Katsilimaνika Stadiu
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32,
Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Jaime Pardo kicked off to start the match. After 7 minutes, Raul Venegas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paraguay and the Katsilimaνika players grew even worse after the yellow card. 6 minutes into the game, one of Paraguay:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Paraguay:s Jacobo Nores showed great skill when he stopped Marinos Kisemlis:s penalty. In the 9th minute, Marinos Kisemlis 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. Jaime Pardo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Kostas Nikolaidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jacobo Nores came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Katsilimaνika's Marinos Kisemlis. But to his dismay, Marinos Kisemlis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Hector Covarrubias charged in rather forcefully in the 18th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Hector Covarrubias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 18th match minute, Paraguay was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hector Covarrubias to maneuver through the defense. 20 minutes into the game, Primitivo Escribano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Paraguay's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Katsilimaνika the free kick. In the 23rd minute Jaime Pardo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kostas Nikolaidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Hector Covarrubias in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kostas Nikolaidis saved Katsilimaνika from getting behind. The throw-in from Jose Sanz in the 27th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Katsilimaνika's Grigoris Moustakidis. Jacobo Nores made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Marinos Mouratidis sent off a good shot on target. The corner ended in Marinos Kisemlis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Paraguay's Jacobo Nores did a great save. After a rather tough play, Katsilimaνika's Paris Tsiaris got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Katsilimaνika's Kostas Nikolaidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hector Covarrubias in the 35th minute of play. Jacobo Nores made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marinos Mouratidis in the 37th minute. Paraguay's Jacobo Nores proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save Paraguay from getting a goal against them. During the 43rd minute of the match Hector Covarrubias completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Hector Covarrubias a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Marinos Mouratidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Marinos Kisemlis made a kick off. After 56 played minutes Paraguay got a freekick which was hit by Xavier Zoido. 58 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Marinos Mouratidis came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marinos Mouratidis in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Marinos Kisemlis made a precise shot to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. In the 73rd minute, Primitivo Escribano 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. Marinos Mouratidis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 77 played minutes, Katsilimaνika's Grigoris Moustakidis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jacobo Nores came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Katsilimaνika reached it. Nestoras Tsatsoulis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jacobo Nores made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marinos Mouratidis in the 82nd minute of play. 85 minutes into the match, Paraguay's goal looked a bit too open when Marinos Mouratidis came free, but Jacobo Nores reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marinos Mouratidis in the 87th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jacobo Nores saved Paraguay from getting behind. Katsilimaνika's Marinos Kisemlis got a good chance for a goal in the 92nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jaime Pardo struck a weak shot in the 94th minute. Kostas Nikolaidis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Paraguay. Grigoris Moustakidis hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. In the 98th minute, Marinos Kisemlis made a precise shot to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Paraguay's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.
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