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Shame on you Europe
Spectators: 10891 (Terracing: 8169, Seating: 2505, VIP seats: 217) In the 3rd minute, Sabit Piruz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yahia van der Saar was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 6th minute, Clayton Gol left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sheriff fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Yahia van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sabit Piruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dimitris Vasilakos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Clayton Gol in the 12th minute. With an all-out effort, Sheriff's Dimitris Vasilakos threw himself towards the right post 14 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Clayton Gol, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When Trifillia.FC's Sabit Piruz in the 15th minute got a chance for a shot 15th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sheriff's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Sabit Piruz put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Yahia van der Saar. Yahia van der Saar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sabit Piruz in the 18th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Sabit Piruz notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Sheriff's Yahia van der Saar. Yahia van der Saar was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Yahia van der Saar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sabit Piruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. Yahia van der Saar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kostas Proestos in the 27th minute of the match. Sheriff's Yahia van der Saar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sabit Piruz in the 30th minute of play. Trifillia.FC's Dimitris Vasilakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Polizos in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giannis Polizos in the 46th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimitris Vasilakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clayton Gol, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Trifillia.FC were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sabit Piruz was the one to do the kick off. Trifillia.FC's attentive Ramiro Marcos managed to snatch the ball when Dagan Pavlovic made a throw-in in the 51st minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sabit Piruz got free with Yahia van der Saar in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 59th minute, Dragoş Bălace hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sheriff's Akakios Trachanas was substituted for Eleftherios Skondras. After 61 played minutes Sheriff got a freekick which was hit by Dragoş Bălace. Through an outstanding action, after 62 minutes, Yahia van der Saar successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thodoris Tassoulis in the 67th minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yahia van der Saar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sabit Piruz in the 69th minute. 71 minutes into the game, Dragoş Bălace was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sheriff's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Trifillia.FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, Sheriff's Dragoş Bălace got a free kick in the 71st minute. Trifillia.FC made a substitution. Cui Yun Nan replaced Ramiro Marcos. The supporters of Trifillia.FC booed when Sheriff was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dragoş Bălace didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sabit Piruz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 74th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Yahia van der Saar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christos Bekos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Radoslaw Penc's late challenge caught a Sheriff's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Radoslaw Penc helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Radoslaw Penc hit a great ball. Kostas Proestos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Yahia van der Saar having to interfere. In the 85th minute, Giannis Polizos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dimitris Vasilakos was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Vasilakos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kostas Proestos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Yahia van der Saar came out and tried to block the shot, but Kostas Proestos slotted it home off the left post making it 2-4 in the 91st minute. The Trifillia.FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Trifillia.FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.