Challenge

Katsilimaνika Stadiu
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Axel Tasis made the kick off and thus started the match. Kostas Nikolaidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lautaro Puig, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Paris Tsiaris kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. Kostas Nikolaidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Noboa in the 11th minute of the match. Marinos Mouratidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. Juan Rubio kicked well hit freekick during the 23rd minute of the match. Marinos Mouratidis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Marinos Mouratidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marinos Kisemlis might have been able to make a better finish in the 30th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Benito Sanz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marinos Kisemlis ran back to his position shaking his head. After some careless play in the Katsilimaνika defense, Eliseo Noboa kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kostas Nikolaidis. The Katsilimaνika fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kostas Nikolaidis should have stopped the shot. If Lautaro Puig had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 45th minute, Marinos Kisemlis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Benito Sanz. The goal made the score 1-2.

In the 51st minute, Marinos Mouratidis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Benito Sanz was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. After a defensive mix-up in Costa Rica's zone, Marinos Kisemlis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benito Sanz came out of the goal and Marinos Kisemlis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 59th minute, Eliseo Noboa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Kostas Nikolaidis. The goal made the score 2-3. In the 63rd minute, Axel Tasis fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Eliseo Noboa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kostas Nikolaidis having to interfere. Benito Sanz came out of the goal in the 68th minute to try and stop a shot by Katsilimaνika's Marinos Kisemlis. But to his dismay, Marinos Kisemlis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-3. In the 72nd minute, Alan Moruga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Alan Moruga fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Costa Rica's protests and gave Alan Moruga a yellow card for diving instead. In the 73rd match minute, Costa Rica was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alan Moruga to maneuver through the defense. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marinos Mouratidis in the 75th minute of play. Grigoris Moustakidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Benito Sanz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute, Grigoris Moustakidis made a precise shot to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-3. Efrain Moruga kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. Benito Sanz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marinos Kisemlis in the 81st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marinos Kisemlis in the 82nd minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Juan Rubio hit a great freekick 84 minutes into the match. After 88th play minutes Axel Tasis shot 4-4, a short shot which went by Kostas Nikolaidis and just under the crossbar into goal. After 91 minutes of play, Katsilimaνika's Marinos Mouratidis made it 5-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! There was no doubt that Katsilimaνika were the better team. Katsilimaνika's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.