Friendly League

kokatinoi Stadium
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Bengt-Rune Strömbom kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. Alexandre Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eugenios Ioannidis in the 4th minute of play. After 6 minutes of play, Brothers of Mercy's Ulf Öfverman made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sakis Karvouniaris was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bengt-Rune Strömbom recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 13th minute, Mats Elg managed to get in a good position for a shot. Brothers of Mercy's supporters rose to their feet, but Mats Elg was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sakis Karvouniaris breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After a rather tough play, Glyka Nera FC's Michalis Labrakis got a free kick in the 15th minute. Brothers of Mercy's Bengt-Rune Strömbom got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bengt-Rune Strömbom in the 19th minute of play forced Glyka Nera FC's goalkeeper Sakis Karvouniaris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 19 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Brothers of Mercy's Bengt-Rune Strömbom fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Sakis Karvouniaris didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Brothers of Mercy's Bengt-Rune Strömbom shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. Thiago van Dijk hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Glyka Nera FC defense, Ulf Öfverman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris. The Glyka Nera FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sakis Karvouniaris should have stopped the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Gustaf Berggren managed to get in a good position for a shot. Brothers of Mercy's supporters rose to their feet, but Gustaf Berggren was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sakis Karvouniaris breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 36th minute, Ulf Öfverman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brothers of Mercy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-5. Michalis Labrakis kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. In the 40th minute of the match Thiago van Dijk sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sakis Karvouniaris skillfully saved the ball. Ulf Öfverman struck a weak shot in the 44th minute. Sakis Karvouniaris didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Brothers of Mercy. After 46 minutes, Stelios Egomitis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Glyka Nera FC and the Brothers of Mercy players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 46th minute, Stelios Egomitis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Glyka Nera FC defense, Ulf Öfverman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris. The Glyka Nera FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sakis Karvouniaris should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-7.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bengt-Rune Strömbom stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Glyka Nera FC's Sakis Karvouniaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulf Öfverman in the 52nd minute of play. Brothers of Mercy's Bengt-Rune Strömbom got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Glyka Nera FC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Fivos Touboulis hit a great ball. Brothers of Mercy's Erramu Chute was substituted for Bengt-Rune Strömbom. The supporters of Brothers of Mercy booed when Glyka Nera FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fivos Touboulis didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Mats Elg took a quick shot and it went in 0-9 without a chance for Sakis Karvouniaris to make any attempt to save it. In the 73rdth minute of the game Thalis Papaefthimiou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Brothers of Mercy's Alexandre Pires was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sakis Karvouniaris didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ulf Öfverman went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-10 was the resulting score. 80 minutes into the game, Ulf Öfverman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-11. Sakis Karvouniaris was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 83 minutes into the match, Ulf Öfverman notched a goal, 0-12, to the right of Glyka Nera FC's Sakis Karvouniaris. Sakis Karvouniaris was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stelios Egomitis kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Michalis Labrakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thiago van Dijk could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 88th minute of the match, but Sakis Karvouniaris made a huge save. 92 minutes into the match, Mats Elg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Sakis Karvouniaris. Glyka Nera FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Mats Elg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-13. In the 97th minute, Brothers of Mercy's Mats Elg ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Sakis Karvouniaris. Sakis Karvouniaris yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-14. When the final whistle sounded Brothers of Mercy left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Glyka Nera FC.