Challenge

Davelis Cave
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Menelaos Karatsolis got the match started through his kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Menelaos Karatsolis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Benito Sanz. Costa Rica's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Menelaos Karatsolis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Benito Sanz made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Viktoras Chronopoulos sent off a good shot on target. With his leg Benito Sanz managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when PALLINI RULES's Menelaos Karatsolis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Benito Sanz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lefteris Anagnostakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Eliseo Noboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Marinos Tsounis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. PALLINI RULES's Lefteris Anagnostakis was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 19th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. After a rather tough play, PALLINI RULES's Miltos Zouvelekis got a free kick in the 23rd minute. Axel Tasis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 24th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marinos Tsounis. PALLINI RULES's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Benito Sanz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lefteris Anagnostakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Menelaos Karatsolis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 28th minute of the match, but Benito Sanz made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 32 minutes, Benito Sanz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 42 minutes of play, PALLINI RULES's Menelaos Karatsolis made it 4-0 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! 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. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Axel Tasis to make the kick off. Eleftherios Meletis hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. If Eliseo Noboa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Menelaos Karatsolis put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Benito Sanz. Axel Tasis did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 5-1 to the left of a surprised Marinos Tsounis 77 minutes into the match. The supporters of Costa Rica booed when PALLINI RULES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eleftherios Meletis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 91 played minutes Costa Rica got a freekick which was hit by Alexander Carballo. PALLINI RULES walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.