Challenge

Estadio Olímpico
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Kostas Karalexopoulos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Avraam Maggioros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 2nd minute of the match. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Pagos FC's Avraam Maggioros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save Pagos FC from getting a goal against them. Avraam Maggioros made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 14th minute. In the 16th minute, Patricio Costa reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Avraam Maggioros. The goal made the score 1-0. After a defensive mix-up in Pagos FC's zone, Tomas Illescas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Avraam Maggioros came out of the goal and Tomas Illescas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 23rd minute Patricio Costa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Avraam Maggioros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Pagos FC's goalkeeper Avraam Maggioros had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. 26 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Avraam Maggioros, 2-0. 33 minutes in the game, Tomas Illescas dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Avraam Maggioros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pagos FC's Avraam Maggioros proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 36th minute of the match, managed to save Pagos FC from getting a goal against them. The throw-in from Salvador Gisbert in the 43rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Pagos FC's Alketas Rogas. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tomas Illescas to make the kick off. Tomas Illescas scored 4-0 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Avraam Maggioros, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Pagos FC's Avraam Maggioros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomas Illescas in the 56th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, Tomas Illescas notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Pagos FC's Avraam Maggioros. Avraam Maggioros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Patricio Costa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Avraam Maggioros having to interfere. Avraam Maggioros stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Tomas Illescas's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. In the 65th match minute, Pagos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alketas Rogas to maneuver through the defense. Tomas Illescas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 66th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Avraam Maggioros. Pagos FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Avraam Maggioros breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 73 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Avraam Maggioros made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. 76 minutes into the match, Patricio Costa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Avraam Maggioros. Pagos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Patricio Costa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. When Patricio Costa came up free with the goalie in the 78th minute, the Venezuela fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Patricio Costa couldn't finish the play. 81 minutes into the match, Venezuela's Patricio Costa sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Avraam Maggioros narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 83rd minute, Tomas Illescas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Avraam Maggioros was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tomas Illescas in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Avraam Maggioros prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Avraam Maggioros having to interfere. Avraam Maggioros made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 93rd minute of play. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Venezuela had played much better football throughout.