Official Cup

SPARTA® Stadium
Spectators: 172 (Terracing: 130, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Linköpings AIK's Bengt-Åke Thidén 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. Giannis Papadosifakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johannes Torstensson in the 4th minute of play. Thrasivoulos Neopidis's late challenge caught a Linköpings AIK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thrasivoulos Neopidis helped the player get up and apologised. Thrasivoulos Neopidis hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Giannis Papadosifakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bengt-Åke Thidén's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. In the 12thth minute of the game Bengt-Åke Thidén who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but GOD OF WAR's Giannis Papadosifakis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Linköpings AIK's Staffan Lind played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thrasivoulos Neopidis in the 19th minute of play. Staffan Lind made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Argyris Staboulis in the 20th minute of play. If Fondas Sakaridis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Argyris Staboulis got free with Staffan Lind in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Argyris Staboulis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Staffan Lind was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. 36 minutes into the match, GOD OF WAR's goal looked a bit too open when Greger Jonasson came free, but Giannis Papadosifakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 40th minute Thrasivoulos Neopidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Staffan Lind saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fondas Sakaridis's late challenge caught a Linköpings AIK's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fondas Sakaridis helped the player get up and apologised. Fondas Sakaridis hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Argyris Staboulis to strike the kick off in the second half. After some careless play in the Linköpings AIK defense, Thrasivoulos Neopidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Staffan Lind. The Linköpings AIK fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Staffan Lind should have stopped the shot. Lakis Poulogiannis charged in rather forcefully in the 54th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lakis Poulogiannis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lakis Poulogiannis kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. A collision led to GOD OF WAR getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Anthimos Farmakatos hit a great ball. Thrasivoulos Neopidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Giannis Papadosifakis was a little too slow when Greger Jonasson got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 64th minute. The score was now 1-1. Linköpings AIK's Staffan Lind played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Argyris Staboulis in the 80th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argyris Staboulis in the 88th minute of play forced Linköpings AIK's goalkeeper Staffan Lind to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Staffan Lind took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Argyris Staboulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Johannes Torstensson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 93rd minute, Theocharis Dousis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. GOD OF WAR succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though Linköpings AIK had controlled the match.