Official Cup

Grivata Arena
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lyuben Dimiev kicked off to start the match. Thomas Sørensen came out of the goal in the 4th minute to try and stop a shot by tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino. But to his dismay, Walter Giardino quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. José Sá made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lyuben Dimiev in the 7th minute of play. In the 8th minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thomas Sørensen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 11 minutes into the game, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Thomas Sørensen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Thomas Sørensen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 14th minute of play. Antonio Dino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but José Sá read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 16th minute of play. Walter Giardino's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Thomas Sørensen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. Jonas Senon kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Walter Giardino's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thomas Sørensen was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. In the 26th minute of the match tHe SOnS of rAGnar got a corner. FC Grivata's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Grigoris Kornaros ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 28 minutes, Walter Giardino made it 0-3 with a short kick to the right side. FC Grivata's Thomas Sørensen tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kosmas Salaminiotis hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in tHe SOnS of rAGnar's zone, Lyuben Dimiev stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Sá came out of the goal and Lyuben Dimiev tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 34 minutes into the game, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Thomas Sørensen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. 40 minutes into the match, Walter Giardino notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of FC Grivata's Thomas Sørensen. Thomas Sørensen was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 45 minutes into the game, Walter Giardino cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Thomas Sørensen was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half tHe SOnS of rAGnar were leading 0-6. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Walter Giardino made a kick off. In the 51st minute, Walter Giardino fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. In the 57th play minute Walter Giardino came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Thomas Sørensen. 0-7. Thomas Sørensen made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Benjamin Mikolas sent off a good shot on target. tHe SOnS of rAGnar made a substitution. Giannis Papoutsakis replaced Kosmas Salaminiotis. FC Grivata's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Kristian Brolin in the 69th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Alexis Alexandris slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Thomas Sørensen. That made the score 0-8 after 70 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Giardino in the 75th minute of play forced FC Grivata's goalkeeper Thomas Sørensen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Sá showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eero Grönholm in the 79th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Walter Giardino in the 81st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Thomas Sørensen prevented the ball from getting in the gole. José Sá showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eero Grönholm in the 82nd minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eero Grönholm in the 82nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg José Sá saved tHe SOnS of rAGnar from getting behind. Thanks to some nice moves Alexis Alexandris could shoot a difficult shot in the 85th minute, which Thomas Sørensen however easily saved by the left post. A hard shot 86 in the game by Walter Giardino from a close distance when the talented Thomas Sørensen managed to make a qualified save. FC Grivata's players were relieved. In the 92nd minute, Alexis Alexandris reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thomas Sørensen. The goal made the score 0-9. When the final whistle sounded tHe SOnS of rAGnar left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than FC Grivata.