Official Cup

Yianista
Spectators: 151 (Terracing: 116, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Trifillia.FC's Jassem Al Khars 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. Teodosio Bermudez kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Trifillia.FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mehmet Bilge Bartu in the 10th minute. After a defensive mix-up in C.A.P.J.'s zone, Mehmet Bilge Bartu stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Abel Reyes came out of the goal and Mehmet Bilge Bartu tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 17 minutes into the match, Serafin Criston notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Trifillia.FC's Christos Agathoulis. Christos Agathoulis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Jassem Al Khars's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Reyes was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Sakis Sardelis hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. If Vaggelis Kalpis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 30 minutes into the match, C.A.P.J.'s Eliseo Cresenciano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Christos Agathoulis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 32 minutes into the game, Liu Feng Jing cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Christos Agathoulis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Abel Reyes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jassem Al Khars in the 35th minute. Christos Agathoulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Karmel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Serafin Criston fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christos Agathoulis having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Serafin Criston made a kick off. When Christoforos Zografos came up free with the goalie in the 51st minute, the Trifillia.FC 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 Christoforos Zografos couldn't finish the play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jassem Al Khars in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Abel Reyes saved C.A.P.J. from getting behind. In the 54th minute, Serafin Criston ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christos Agathoulis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. After 60 minutes, Jassem Al Khars made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. C.A.P.J.'s Abel Reyes tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Serafin Criston had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. C.A.P.J.'s Abel Reyes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jassem Al Khars in the 64th minute of play. Christos Agathoulis came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by C.A.P.J.'s Eliseo Cresenciano. But to his dismay, Eliseo Cresenciano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. Liu Feng Jing recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Christos Agathoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Liu Feng Jing in the 81st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Jassem Al Khars's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Abel Reyes was relentless in the 82nd minute of the game. 83 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Serafin Criston came free, but Christos Agathoulis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Liu Feng Jing succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-9 in the 85th playminute. Christos Agathoulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Denis Karmel, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute Serafin Criston shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christos Agathoulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 91 minutes into the match, Serafin Criston notched a goal, 1-10, to the right of Trifillia.FC's Christos Agathoulis. Christos Agathoulis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 94thth minute of the game Jassem Al Khars who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but C.A.P.J.'s Abel Reyes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A nice corner shot did that Christoforos Zografos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Abel Reyes quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. C.A.P.J. played a much better game than Trifillia.FC and deserved their victory. The Trifillia.FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.