Official Cup

Verteboϊga Stadium
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Nedim Emekli took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carles Pujol in the 3rd minute of play forced ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's goalkeeper Lakis Kissas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 5th minute Mean Machine were awarded a corner. Nikos Stasinos went to the cornerflag to take it. When Carles Pujol got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Mean Machine. The supporters of ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ booed when Mean Machine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carles Pujol didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Zacharias Kapellos during the 14th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 14th minute, Zacharias Kapellos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carles Pujol in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lakis Kissas saved ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ from getting behind. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Carles Pujol in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lakis Kissas saved ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ from getting behind. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's Lakis Kissas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carles Pujol in the 19th minute of play. Lakis Kissas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miltos Makris, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. The audience was convinced that Miltos Makris's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lakis Kissas was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. 24 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tom Kree. Tom Kree scored 1-1 in the 24th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Menios Chloros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lakis Kissas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Archibaldo Peñaranda in the 27th minute of the match. Mean Machine were awarded a corner in the 28th minute after ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nikos Stasinos took the corner. Mean Machine were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nikos Stasinos took the corner. In the 36th minute, Nedim Emekli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. After 40 minutes of play, Mean Machine's Archibaldo Peñaranda made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lakis Kissas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nedim Emekli in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Lakis Kissas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Mean Machine were winning 1-4.

Lakis Kissas was a little too slow when Miltos Makris got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 1-5. Boruc Smolak hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. In the 57th minute Marinos Nebegleras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Menios Chloros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 58th minute, Miltos Makris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nedim Emekli in the 62nd minute of play forced ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ's goalkeeper Lakis Kissas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lakis Kissas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Carles Pujol in the 62nd minute. Lakis Mantarinakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Mean Machine made a substitution. Agnaldo Braga replaced Archibaldo Peñaranda. Mean Machine's Luca Milivojević was substituted for Lakis Mantarinakis. After a rather tough play, Mean Machine's Daniil Bonoris got a free kick in the 67th minute. Mean Machine's Nikos Stasinos managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Panos Michailidis in the 70 minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by M. Dedy M'hadhebi in the 75th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Mean Machine's Barnaba Gozdowski. Lakis Kissas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nedim Emekli's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Mean Machine's Daniil Bonoris managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Panos Michailidis in the 79 minute of the game. After 80 minutes of play, Mean Machine's Nedim Emekli made it 1-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lakis Kissas was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nedim Emekli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lakis Kissas having to make a save. Zacharias Kapellos hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. 93 minutes into the game, Nedim Emekli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-9. Lakis Kissas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the final whistle sounded Mean Machine left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ ΜΙΛΑΝΟΥ.