Challenge

Babbis Chatzios DPLD
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Zaccheo Andolina started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Zaccheo Andolina received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Stefanos Salepis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zaccheo Andolina in the 8th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 13th minute Zaccheo Andolina shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Salepis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zaccheo Andolina might have been able to make a better finish in the 14th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Stefanos Salepis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Zaccheo Andolina ran back to his position shaking his head. 18 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Stefanos Salepis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stefanos Salepis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zaccheo Andolina, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The throw-in from Daniil Bonoris in the 22nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. 28 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Stefanos Salepis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Flavio Vittori made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltos Makris in the 33rd minute of play. Zaccheo Andolina's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stefanos Salepis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. Italy's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Sigfrido Auletta in the 35th minute. 43 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Zaccheo Andolina came free, but Stefanos Salepis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Daniil Bonoris during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Daniil Bonoris kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nedim Emekli to strike the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Zaccheo Andolina got free with Stefanos Salepis in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nikos Kioupouroglou made in the 61st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Italy's Siricio Liotta. Flavio Vittori took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedim Emekli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Zaccheo Andolina's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stefanos Salepis was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. In the 68th minute, Zaccheo Andolina reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Stefanos Salepis. The goal made the score 0-2. Daniil Bonoris made in the 71st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Nikos Kioupouroglou immediately put the ball in play. In the 72nd minute Nedim Emekli shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Flavio Vittori saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 73 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Zaccheo Andolina. 77 minutes into the match, Zaccheo Andolina notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis. Stefanos Salepis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Flavio Vittori showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedim Emekli in the 85th minute of the match. Stefanos Salepis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adriano Curto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 90 minutes into the match, Italy's Adriano Curto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stefanos Salepis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 91 minutes into the game, Adriano Curto recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Stefanos Salepis. Adriano Curto showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-4.