Challenge

Stade Sylvio Cator
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Menelaos Karatsolis took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute, Menelaos Karatsolis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 8th minute, Gesner Philippe got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Viktoras Sotiriou made in the 11th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Haiti's Philippe Ambroise. Jonathan Alphonse succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 12th playminute. Ernso Constant could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but Marinos Tsounis made a huge save. In the 18th minute, Haiti's Ernso Constant dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Alphonse in the 23rd minute of play forced PALLINI RULES's goalkeeper Marinos Tsounis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 25 minutes of play, PALLINI RULES's Menelaos Karatsolis made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Noel Seide was left in no man's land by his defense there! Gesner Philippe fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marinos Tsounis having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Viktoras Chronopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpected shot in the 32nd minute by Gesner Philippe got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 33 minutes into the game, Menelaos Karatsolis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Noel Seide was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Haiti's Jonathan Alphonse got a good chance for a goal in the 38th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jonathan Alphonse's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marinos Tsounis firmly grabbed it by the left post. 45 minutes into the game, Manfred Petersson threw the ball into play from the sideline. Haiti's Felix Dorval quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jonathan Alphonse to make the kick off. Marinos Tsounis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jonathan Alphonse's shot from short distance in the 54th minute. In the 55th minute, Eleftherios Meletis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Jonathan Alphonse's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marinos Tsounis was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. 62 minutes into the match, Haiti's Jonathan Alphonse sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marinos Tsounis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Eleftherios Meletis's late challenge caught a Haiti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eleftherios Meletis helped the player get up and apologised. Eleftherios Meletis kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. With a little luck, Haiti's Noel Seide got control of the ball when Menelaos Karatsolis tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jonathan Alphonse in the 72nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marinos Tsounis saved PALLINI RULES from getting behind. Philippe Ambroise struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Marinos Tsounis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Haiti. Menelaos Karatsolis charged in rather forcefully in the 80th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Menelaos Karatsolis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 81 played minutes PALLINI RULES got a freekick which was hit by Menelaos Karatsolis. Marinos Tsounis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Alphonse, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute, PALLINI RULES's Menelaos Karatsolis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-3. After 89 played minutes Haiti got a freekick which was hit by Jonathan Alphonse. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Ernso Constant managed to get in a good position for a shot. Haiti's supporters rose to their feet, but Ernso Constant was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marinos Tsounis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After having played for 93 minutes, Jonathan Alphonse managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Haiti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Jonathan Alphonse was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 95th minute, Viktoras Chronopoulos 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. Noel Seide showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Menelaos Karatsolis in the 95th minute of the match.