Challenge

BLACK PEARL
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Vassilis Perakakis got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Markos Partsalakis came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 6 minutes, Stratos Mikes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the JOLLYROGER and the Jamaica players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 6th match minute, JOLLYROGER was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stratos Mikes to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in JOLLYROGER's zone, Karlus Waugh stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Panos Mavroudis came out of the goal and Karlus Waugh tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12th minute Romon Oliver shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panos Mavroudis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Perakakis came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Panos Mavroudis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Finlay Stair in the 16th minute of the match. In the 18th minute, Romon Oliver ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panos Mavroudis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Vassilis Perakakis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Demonde Jacobson came out and tried to block the shot, but Vassilis Perakakis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 21st minute. After a rather tough play, Jamaica's Romon Oliver got a free kick in the 27th minute. The audience was convinced that Finlay Stair's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Panos Mavroudis was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Demonde Jacobson was out of position in the 34 minute of play, and Thomas Alexis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Thomas Alexis really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Miltos Vallas scored 3-1 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Demonde Jacobson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoris Karameros in the 44th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Finlay Stair made the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Thomas Alexis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Demonde Jacobson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jamaica were furious when Geroy Ascue was red carded, 59 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 58 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Jamaica! Thomas Alexis scored 5-1 in the 65th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Demonde Jacobson, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Demonde Jacobson came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by JOLLYROGER's Thomas Alexis. But to his dismay, Thomas Alexis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigoris Karameros in the 73rd minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panos Mavroudis made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Karlus Waugh sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas Alexis in the 77th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the JOLLYROGER defense, Jarell Hill kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Panos Mavroudis. The JOLLYROGER fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Panos Mavroudis should have stopped the shot. Demonde Jacobson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thomas Alexis, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. In the 98th minute Grigoris Karameros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Demonde Jacobson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There was no doubt that JOLLYROGER were the better team. JOLLYROGER's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.