Friendly League

Florentino Perez
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Thomas Tritsonis made the kick off which started today's match. Isidoros Baskakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronn Seng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 9 minutes into the game, Ronn Seng threw the ball into play from the sideline. Real Etoliko CF's Dimitris Kostoulis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sharizan Pieng in the 11th minute of play forced Real Etoliko CF's goalkeeper Isidoros Baskakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 18th minute, Demis Salmatanis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Real Etoliko CF's Paris Stilianopoulos got a free kick in the 19th minute. 22 minutes into the match, Real Etoliko CF's goal looked a bit too open when Ronn Seng came free, but Isidoros Baskakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Melton Mow's Asiz Chew played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou in the 24th minute of play. Isidoros Baskakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hidayat Yang in the 28th minute of play. 28 minutes into the game, Thomas Tritsonis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Real Etoliko CF's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Melton Mow the free kick. After 28 played minutes Real Etoliko CF got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Tritsonis. Dimitris Kostoulis hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Melton Mow's Asiz Chew proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Melton Mow from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Real Etoliko CF's Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Isidoros Baskakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sharizan Pieng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 34 minutes had been played when some careless play by Real Etoliko CF's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Sharizan Pieng was slow to take the kick. During this time Melton Mow's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Hidayat Yang got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Isidoros Baskakis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 38th minute Zak Gopala Pillai shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoros Baskakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 40 played minutes Real Etoliko CF got a freekick which was hit by Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou. Isidoros Baskakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronn Seng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thomas Tritsonis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Asiz Chew came out and tried to block the shot, but Thomas Tritsonis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 43rd minute. Real Etoliko CF's Thomas Tritsonis got a good chance for a goal in the 46th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thomas Tritsonis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Asiz Chew having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sharizan Pieng was the one to do the kick off. Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Asiz Chew tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 52 played minutes Real Etoliko CF got a freekick which was hit by Demis Salmatanis. In the 54th minute, Ronn Seng 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. Sharizan Pieng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 57 played minutes Real Etoliko CF got a freekick which was hit by Demis Salmatanis. A collision led to Real Etoliko CF getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Paris Stilianopoulos hit a great ball. In the 66th minute, Sharizan Pieng had to leave the field with a concussion. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Panos Simopoulos during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Melton Mow made a substitution. Didi Yi-Sheng replaced Sharizan Pieng. After 67 played minutes Real Etoliko CF got a freekick which was hit by Panos Simopoulos. 73 minutes into the match, Thomas Tritsonis notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Melton Mow's Asiz Chew. Asiz Chew was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Didi Yi-Sheng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Melton Mow booed when Real Etoliko CF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 84 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paris Stilianopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Isidoros Baskakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hidayat Yang's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. The Real Etoliko CF fans' excitement grew in the 88th match minute when Real Etoliko CF's Thomas Tritsonis looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 91st match minute, Real Etoliko CF was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kyriakos Kyriakakoglou to maneuver through the defense. 93 minutes into the match, Real Etoliko CF's goal looked a bit too open when Didi Yi-Sheng came free, but Isidoros Baskakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Real Etoliko CF's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.