Official Cup

Domingos Burni Arena
Spectators: 2267 (Terracing: 1701, Seating: 521, VIP seats: 45) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stratos Savouras got the match started through his kick off. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Stratos Savouras sped through Trinchera FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Virgilio Pietro. In the 17th minute Alexandros Schizas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Virgilio Pietro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Lorenzo Duarte ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Manos Voutsas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. Bazellatin F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 24th minute, when Guido Gaizkine scored to the left of an out of position Manos Voutsas, making the score, 2-1. 28 minutes into the match, Guido Gaizkine had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manos Voutsas. Bazellatin F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Guido Gaizkine was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. After 31 played minutes Trinchera FC got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Pitin. 33 minutes into the match, Guido Gaizkine notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Bazellatin F.C.'s Manos Voutsas. Manos Voutsas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Manos Voutsas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guido Gaizkine, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Virgilio Pietro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stratos Savouras, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Kounenakis in the 40th minute of play forced Trinchera FC's goalkeeper Virgilio Pietro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Bazellatin F.C. getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Alexandros Schizas hit a great ball. In the 49th minute, Guido Gaizkine hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 5-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Guido Gaizkine was the one to do the kick off. Stavros Tsouganatos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgilio Pietro having to interfere. Virgilio Pietro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Bazellatin F.C.'s Stratos Savouras shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 5-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Bazellatin F.C.'s Thodoris Diamantidis was substituted for Louis Theofilopoulos. After 64 played minutes Bazellatin F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Stratos Savouras. Nikos Kounenakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 66th minute of the match, but Virgilio Pietro made a huge save. Alexandros Schizas came free with the goalkeeper in the 69th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Virgilio Pietro could save by the left post. In the 71st minute, Stathis Notopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Trinchera FC's Virgilio Pietro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stratos Savouras in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Kounenakis in the 75th minute of play forced Trinchera FC's goalkeeper Virgilio Pietro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Trinchera FC's Virgilio Pietro got control of the ball when Alexandros Schizas tried to sneak it across the goal line. A hard shot 81 in the game by Alexandros Schizas from a close distance when the talented Virgilio Pietro managed to make a qualified save. Trinchera FC's players were relieved. Virgilio Pietro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stratos Savouras in the 85th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Stratos Savouras managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bazellatin F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Stratos Savouras was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Virgilio Pietro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Trinchera FC booed when Bazellatin F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 93 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thodoris Diamantidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cipriano Beltza in the 95th minute of play forced Bazellatin F.C.'s goalkeeper Manos Voutsas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Trinchera FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.