Challenge

Estadio Centenario
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Francisco Seco got the match started through his kick off. Ilias Papanikolas made a fantastic save in the 6th minute, when Francisco Seco sent off a good shot on target. Trifillia.FC's Ilias Papanikolas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Trifillia.FC from getting a goal against them. Ilias Papanikolas was out of position in the 10 minute of play, and Alberto Gisbert capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alberto Gisbert really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. When Vaggelis Salonikis fell near the penalty area in the 14th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Trifillia.FC's protests and gave Vaggelis Salonikis a yellow card for diving instead. Vaggelis Salonikis kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. A collision led to Trifillia.FC getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Dimitris Vrakozonis hit a great ball. 19 minutes into the match, Maximiliano Escribano notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Trifillia.FC's Ilias Papanikolas. Ilias Papanikolas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 26 minutes into the match, Francisco Seco dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Ilias Papanikolas, 3-0. Trifillia.FC's Ilias Papanikolas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Trifillia.FC from getting a goal against them. After 33 played minutes Trifillia.FC got a freekick which was hit by Grigoris Tzorvas. After a defensive mix-up in Trifillia.FC's zone, Jaime Cazalla stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ilias Papanikolas came out of the goal and Jaime Cazalla tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 36th match minute, Trifillia.FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Grigoris Tzorvas to maneuver through the defense. Joaquin Gayoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ntinos Kyzeridis in the 38th minute of play. Joaquin Gayoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aris Kravaris in the 40th minute of the match. Francisco Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Ilias Papanikolas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Aris Kravaris stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Aris Kravaris in the 51st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Joaquin Gayoso saved Uruguay from getting behind. After some careless play in the Trifillia.FC defense, Maximiliano Escribano kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilias Papanikolas. The Trifillia.FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilias Papanikolas should have stopped the shot. Joaquin Gayoso made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Aris Kravaris sent off a good shot on target. Bruno Beldad hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. Ilias Papanikolas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Francisco Seco in the 64th minute of play. 65 minutes into the game, Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilias Papanikolas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. 71 minutes into the match, Uruguay's goal looked a bit too open when Aris Kravaris came free, but Joaquin Gayoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 72 minutes into the game, Uruguay's Camilo Franco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilias Papanikolas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 6-0. Achilleas Karaflas hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Maximiliano Escribano in the 82nd minute of play forced Trifillia.FC's goalkeeper Ilias Papanikolas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 83 minutes into the match, Trifillia.FC's goal looked a bit too open when Francisco Seco came free, but Ilias Papanikolas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 84 minutes, Maximiliano Escribano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Uruguay and the Trifillia.FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Trifillia.FC booed when Uruguay was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Maximiliano Escribano didn't get a good kick on the ball. Francisco Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilias Papanikolas having to interfere. Ilias Papanikolas came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by Uruguay's Maximiliano Escribano. But to his dismay, Maximiliano Escribano quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. Alberto Gisbert might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ilias Papanikolas. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alberto Gisbert ran back to his position shaking his head. When the referee ended the match the Uruguay players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.