Official Cup

Johan Cruyff Arena
Spectators: 5892 (Terracing: 4420, Seating: 1355, VIP seats: 117) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Michelangelo Merganiotis started the match with the kick off. Akis Sarafis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gu Guang Cheng in the 5th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Los Hermanos CIMZ's Gu Guang Cheng sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Akis Sarafis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 14th minute, AFC Ajax's Giorgos Mavrigiannakis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Wojciech Duda. Wojciech Duda yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Los Hermanos CIMZ made a substitution. Lucas Moura replaced Anísio Azevedo. Wojciech Duda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michelangelo Merganiotis in the 18th minute of the match. Giorgos Mavrigiannakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Michelangelo Merganiotis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Wojciech Duda read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Giorgos Mavrigiannakis in the 28thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Wojciech Duda, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Michelangelo Merganiotis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 32 minutes into the match, Los Hermanos CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Michelangelo Merganiotis came free, but Wojciech Duda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Akis Sarafis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marko Livaja in the 38th minute of the match. Akis Sarafis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stelian Gâfu in the 39th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stelian Gâfu in the 40th minute of play forced AFC Ajax's goalkeeper Akis Sarafis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Akis Sarafis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Moura in the 41st minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Lucas Moura put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Akis Sarafis. Los Hermanos CIMZ's Wojciech Duda played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michelangelo Merganiotis in the 47th minute of play. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lucas Moura made a kick off. Wojciech Duda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giorgos Mavrigiannakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Wojciech Duda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michelangelo Merganiotis in the 59th minute of play. AFC Ajax made a substitution. Markos Seremetidis replaced Giorgos Mavrigiannakis. AFC Ajax's Aureo Morera was substituted for Iason Stoltidis. Wojciech Duda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Veniamin Kountouratzis went, in the 64th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Moura in the 68th minute of play forced AFC Ajax's goalkeeper Akis Sarafis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wojciech Duda took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Markos Seremetidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Los Hermanos CIMZ's Frank Pinho got a free kick in the 75th minute. In the 76th minute Aureo Morera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Wojciech Duda saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wojciech Duda showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandros Sardanis in the 78th minute of the match. Tadeu Favoretto's late challenge caught a AFC Ajax's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tadeu Favoretto helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of AFC Ajax booed when Los Hermanos CIMZ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeu Favoretto didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markos Seremetidis in the 82nd minute of play forced Los Hermanos CIMZ's goalkeeper Wojciech Duda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Markos Seremetidis in the 84th minute of play forced Los Hermanos CIMZ's goalkeeper Wojciech Duda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Moura in the 86th minute of play forced AFC Ajax's goalkeeper Akis Sarafis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wojciech Duda made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Michelangelo Merganiotis in the 87th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Los Hermanos CIMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Markos Seremetidis came free, but Wojciech Duda reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wojciech Duda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Markos Seremetidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute.

The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. AFC Ajax had won after a very even match.