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Match Report
Crypto.com Stadium
Spectators: 7665 (Terracing: 5750,
Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 153) Fernandinho Urbano made the kick off and thus started the match. Romeu Souto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantinos Tsevas in the 10th minute of play. After 10 minutes, Akis Nafpliotis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vakoufi Utd and the Corinthians players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Akis Nafpliotis hit a great ball. Almir Furlan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petros Vasdekis having to interfere. Viktoras Natsikas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Romeu Souto made a huge save. Corinthians's Romeu Souto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viktoras Natsikas in the 17th minute of play. A collision led to Corinthians getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Elano Simões hit a great ball. Petros Vasdekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernandinho Urbano, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. After a rather tough play, Corinthians's Didi Rocha got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Corinthians's Romeu Souto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Corinthians from getting a goal against them. Didi Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Petros Vasdekis having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Viktoras Natsikas in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Romeu Souto prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The supporters of Vakoufi Utd booed when Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Fernando Guedes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Corinthians's Romeu Souto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Corinthians from getting a goal against them. In the 41st minute of the match, Viktoras Natsikas got a very nice opportunity to score, but Romeu Souto was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. In the 42nd minute of the match Konstantinos Tsevas shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Romeu Souto showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.
The wind increased when Zacharias Papagiannoulis made the kick off in the second half. Corinthians's Romeu Souto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zacharias Papagiannoulis in the 55th minute of play. In the 60th minute, Fernandinho Urbano made a precise shot to the right of Petros Vasdekis. Vakoufi Utd's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Romeu Souto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Zacharias Papagiannoulis's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. The audience was convinced that Viktoras Natsikas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Romeu Souto was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Romeu Souto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nektarios Korakakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. After 67 minutes, Christos Ouzounidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Vakoufi Utd and the Corinthians players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Vakoufi Utd getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Christos Ouzounidis hit a great ball. Romeu Souto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktoras Natsikas in the 73rd minute of the match. In the 76th minute Viktoras Natsikas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Romeu Souto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Romeu Souto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zacharias Papagiannoulis in the 78th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zacharias Papagiannoulis in the 82nd minute of play forced Corinthians's goalkeeper Romeu Souto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Romeu Souto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Konstantinos Tsevas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Romeu Souto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christos Ouzounidis in the 94th minute of play. 97 minutes into the match, Konstantinos Tsevas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Romeu Souto. Corinthians's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Konstantinos Tsevas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1.
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