Arena Rei Pelé
Spectators: 7543 (Terracing: 5659,
Seating: 1734, VIP seats: 150) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vassilis Mavrofridis made the kick off which started today's match. Abelardo de Moraes's late challenge caught a Lipochσrion FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Abelardo de Moraes helped the player get up and apologised. In the 2nd match minute, SeleSantos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abelardo de Moraes to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 5 minutes, Christoforos Triantafyllou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lipochσrion FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christoforos Triantafyllou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 8 minutes into the match, Lipochσrion FC's Vassilis Mavrofridis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tales Siqueira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by SeleSantos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vassilis Mavrofridis was slow to take the kick. During this time Lipochσrion FC's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Lipochσrion FC's Telis Moschogiannis getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Tales Siqueira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vassilis Mavrofridis in the 11th minute of the match. In the 13th minute Cléber Lima shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitris Pirtsos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in SeleSantos FC's zone, Markos Fragatos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tales Siqueira came out of the goal and Markos Fragatos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The supporters of SeleSantos FC booed when Lipochσrion FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christoforos Triantafyllou didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilian Cearense in the 19th minute of play forced Lipochσrion FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Pirtsos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 21 minutes into the match, Lipochσrion FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cléber Lima came free, but Dimitris Pirtsos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lipochσrion FC's Dimitris Pirtsos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Lipochσrion FC from getting a goal against them. In the 24th match minute, SeleSantos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abelardo de Moraes to maneuver through the defense. Tales Siqueira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vassilis Mavrofridis, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. With a little luck, Lipochσrion FC's Dimitris Pirtsos got control of the ball when Mané Sá tried to sneak it across the goal line. Tales Siqueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vassilis Mavrofridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 35 minutes into the match, SeleSantos FC's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Mavrofridis came free, but Tales Siqueira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vassilis Mavrofridis in the 35th minute of play forced SeleSantos FC's goalkeeper Tales Siqueira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimitris Pirtsos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo de Moraes in the 42nd minute of the match. The supporters of Lipochσrion FC booed when SeleSantos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 44 match minutes in a wonderful position. Abelardo de Moraes didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Vassilis Mavrofridis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tales Siqueira was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Wilian Cearense was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Abelardo de Moraes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Dimitris Pirtsos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Christoforos Triantafyllou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tales Siqueira having to interfere. A collision led to SeleSantos FC getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Amauri Freitas hit a great ball. Dimitris Pirtsos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilian Cearense in the 61st minute of the match. After having played for 65 minutes, Cléber Lima managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SeleSantos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cléber Lima was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Lipochσrion FC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Manolis Stasinopoulos hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fernandão Paraíba during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Lipochσrion FC booed when SeleSantos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernandão Paraíba didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, SeleSantos FC's Fernandão Paraíba got a free kick in the 74th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vassilis Mavrofridis got free with Tales Siqueira in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Markos Fragatos kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 79 minutes, Tales Siqueira successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 80 played minutes SeleSantos FC got a freekick which was hit by Mané Sá. Tales Siqueira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vassilis Mavrofridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Adrianinho Catarinense made in the 91st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Lipochσrion FC's Eleftherios Kokkalis. 95 minutes into the game, Ernani Cerezo threw the ball into play from the sideline. Lipochσrion FC's Eleftherios Kokkalis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.
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