Friendly League

KARAISKAKI
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stelios Kyriakiou took the kick off in the first half of the match. Santo Traslago received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Leonidas Stelopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stelios Kyriakiou in the 6th minute of play forced Damian’s Team's goalkeeper Robustiano Sesuldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hangovers FC's Leonidas Stelopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santo Traslago in the 8th minute of play. In the 19th minute, Vaios Toskas made a precise shot to the right of Robustiano Sesuldo. Damian’s Team's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. After 23 minutes of play, Damian’s Team's Santo Traslago made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonidas Stelopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27th minute, Stelios Kyriakiou made a precise shot to the right of Robustiano Sesuldo. Damian’s Team's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 29th minute, Flor Cardona hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 30th minute of the match Argyris Papadopoulos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Robustiano Sesuldo skillfully saved the ball. In the 32nd minute, Santo Traslago hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 36 minutes, Robustiano Sesuldo successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Leonidas Stelopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Santo Traslago in the 38th minute of the match. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Hangovers FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rogerio Rocafort was slow to take the kick. During this time Damian’s Team's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Rogerio Rocafort got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Leonidas Stelopoulos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 42nd minute Martin Boix shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonidas Stelopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Martin Boix made a precise shot to the right of Leonidas Stelopoulos. Hangovers FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-2. 48 minutes into the game, Santo Traslago was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Damian’s Team's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Hangovers FC the free kick. In the 48th minute, Santo Traslago hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Santo Traslago made a kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Martin Boix managed to get in a good position for a shot. Damian’s Team's supporters rose to their feet, but Martin Boix was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonidas Stelopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pantelis Pesmatzoglou hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Robustiano Sesuldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Savas Dalianas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Robustiano Sesuldo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stelios Kyriakiou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 66 minutes into the match, Charis Ververis notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Damian’s Team's Robustiano Sesuldo. Robustiano Sesuldo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 69 minutes of play, Hangovers FC's Charis Ververis made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Robustiano Sesuldo was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Santo Traslago was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 72 minutes had been played. In the 72nd minute, Santo Traslago hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Robustiano Sesuldo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Savas Dalianas went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-2 was the resulting score. 78 minutes into the game, Savas Dalianas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-2. Robustiano Sesuldo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cordero Batalle charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Cordero Batalle the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 81 played minutes Damian’s Team got a freekick which was hit by Cordero Batalle. In the 87th minute, Savas Dalianas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robustiano Sesuldo was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stelios Kyriakiou in the 90th minute of play forced Damian’s Team's goalkeeper Robustiano Sesuldo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Hangovers FC's Leonidas Stelopoulos got control of the ball when Martin Boix tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 97th minute Stelios Kyriakiou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Robustiano Sesuldo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hangovers FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.