Challenge

Davelis Cave
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) When Lefteris Anagnostakis fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PALLINI RULES's protests and gave Lefteris Anagnostakis a yellow card for diving instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Lautaro Puig managed to get in a good position for a shot. Costa Rica's supporters rose to their feet, but Lautaro Puig 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. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind PALLINI RULES's goalkeeper Marinos Tsounis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Alan Moruga got a free kick in the 12th minute. After 14 minutes of play, PALLINI RULES's Menelaos Karatsolis made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benito Sanz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Lautaro Puig received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Marinos Tsounis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Benito Sanz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Menelaos Karatsolis's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. After 25 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Aaron Alcocer. With a little luck, Costa Rica's Benito Sanz got control of the ball when Menelaos Karatsolis tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Menelaos Karatsolis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 32 played minutes PALLINI RULES got a freekick which was hit by Viktoras Chronopoulos. Eliseo Noboa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Marinos Tsounis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marinos Tsounis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Axel Tasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as PALLINI RULES's Lefteris Anagnostakis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Benito Sanz. That made the score 4-0 after 38 minutes of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 4-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Menelaos Karatsolis was the one to do the kick off. Benito Sanz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Menelaos Karatsolis went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Lefteris Anagnostakis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Benito Sanz having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Axel Tasis in the 63rd minute of play forced PALLINI RULES's goalkeeper Marinos Tsounis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind PALLINI RULES's goalkeeper Marinos Tsounis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Costa Rica's Benito Sanz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Viktoras Chronopoulos in the 68th minute of play. When Axel Tasis came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Costa Rica fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Axel Tasis couldn't finish the play. In the 77th minute Menelaos Karatsolis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benito Sanz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Axel Tasis's late challenge caught a PALLINI RULES's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Axel Tasis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of PALLINI RULES booed when Costa Rica was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Axel Tasis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 81 minutes into the match, Axel Tasis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marinos Tsounis. PALLINI RULES's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Axel Tasis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-1. When PALLINI RULES's Menelaos Karatsolis in the 88th minute got a chance for a shot 88th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Costa Rica's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, PALLINI RULES's Viktoras Chronopoulos got a free kick in the 89th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Menelaos Karatsolis in the 91st minute of play forced Costa Rica's goalkeeper Benito Sanz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktoras Chronopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Axel Tasiss short, quick shot in the 94thth minute got Marinos Tsounis to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After a rather tough play, Costa Rica's Aaron Alcocer got a free kick in the 96th minute. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. PALLINI RULES had played much better football throughout.