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Spectators: 10910 (Terracing: 8184, Seating: 2509, VIP seats: 217) Ruud Nistelrooy made the kick off and thus started the match. The audience was convinced that Pipo Inzaghi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fernado Alves was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pipo Inzaghi in the 10th minute of play. 12 minutes into the match, Christiano Ronaldo notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Nea Salamis's Antonis Nikopolidis. Antonis Nikopolidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Pipo Inzaghi recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nea Salamis's goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Christiano Ronaldo might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Antonis Nikopolidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Christiano Ronaldo ran back to his position shaking his head. Antonis Nikopolidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Ronaldo in the 21st minute of the match. Fernado Alves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ruud Nistelrooy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fernado Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ruud Nistelrooy in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 25th minute of play forced Nea Salamis's goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fernado Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruud Nistelrooy, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Christiano Ronaldo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antonis Nikopolidis was relentless in the 28th minute of the game. Antonis Nikopolidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christiano Ronaldo in the 33rd minute of the match. Unione Sportiva's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassiano Vilas Boas in the 34th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christiano Ronaldo in the 39th minute of play forced Nea Salamis's goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christiano Ronaldo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Antonis Nikopolidis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 40th minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud Nistelrooy came free, but Fernado Alves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 46 minutes, Antonis Nikopolidis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Unione Sportiva's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassiano Vilas Boas in the 48th minute. After taking down the ball on Unione Sportiva's corner Ime Palavos fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Antonis Nikopolidis quite easily take care of the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Nea Salamis made a substitution. Luciano Gallet replaced Cafu Milan. Ruud Nistelrooy came free with the goalkeeper in the 62nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Fernado Alves could save by the left post. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Unione Sportiva from getting a goal against them. 70 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Pipo Inzaghi came free, but Fernado Alves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 73 minutes, Ruud Nistelrooy made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Unione Sportiva's Fernado Alves tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Nea Salamis made a substitution. Darko Kovačević replaced Pipo Inzaghi. Fernado Alves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Darko Kovačević, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. In the 80th minute of the match, Luciano Gallet tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Fernado Alves saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Seleykos Demetrious's late challenge caught a Unione Sportiva's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Seleykos Demetrious helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Unione Sportiva booed when Nea Salamis was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Seleykos Demetrious didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 86th minute, Christiano Ronaldo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Antonis Nikopolidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Fernado Alves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luciano Gallet in the 89th minute of the match. Fernado Alves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luciano Gallet in the 91st minute of play. Christiano Ronaldo kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Unione Sportiva's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.