Challenge

Glyka Nera FC Arena
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Telis Bezas got the match started through his kick off. Joel Gaona, 3 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. In the 5th minute, Joel Gaona made a precise shot to the right of Vassilis Parianos. Glyka Nera FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dimos Rouvas during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After some careless play in the Glyka Nera FC defense, Joel Gaona kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vassilis Parianos. The Glyka Nera FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vassilis Parianos should have stopped the shot. 12 minutes into the match, Alberto Tafalla notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Glyka Nera FC's Vassilis Parianos. Vassilis Parianos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vassilis Parianos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto Tafalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. If Joel Gaona had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pavlos Stamatis's late challenge caught a Mexico's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Pavlos Stamatis helped the player get up and apologised. After 21 played minutes Glyka Nera FC got a freekick which was hit by Pavlos Stamatis. Vassilis Parianos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Facundo Cadaval in the 24th minute of the match. Vassilis Parianos came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Mexico's Alberto Tafalla. But to his dismay, Alberto Tafalla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. In the 28th minute Telis Bezas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dante Lacasa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Glyka Nera FC's Vassilis Parianos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Tafalla in the 31st minute of play. After 32 minutes of play, Mexico's Luca Zorita made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vassilis Parianos was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Glyka Nera FC's zone, Lautaro Mancebo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Vassilis Parianos came out of the goal and Lautaro Mancebo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 36th minute, Facundo Cadaval left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mexico fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. If Alberto Tafalla had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 45 minutes into the match, Mexico's goalkeeper Dante Lacasa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sotiris Tosodoulis. Panagiotis Lyberopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. Vassilis Parianos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joel Gaona, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Joel Gaona to make the kick off. Mexico were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after Glyka Nera FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joel Gaona took the corner. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Facundo Cadaval got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 0-7. 52 minutes into the match. Vassilis Parianos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. Vassilis Parianos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luca Zorita in the 66th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alberto Tafalla got free with Vassilis Parianos in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Vassilis Parianos didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 68th minute, which inside left pole to 0-10. 71 minutes into the game, Miltos Gonias was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Glyka Nera FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mexico the free kick. Vassilis Parianos was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 72nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Joel Gaona. Alberto Tafalla's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 73rdth minute, Vassilis Parianos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 74th match minute, Glyka Nera FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavlos Stamatis to maneuver through the defense. Vassilis Parianos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lautaro Mancebo went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-11 was the resulting score. In the 80th minute the ball was on its way in behind Glyka Nera FC's goalkeeper Vassilis Parianos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Vassilis Parianos didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 85th minute, which inside left pole to 0-12. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luca Rouco in the 96th minute of play forced Glyka Nera FC's goalkeeper Vassilis Parianos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.