Friendly League

Kandsνkon Stadium
Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Nikolas Karkamanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cees Hermensen, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. After a rather tough play, ASC South United's Tonnie Cales got a free kick in the 11th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hugo Bender in the 25th minute of play forced Atletico de Madrid's goalkeeper Nikolas Karkamanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hugo Bender's late challenge caught a Atletico de Madrid's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hugo Bender helped the player get up and apologised. In the 28th minute, one of ASC South United:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for ASC South United. Erwin Teesing had in the 30thth minute some difficulties stopping Panos Spyroulis's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Dirk van Dessel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 31st minute. Nikolas Karkamanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 33rd minute, Cees Hermensen ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikolas Karkamanis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. When the match had gone on for 39 minutes, Abraham Witting put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Nikolas Karkamanis. 47 minutes into the game, Cees Hermensen cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Nikolas Karkamanis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cees Hermensen was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iakovos Papafotopoulos in the 52nd minute of play forced ASC South United's goalkeeper Erwin Teesing to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cees Hermensen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 65th match minute, ASC South United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stijn Otten to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to ASC South United getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Stijn Otten hit a great ball. ASC South United's Stijn Otten got a good chance for a goal in the 75th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Cees Hermensen was extremely unlucky when he, in the 79th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. 79 minutes into the match, Atletico de Madrid's goal looked a bit too open when Cees Hermensen came free, but Nikolas Karkamanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of ASC South United booed when Atletico de Madrid was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimosthenis Stamatopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Atletico de Madrid's zone, Dirk van Dessel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Nikolas Karkamanis came out of the goal and Dirk van Dessel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cees Hermensen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikolas Karkamanis having to interfere. Thanasis Vamvoukas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Erwin Teesing tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ASC South United's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.