Friendly League

Ultra Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Kostas Kostopoulos started the match with the kick off. Gonçalo Martins recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 2nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a little luck, Amfithea Hotspur's Babbis Theocharis got control of the ball when Gonçalo Martins tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 7th minute, Egídio Valadares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Kostas Kostopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Donato Sá was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. 9 minutes into the game, Ultra Copos FC ™'s Gonçalo Martins nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Babbis Theocharis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. After some careless play in the Ultra Copos FC ™ defense, Miltos Chatzidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Donato Sá. The Ultra Copos FC ™ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Donato Sá should have stopped the shot. When Alekos Lineos fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Amfithea Hotspur's protests and gave Alekos Lineos a yellow card for diving instead. Amfithea Hotspur's Babbis Theocharis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Amfithea Hotspur from getting a goal against them. Babbis Theocharis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gonçalo Martins's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. The audience was convinced that Gonçalo Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Babbis Theocharis was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. In the 33rd minute, Ultra Copos FC ™'s Gonçalo Martins dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. After 41 minutes, Gonçalo Martins made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. Amfithea Hotspur's Babbis Theocharis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gonçalo Martins stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Albertino Leme in the 53rd minute of play forced Amfithea Hotspur's goalkeeper Babbis Theocharis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Amfithea Hotspur's goal looked a bit too open when Gonçalo Martins came free, but Babbis Theocharis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Amfithea Hotspur's Babbis Theocharis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonçalo Martins in the 59th minute of play. After 68 played minutes, Amfithea Hotspur's Marinos Roussos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Donato Sá came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Amfithea Hotspur reached it. After a rather tough play, Amfithea Hotspur's Kostas Kostopoulos got a free kick in the 70th minute. Amfithea Hotspur's Babbis Theocharis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gonçalo Martins in the 72nd minute of play. After 73 played minutes Amfithea Hotspur got a freekick which was hit by Chrisostomos Charoulis. Babbis Theocharis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gonçalo Martins went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-1 was the resulting score. 82 minutes into the match, Amfithea Hotspur's goal looked a bit too open when Gonçalo Martins came free, but Babbis Theocharis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Babbis Theocharis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gonçalo Martins, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Kostas Kostopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Amfithea Hotspur's supporters rose to their feet, but Kostas Kostopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Donato Sá breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to Ultra Copos FC ™ getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Ivo Onofre hit a great ball. There was no doubt that Ultra Copos FC ™ were the better team. Ultra Copos FC ™'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.