalkeeper Ilija Skugor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Croatia's zone, Akamas Sarris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilija Skugor came out of the goal and Akamas Sarris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 69th minute Kapaneus Kokkinos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Croatia defense, Sofoklis Atsidakos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilija Skugor. The Croatia fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilija Skugor should have stopped the shot. Aison Petridis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilija Skugor having to interfere. In the 76th minute Arkas Kapsimalles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilija Skugor saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, Arkas Kapsimalles had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Arkas Kapsimalles was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. 81 minutes into the match, Kapaneus Kokkinos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilija Skugor. Croatia's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Kapaneus Kokkinos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-0. Kapaneus Kokkinos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Arkas Kapsimalles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 91 minutes into the match, Zethos Bocsusis notched a goal, 11-0, to the right of Croatia's Ilija Skugor. Ilija Skugor was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 96th minute, Arkas Kapsimalles left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 12-0. ΑΠΕΠ ΠΙΤΣΙΛΙΑΣ walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.