Friendly League

La Fortaleza
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christos Triantafyllou kicked off to start the match. Granate's Christos Triantafyllou managed to work through ATILA's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Christos Triantafyllou dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christos Triantafyllou in the 10th minute of play forced ATILA's goalkeeper Placido Matro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 12 minutes ATILA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Enzo Hermon who took care of the corner kick. In the 14th minute Nereo Monico shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Palmquist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Granate's Robert Kirby slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Placido Matro. That made the score 1-0 after 18 minutes of play. Jonathan Palmquist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sten Vallman, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. Jonathan Palmquist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sten Vallman went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. 29 minutes into the match, Sten Vallman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jonathan Palmquist. Granate's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sten Vallman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Jonathan Palmquist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sten Vallman in the 32nd minute of the match. Jonathan Palmquist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Vallman in the 35th minute of play. Jonathan Palmquist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sten Vallman in the 35th minute of the match. After some careless play in the Granate defense, Genadi Kotrulev kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jonathan Palmquist. The Granate fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jonathan Palmquist should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Christos Triantafyllou during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of ATILA booed when Granate was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christos Triantafyllou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sten Vallman was the one to do the kick off. Placido Matro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaakko Ramstadius, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. 56 minutes into the match, Granate's goalkeeper Jonathan Palmquist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Sten Vallman. After 58 minutes, Saverio Luken mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Granate and the ATILA players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 58th minute, Saverio Luken hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Granate's Jonathan Palmquist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sten Vallman in the 59th minute of play. After 60 played minutes ATILA got a freekick which was hit by Genadi Kotrulev. Jonathan Palmquist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sten Vallman in the 64th minute of play. In the 65thth minute of the game Sten Vallman who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Granate's Jonathan Palmquist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Placido Matro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Leukothoe Sakelaris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Granate were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after ATILA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Enzo Hermon took the corner. Placido Matro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Robert Kirby, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Jonathan Palmquist took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Genadi Kotrulev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Placido Matro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christos Triantafyllou, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Álvaro Prata hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. In the 95th minute, Enzo Hermon 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. When the match was over ATILA could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Granate throughout the match.