Official Cup

Robert Nesta Marley
Spectators: 162 (Terracing: 122, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sakis Korakis took the kick off in the first half of the match. When the match had gone on for 3 minutes, Paulo Eron took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Babbis Petroutsos to make any attempt to save it. Iordanis Papadatos was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 6 minutes into the match. After 5 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Drafi! Chip Barijho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Babbis Petroutsos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Chip Barijho could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Babbis Petroutsos made a huge save. Babbis Petroutsos was a little too slow when Abelardo Ishmael got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 17th minute. The score was now 3-0. Drafi's defense didn't have a chance, in the 20th minute, when Chip Barijho scored to the left of an out of position Babbis Petroutsos, making the score, 4-0. Babbis Petroutsos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abelardo Ishmael in the 27th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tasos Kavvadias in the 30th minute of play forced ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s goalkeeper Claudio Frasquito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Filomeno Beltran received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Babbis Petroutsos came out and tried to block the shot, but Filomeno Beltran slotted it home off the left post making it 5-0 in the 33rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Filomeno Beltran got free with Babbis Petroutsos in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 40th minute, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Paulo Eron ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Babbis Petroutsos. Babbis Petroutsos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 6-0. 43 minutes into the game, Chip Barijho cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-0. Babbis Petroutsos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Filomeno Beltran came free with the goalkeeper in the 47th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Babbis Petroutsos could save by the left post. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 7-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Paulo Eron made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Drafi's goal looked a bit too open when Abelardo Ishmael came free, but Babbis Petroutsos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, Drafi's Giorgos Sokolatopoulos got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Babbis Petroutsos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chip Barijho in the 53rd minute of play. Babbis Petroutsos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulo Eron, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. 57 minutes into the match, Filomeno Beltran notched a goal, 8-0, to the right of Drafi's Babbis Petroutsos. Babbis Petroutsos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Babbis Petroutsos came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Chip Barijho. But to his dismay, Chip Barijho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 9-0. After having played for 64 minutes, Tasos Kavvadias managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Drafi's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tasos Kavvadias 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 65th match minute, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Niceto Abella to maneuver through the defense. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Constantino Jerrold was substituted for Filomeno Beltran. Babbis Petroutsos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chip Barijho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Drafi defense, Chip Barijho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Babbis Petroutsos. The Drafi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Babbis Petroutsos should have stopped the shot. In the 80th minute Chip Barijho collided with an opponent which caused him a fractured collar bone. After 80 minutes, Sakis Korakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Drafi and the ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ booed when Drafi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sakis Korakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Babbis Petroutsos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abelardo Ishmael, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Evaggelos Gikas kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Babbis Petroutsos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Constantino Jerrold, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ booed when Drafi was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Argyris Ntounias didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 90 minutes of play, ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣'s Alejandro Garnacho made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Babbis Petroutsos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 93rd minute, Alejandro Garnacho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Drafi defense, Constantino Jerrold kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Babbis Petroutsos. The Drafi fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Babbis Petroutsos should have stopped the shot. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. ♣ Natural Mystic OFF ♣ had played much better football throughout.