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Nest V55
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Hipolito Ponce kicked off to start the match. Thanos Ntaloukas hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Iordanis Kopanakis came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by AlmaToran's Hipolito Ponce. But to his dismay, Hipolito Ponce quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. AlmaToran's Chabier Omente quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Giannis Nekos, made in the 16th minute of the game. After some careless play in the Seahawks V55 defense, Hipolito Ponce kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iordanis Kopanakis. The Seahawks V55 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iordanis Kopanakis should have stopped the shot. Iordanis Kopanakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arotza Dobarral, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The audience was convinced that Manolis Kalergis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Loreto Palanques was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. When Seahawks V55's Ntinos Papachronakos in the 32nd minute got a chance for a shot 32nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AlmaToran's goalie prevented a goal. Loreto Palanques made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manolis Kalergis in the 41st minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Petros Sarantos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Loreto Palanques quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Iordanis Kopanakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hipolito Ponce's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Loreto Palanques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ntinos Papachronakos in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half AlmaToran were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Manolis Kalergis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51stth minute of the game Manolis Kalergis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AlmaToran's Loreto Palanques was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Manolis Kalergis put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Loreto Palanques. If Lakis Antonopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 63rd match minute, AlmaToran was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chale Trabeso to maneuver through the defense. In the 64th minute, Chale Trabeso hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 68th minute of the game Giannis Nekos made a throw-in which Ntinos Papachronakos played forward. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Manolis Kalergis in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Loreto Palanques saved AlmaToran from getting behind. In the 78th minute of the match Seahawks V55 got a corner. AlmaToran's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Manolis Kalergis ran over to the corner to take the kick. Ntinos Papachronakos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 84th minute, Hipolito Ponce reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Iordanis Kopanakis. The goal made the score 1-3. Jeraldo Abellaneda kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. AlmaToran played a much better game than Seahawks V55 and deserved their victory. The Seahawks V55 players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.