Official Cup

TANTALOS ANGAVANAKIS
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) E.C. Galera's 狄昆傲 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 狄昆傲 in the 4th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pavlos Fotiadis saved Cyprus Eagles AFC from getting behind. 狄昆傲's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Pavlos Fotiadis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 13th minute of play. In the 15th minute, 狄昆傲 ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Pavlos Fotiadis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Nontas Markas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Juvenal Zanette tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 狄昆傲 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Igor Vander fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavlos Fotiadis having to interfere. 32 minutes into the match, 狄昆傲 had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Pavlos Fotiadis. Cyprus Eagles AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that 狄昆傲 was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. 35 minutes into the match, E.C. Galera's 狄昆傲 sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Pavlos Fotiadis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Igor Vander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 39thth minute of the game 狄昆傲 who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cyprus Eagles AFC's Pavlos Fotiadis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, Cyprus Eagles AFC's Nontas Markas got a free kick in the 40th minute. A sloppy throw-in by Kyriakos Sifakis in the 41st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by E.C. Galera's Igor Vander. An unexpectedly hard shot by Igor Vander in the 45th minute of play forced Cyprus Eagles AFC's goalkeeper Pavlos Fotiadis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A very nice done corner allowed Adrian Botea to score against Pavlos Fotiadis in Cyprus Eagles AFC's goal. 0-5 after 46 minutes.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nontas Markas was the one to do the kick off. If 狄昆傲 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Pavlos Fotiadis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 狄昆傲, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 狄昆傲 could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Pavlos Fotiadis made a huge save. 狄昆傲 struck a weak shot in the 59th minute. Pavlos Fotiadis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for E.C. Galera. In the 63rd minute 狄昆傲 shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pavlos Fotiadis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 狄昆傲 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavlos Fotiadis having to interfere. 狄昆傲 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pavlos Fotiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 狄昆傲, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. If 狄昆傲 had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When 狄昆傲 came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the E.C. Galera fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that 狄昆傲 couldn't finish the play. Igor Vander could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Pavlos Fotiadis made a huge save. In the 74th minute, 狄昆傲 made a precise shot to the right of Pavlos Fotiadis. Cyprus Eagles AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-6. Pavlos Fotiadis was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and 狄昆傲 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 狄昆傲 really showed his touch with that goal: 0-7. 狄昆傲 sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Pavlos Fotiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 狄昆傲, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Cyprus Eagles AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Igor Vander scored to the left of an out of position Pavlos Fotiadis, making the score, 0-8. When the final whistle sounded E.C. Galera left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Cyprus Eagles AFC.