Challenge

Lipochσrion Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Lipochσrion FC's Thodoris Vlastarakis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 5th minute of the game, Takacs Tibor landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. Christoforos Vatatzis charged in rather forcefully in the 5th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christoforos Vatatzis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Lipochσrion FC's Eleftherios Kokkalis got a free kick in the 8th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Lipochσrion FC's zone, Major Barna stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aris Gabriilidis came out of the goal and Major Barna tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Aris Gabriilidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antal Valentin in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Antal Valentin left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Hungary fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Balazs Lajos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Aris Gabriilidis came out of the goal in the 21st minute to try and stop a shot by Hungary's Balazs Norbert. But to his dismay, Balazs Norbert quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. 23 minutes into the match, Lipochσrion FC's goal looked a bit too open when Antal Valentin came free, but Aris Gabriilidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After having played for 24 minutes, Major Barna managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Major Barna was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 25 minutes into the game, Major Barna cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Aris Gabriilidis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Major Barna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aris Gabriilidis was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. When Antal Valentin came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Hungary fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Antal Valentin couldn't finish the play. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thodoris Vlastarakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hungary's Major Barna got a good chance for a goal in the 42nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Antal Valentin made a kick off. After having played for 53 minutes, Major Barna managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Major Barna was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 56 minutes, Antal Valentin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antal Valentin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Antal Valentin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Aris Gabriilidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Major Barna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Telis Moschogiannis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fodor Daniel having to interfere. Major Barna was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 68th minute. Hungary's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. After having played for 70 minutes, Hegedus Henrik managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hungary's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hegedus Henrik was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Loukianos Provatas charged in rather forcefully in the 71st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Loukianos Provatas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 72nd minute, Loukianos Provatas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Balazs Norbert in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aris Gabriilidis saved Lipochσrion FC from getting behind. If Major Barna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 80th minute, Antal Valentin reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Aris Gabriilidis. The goal made the score 0-4. The crowd rose to their feet as Antal Valentin kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aris Gabriilidis. That made the score 0-5 in the 83 minute of play. If Antal Valentin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 92 minutes, Telis Moschogiannis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lipochσrion FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Telis Moschogiannis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Eustratios Plitsis hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Balazs Norbert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aris Gabriilidis having to interfere. When the match was over Hungary could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lipochσrion FC throughout the match.