Challenge

Apollon Stadium
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vrasidas Liouras took the kick off in the first half of the match. Keld Paulsen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christos Tsirimonakis in the 3rd minute of the match. Denmark's attentive Lars Steen managed to snatch the ball when Kostas Bosis made a throw-in in the 5th minute of the game. Tolis Mantouvalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olav Graversen in the 6th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Bertram Svenningsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Denmark's Keld Paulsen proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Denmark from getting a goal against them. After some careless play in the Toutourouki f.c. defense, Chris Nygaard kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos. The Toutourouki f.c. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tolis Mantouvalos should have stopped the shot. Demis Thanos hit a great freekick 19 minutes into the match. Bertram Svenningsen received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Tolis Mantouvalos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Simon Bendtsen hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. When Kenn Skou fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Denmark's protests and gave Kenn Skou a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Denmark fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 31st minute. Penalty! Denmark:s Keld Paulsen showed great skill when he stopped Stefanos Periou:s penalty. Keld Paulsen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stefanos Periou went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, Denmark's goal looked a bit too open when Christos Tsirimonakis came free, but Keld Paulsen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tolis Mantouvalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 38th minute of the match. Giorgos Kazatzidis kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Nygaard in the 45th minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Christos Tsirimonakis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Keld Paulsen. That made the score 2-1 in the 47 minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Toutourouki f.c.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Chris Nygaard was slow to take the kick. During this time Denmark's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Chris Nygaard almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos did a great save. Tolis Mantouvalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chris Nygaard, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Lars Steen kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Chris Nygaard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tolis Mantouvalos having to interfere. Bertram Svenningsen succeeded in the game's 65th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-2. When Bertram Svenningsen came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Denmark 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 Bertram Svenningsen couldn't finish the play. Keld Paulsen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vrasidas Liouras in the 73rd minute of play. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Bjarne Kirkegaard hit a great ball. When Mikkel Wulff came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Denmark 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 Mikkel Wulff couldn't finish the play. Keld Paulsen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Christos Tsirimonakis's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christos Tsirimonakis in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Keld Paulsen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Chris Nygaard could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Tolis Mantouvalos made a huge save. Keld Paulsen came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Toutourouki f.c.'s Stefanos Periou. But to his dismay, Stefanos Periou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-2. Chris Nygaard got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 3-3 in the right cross in the 87th match minute before Tolis Mantouvalos had time to react. 91 minutes into the match, Christos Tsirimonakis notched a goal, 4-3, to the right of Denmark's Keld Paulsen. Keld Paulsen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mikkel Wulff recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 94th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 98 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chris Nygaard. Many of Denmark's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. Denmark may have spent more time on the ball, but Toutourouki f.c. were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.