Challenge

Independence Park
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fokas Dimitros started the match with the kick off. Demonde Jacobson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fokas Dimitros in the 5th minute of the match. After 8 minutes, Romon Oliver mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Jamaica and the Olympiacos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Olympiacos FC booed when Jamaica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romon Oliver didn't get a good kick on the ball. Romon Oliver succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-0 in the 11th playminute. Manolis Lianopoulos made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Finlay Stair sent off a good shot on target. In the 21st minute the ball was on its way in behind Olympiacos FC's goalkeeper Manolis Lianopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Romon Oliver recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 23rd minute, Jamaall Padmore hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 24th minute of the match Marinos Varelis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Demonde Jacobson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giannis Kabouridis in the 26th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Fokas Dimitros came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Olympiacos FC booed when Jamaica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Geroy Ascue didn't get a good kick on the ball. 33 minutes into the game, Karlus Waugh recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Manolis Lianopoulos. Karlus Waugh showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Finlay Stair kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Manolis Lianopoulos. That made the score 3-1 in the 36 minute of play. If Karlus Waugh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 42nd minute, Karlus Waugh hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos Loulakis in the 43rd minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With an all-out effort, Jamaica's Manolis Lianopoulos threw himself towards the right post 45 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Finlay Stair, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

The wind increased when Finlay Stair made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Louis Koentas came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Romon Oliver kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos Loulakis in the 54th minute of play forced Jamaica's goalkeeper Demonde Jacobson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Manolis Lianopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Finlay Stair in the 56th minute of the match. 57 minutes into the match, Giannis Kabouridis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Demonde Jacobson. Jamaica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Giannis Kabouridis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. In the 61st play minute Giannis Kabouridis came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Demonde Jacobson. 3-3. With a little luck, Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson got control of the ball when Omiros Psomiadis tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giannis Kabouridis got free with Demonde Jacobson in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 67 minutes of play, Olympiacos FC's Konstantinos Loulakis made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Demonde Jacobson was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 69th minute, Romon Oliver hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fokas Dimitros got free with Demonde Jacobson in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Jamaica's Demonde Jacobson proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 74th minute of the match, managed to save Jamaica from getting a goal against them. Karlus Waugh kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, Jamaica's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Kabouridis came free, but Demonde Jacobson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jamaall Padmore kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Marinos Varelis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 88th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Geroy Ascue's late challenge caught a Olympiacos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Geroy Ascue helped the player get up and apologised. Geroy Ascue kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Jamaica's Finlay Stair got a free kick in the 94th minute. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.