Challenge

Ergilio Hato Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kyle Davies made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Curacao booed when Pyrgetos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giotis Tsalikis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bruno Barrett took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charis Chaniotakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 7th minute Diogenis Kostiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bruno Barrett saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stanley Wallace took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Iordanis Batsidis. Iordanis Batsidis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. After having played for 12 minutes, Diogenis Kostiadis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pyrgetos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Diogenis Kostiadis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Iordanis Batsidis was a little too slow when Troy Kennedy got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 15th minute. The score was now 2-0. The Pyrgetos FC fans' excitement grew in the 25th match minute when Pyrgetos FC's Giotis Tsalikis looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 29 played minutes Pyrgetos FC got a freekick which was hit by Paris Kaloxilos. Bruno Barrett showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Notis Karagoutis in the 31st minute of the match. 34 minutes into the match, Pyrgetos FC's goalkeeper Iordanis Batsidis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stanley Wallace. When Troy Kennedy fell near the penalty area in the 37th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Curacao's protests and gave Troy Kennedy a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Curacao's Troy Kennedy got a free kick in the 37th minute. In the 38th minute of the match Alketas Papantoniou shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Bruno Barrett showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Bruno Barrett made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giotis Tsalikis in the 40th minute of play. Theagenis Kaliakoudis scored 2-3 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bruno Barrett, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giotis Tsalikis to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diogenis Kostiadis in the 54th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Pyrgetos FC's Theagenis Kaliakoudis got a free kick in the 60th minute. Marshall Graham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Stanley Wallace had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 62nd minute Kyle Davies shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iordanis Batsidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Theagenis Kaliakoudis hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. 69 minutes into the match, Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giotis Tsalikis. When Troy Kennedy was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 69 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, Curacao's Troy Kennedy got a free kick in the 70th minute. Bruno Barrett made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giotis Tsalikis in the 73rd minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 75 minutes into the game, when Charles Cox put in a rough tackle. After 75 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Curacao! When Lochlan Newman fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Curacao's protests and gave Lochlan Newman a yellow card for diving instead. After 83 played minutes Curacao got a freekick which was hit by Lochlan Newman. After having played for 84 minutes, Diogenis Kostiadis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pyrgetos FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Diogenis Kostiadis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diogenis Kostiadis in the 87th minute of play forced Curacao's goalkeeper Bruno Barrett to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Curacao's Bruno Barrett got control of the ball when Giotis Tsalikis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Bruno Barrett made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Charis Chaniotakis sent off a good shot on target. Giotis Tsalikis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Bruno Barrett made a huge save. Giotis Tsalikis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Bruno Barrett skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some careless play in the Curacao defense, Giotis Tsalikis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bruno Barrett. The Curacao fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bruno Barrett should have stopped the shot. When the final whistle sounded Pyrgetos FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Curacao.