Friendly League

Salvador Monumental
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alessandro Neves got the match started through his kick off. Hélder de Queiroz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tasos Spiliopoulos in the 2nd minute of play. In the 4th minute, Avraam Stavropodis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Trifillia.FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. If Prokopis Mamais had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 11 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Teles came free, but Christos Agathoulis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute, Christos Kavourdoukos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Trifillia.FC's Christos Agathoulis got control of the ball when Clóvis Corrêa tried to sneak it across the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Trifillia.FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Yuri Vieira was slow to take the kick. During this time 20 DE SETEMBRO's players had a chance to rest. 21 minutes into the game, Avraam Stavropodis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Trifillia.FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave 20 DE SETEMBRO the free kick. Hélder de Queiroz came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Trifillia.FC's Tasos Spiliopoulos. But to his dismay, Tasos Spiliopoulos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. When Alessandro Neves fell near the penalty area in the 31st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored 20 DE SETEMBRO's protests and gave Alessandro Neves a yellow card for diving instead. 33 minutes into the match, 20 DE SETEMBRO's goal looked a bit too open when Avraam Stavropodis came free, but Hélder de Queiroz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of 20 DE SETEMBRO booed when Trifillia.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Makis Tsipas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the match, Alessandro Neves dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Christos Agathoulis, 1-2. The supporters of 20 DE SETEMBRO booed when Trifillia.FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Menios Kapsis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Clóvis Corrêa's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Christos Agathoulis firmly grabbed it by the left post. Marco Teles's late challenge caught a Trifillia.FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marco Teles helped the player get up and apologised. Adamantios Charalambous's late challenge caught a 20 DE SETEMBRO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adamantios Charalambous helped the player get up and apologised. Adamantios Charalambous hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Avraam Stavropodis to make the kick off. Clóvis Corrêa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Christos Agathoulis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hélder de Queiroz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Makis Tsipas, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Christos Agathoulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Clóvis Corrêa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christos Agathoulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waldir Domingues, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 65th minute, Avraam Stavropodis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 72 minutes, Tasos Spiliopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trifillia.FC and the 20 DE SETEMBRO players grew even worse after the yellow card. The audience was convinced that Makis Tsipas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hélder de Queiroz was relentless in the 77th minute of the game. Christos Agathoulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alessandro Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Trifillia.FC's Christos Agathoulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Clóvis Corrêa in the 84th minute of play. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Tasos Spiliopoulos hit a great ball. Hélder de Queiroz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Makis Tsipas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hélder de Queiroz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Makis Tsipas in the 94th minute of the match. When Marco Teles was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 95 minutes had been played. Marco Teles kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. Hélder de Queiroz was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 97th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Christos Kavourdoukos. The Trifillia.FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Trifillia.FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.