Official Cup

MSL
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Falconara Albanese's Dráuzio Pontes 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. Omar Nicholas was out of position in the 3 minute of play, and Dráuzio Pontes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Dráuzio Pontes really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Pyrgetos FC's Omar Nicholas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Pyrgetos FC from getting a goal against them. Falconara Albanese's Arne Grabner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikiforos Karnezakis in the 13th minute of play. 15 minutes in the game Adamantios Fragakos did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Nikiforos Karnezakis. In the 17th minute, Falconara Albanese's Dráuzio Pontes ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Omar Nicholas. Omar Nicholas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. In the 20th match minute, Pyrgetos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paris Pountidis to maneuver through the defense. If Dráuzio Pontes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. With a little luck, Pyrgetos FC's Omar Nicholas got control of the ball when Dráuzio Pontes tried to sneak it across the goal line. Pyrgetos FC's Omar Nicholas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Pyrgetos FC from getting a goal against them. Falconara Albanese's Arne Grabner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Rammos in the 26th minute of play. After 29 minutes, Babbis Koutsis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pyrgetos FC and the Falconara Albanese players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Pyrgetos FC's Babbis Koutsis got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 30th minute of the match, Dráuzio Pontes got a very nice opportunity to score, but Omar Nicholas was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Dráuzio Pontes might have been able to make a better finish in the 31st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Omar Nicholas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dráuzio Pontes ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dráuzio Pontes in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Omar Nicholas saved Pyrgetos FC from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giannis Rammos in the 33rd minute of play forced Falconara Albanese's goalkeeper Arne Grabner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Omar Nicholas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dráuzio Pontes's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute of the match Falconara Albanese got a corner. Pyrgetos FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Esteve Garin ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 37 minutes, Thomas Kakotaridis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pyrgetos FC and the Falconara Albanese players grew even worse after the yellow card. Falconara Albanese made a substitution. Martin Goren replaced Arsenio Eufrasio. In the 39th minute, Thomas Kakotaridis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 40thth minute of the game Dráuzio Pontes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pyrgetos FC's Omar Nicholas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adamantios Fragakos during the 42nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Adamantios Fragakos hit a great freekick 42 minutes into the match. Pyrgetos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Adamantios Fragakos in the 49th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Dráuzio Pontes blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Omar Nicholas having to make a save. Omar Nicholas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dráuzio Pontes, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Falconara Albanese's Arne Grabner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Rammos in the 60th minute of play. Martin Goren was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 62 minutes into the match. The goalkeeper, Arne Grabner, was totally fooled by Pyrgetos FC's Adamantios Fragakos, who 64 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Arne Grabner made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nikiforos Karnezakis in the 68th minute. In the 71st minute, Kaarlo Menem got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Omar Nicholas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Honorio Firman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giannis Rammos hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Thomas Kakotaridis got free with Arne Grabner in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Paris Pountidis lost his temper 81 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 81st minute, one of Pyrgetos FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Pyrgetos FC. 83 minutes into the match, Dráuzio Pontes notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Pyrgetos FC's Omar Nicholas. Omar Nicholas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When Nikos Souglakos fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Pyrgetos FC's protests and gave Nikos Souglakos a yellow card for diving instead. Nikos Souglakos kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. After 90 minutes, Wawrzyniec Knopek made it 4-2 with a short kick to the right side. Pyrgetos FC's Omar Nicholas tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Falconara Albanese's Lucas Martínez Quarta got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaarlo Menem in the 97th minute of play forced Pyrgetos FC's goalkeeper Omar Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kaarlo Menem in the 99th minute of play forced Pyrgetos FC's goalkeeper Omar Nicholas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 99th match minute, Falconara Albanese was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wawrzyniec Knopek to maneuver through the defense. Omar Nicholas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kaarlo Menem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Omar Nicholas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kaarlo Menem, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.