Official Cup

WKS Arena Wrocław
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Themos Vranas made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4thth minute of the game Alexis Kotsanakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Twierdza Wroclaw's Boguslaw Ziemba was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Roch Glozor hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Boguslaw Ziemba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Soulis Partalis in the 8th minute of play. After 9 minutes Twierdza Wroclaw's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Themos Vranas who took care of the corner kick. The corner led Olympiacos FC's Themos Vranas to fire away a dangerous shot which Boguslaw Ziemba despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Boguslaw Ziemba stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Themos Vranas's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. If Alexis Kotsanakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Xosé Lim's late challenge caught a Twierdza Wroclaw's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Xosé Lim helped the player get up and apologised. Marian Okopny sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Boguslaw Ziemba took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Themos Vranas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Marian Okopny fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Twierdza Wroclaw's protests and gave Marian Okopny a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Twierdza Wroclaw getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Marian Okopny hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the game, Olympiacos FC's Xosé Lim nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Boguslaw Ziemba made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. After some careless play in the Twierdza Wroclaw defense, Xosé Lim kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Boguslaw Ziemba. The Twierdza Wroclaw fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Boguslaw Ziemba should have stopped the shot. Boguslaw Ziemba came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Olympiacos FC's Alexis Kotsanakis. But to his dismay, Alexis Kotsanakis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Themos Vranas hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Eustratios Vertsotis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbyszek Mnich, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. Boguslaw Ziemba didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Themos Vranas went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score.

The wind increased when Zbyszek Mnich made the kick off in the second half. Alexis Kotsanakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boguslaw Ziemba having to interfere. Boguslaw Ziemba made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Themos Vranas in the 54th minute of play. With his leg Boguslaw Ziemba managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Olympiacos FC's Themos Vranas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 68th minute Themos Vranas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Boguslaw Ziemba saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eustratios Vertsotis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cyryl Kossakowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Twierdza Wroclaw's Cyryl Kossakowski got a free kick in the 74th minute. After a rather tough play, Twierdza Wroclaw's Marian Okopny got a free kick in the 77th minute. If Panos Ntountas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cezary Hoffman's late challenge caught a Olympiacos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cezary Hoffman helped the player get up and apologised. Cezary Hoffman kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Boguslaw Ziemba acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 87th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Panos Ntountas. In the 92nd minute, Themos Vranas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Twierdza Wroclaw's Boguslaw Ziemba proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Twierdza Wroclaw from getting a goal against them. Boguslaw Ziemba showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Themos Vranas in the 96th minute of the match. The Olympiacos FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Olympiacos FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.