Official Cup

KLEANTHIS VIKELIDIS
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Marios Kaliasis made the kick off which started today's match. Michail Panagidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Daniele Monzeglio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Achilleas Stelakoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Montesacro FC's Daniele Monzeglio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diogenis Kirmitzas in the 24th minute of play. 26 minutes had been played when some careless play by Montesacro FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sakis Labiris was slow to take the kick. During this time ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s corner Sakis Labiris fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Daniele Monzeglio quite easily take care of the ball. Paraskevas Papandreou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Domenici in the 29th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Fabiano Domenici cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Paraskevas Papandreou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 32nd minute Marios Kaliasis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniele Monzeglio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Alexander Bosco came free, but Paraskevas Papandreou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sakis Labiris took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 35th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Daniele Monzeglio. Montesacro FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Arturo Pellecchia came free, but Paraskevas Papandreou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Montesacro FC booed when ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fabiano Leismann didn't get a good kick on the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Fabiano Domenici stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Fabiano Domenici managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Montesacro FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Fabiano Domenici was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 55th minute, Arturo Castagna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 57 minutes into the match, Michail Panagidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniele Monzeglio. Montesacro FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Michail Panagidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Prodromos Merganiotis hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 70th minute Arturo Pellecchia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paraskevas Papandreou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, Montesacro FC's goal looked a bit too open when Michail Panagidis came free, but Daniele Monzeglio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marios Kaliasis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 75th minute, Achilleas Stelakoglou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Daniele Monzeglio was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. Daniele Monzeglio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marios Kaliasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Diogenis Kirmitzas got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paraskevas Papandreou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabiano Domenici in the 87th minute of the match. The supporters of Montesacro FC booed when ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eustratios Geropanagiotis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alexander Bosco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Paraskevas Papandreou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.