Official Cup

Melates Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Norbert Rakowski got the match started through his kick off. Iason Plexioudas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Romão Santos in the 5th minute of the match. In the 7th minute Binne Koppermann shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iason Plexioudas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Teodoro Onofre blasted a shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Iason Plexioudas having to make a save. Iason Plexioudas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Binne Koppermann went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Teodoro Onofre fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iason Plexioudas having to interfere. The supporters of Sporting Clube Patrício booed when MELATES F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Notis Mantarinakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Binne Koppermann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 22nd minute, Binne Koppermann got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 24 minutes into the match, Binne Koppermann had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iason Plexioudas. MELATES F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Binne Koppermann was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Notis Mantarinakis hit a great freekick 27 minutes into the match. Iason Plexioudas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Binne Koppermann in the 29th minute of the match. When Notis Mantarinakis fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored MELATES F.C.'s protests and gave Notis Mantarinakis a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, MELATES F.C.'s Notis Mantarinakis got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Notis Mantarinakis kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Sporting Clube Patrício's Romão Santos took a good shot, in the 40th minute, which hit the crossbar above Iason Plexioudas's head, and flew over the goal. MELATES F.C.'s manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Sporting Clube Patrício. After 43 played minutes MELATES F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Kleanthis Ifantis. Binne Koppermann scored 0-3 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Iason Plexioudas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Binne Koppermann to make the kick off. After 54 minutes of play, Sporting Clube Patrício's Binne Koppermann made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iason Plexioudas was left in no man's land by his defense there! 57 minutes into the match, Binne Koppermann had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Iason Plexioudas. MELATES F.C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Binne Koppermann was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. 62 minutes into the game, Avraam Skarpathiotis threw the ball into play from the sideline. Sporting Clube Patrício's Olaf Brataniec quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Binne Koppermann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iason Plexioudas having to interfere. Sporting Clube Patrício were awarded a corner in the 70th minute after MELATES F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Romão Santos took the corner. The corner ended in Romão Santos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but MELATES F.C.'s Iason Plexioudas did a great save. A sloppy throw-in by Notis Mantarinakis in the 73rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Sporting Clube Patrício's Olaf Brataniec. In the 74th minute the ball was on its way in behind MELATES F.C.'s goalkeeper Iason Plexioudas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 76th minute, Notis Mantarinakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Iason Plexioudas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomás Portugal, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 78 minutes into the game, Tomás Portugal cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Iason Plexioudas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the MELATES F.C. defense, Tomás Portugal kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iason Plexioudas. The MELATES F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iason Plexioudas should have stopped the shot. If Tomás Portugal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomás Portugal recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 91st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. MELATES F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 95th minute, when Tomás Portugal scored to the left of an out of position Iason Plexioudas, making the score, 0-9. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Sporting Clube Patrício eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.