Challenge

Glory Arena
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antal Valentin started the match with the kick off. Stelios Panagiotopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Major Barna in the 3rd minute of play. Stelios Panagiotopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 5th minute of the match. Hungary's Antal Valentin got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 9th minute, Antal Valentin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Major Barna struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Stelios Panagiotopoulos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hungary. Major Barna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stelios Panagiotopoulos having to interfere. Major Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 17 minutes into the match, GloRy F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Balazs Lajos came free, but Stelios Panagiotopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stelios Panagiotopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Major Barna in the 22nd minute of the match. Antal Valentin struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Stelios Panagiotopoulos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hungary. Stelios Panagiotopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antal Valentin in the 26th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, GloRy F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Major Barna came free, but Stelios Panagiotopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Major Barna in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stelios Panagiotopoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Major Barna recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Fetih Sargut sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in GloRy F.C.'s zone, Antal Valentin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stelios Panagiotopoulos came out of the goal and Antal Valentin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Thomas Mavreas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fodor Daniel came out and tried to block the shot, but Thomas Mavreas slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 46th minute. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thomas Mavreas to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Antal Valentin got free with Stelios Panagiotopoulos in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Major Barna struck a weak shot in the 55th minute. Stelios Panagiotopoulos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hungary. After 57 minutes of play, Hungary's Balazs Lajos made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stelios Panagiotopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 60th minute of the match, Takacs Tibor tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Stelios Panagiotopoulos saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Major Barna's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Stelios Panagiotopoulos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 63rd minute of play. In the 67th minute, Major Barna reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Stelios Panagiotopoulos. The goal made the score 1-2. Stelios Panagiotopoulos made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Antal Valentin sent off a good shot on target. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Major Barna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The corner ended in Antal Valentin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but GloRy F.C.'s Stelios Panagiotopoulos did a great save. Major Barna received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Stelios Panagiotopoulos came out and tried to block the shot, but Major Barna slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 84th minute. The GloRy F.C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Hungary were clearly better and deserved to take the win.