EL PASO
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000,
Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Alekos Gikas got the match started through his kick off. Odysseas Liapakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hakkı Demircan having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Odysseas Liapakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hakkı Demircan was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. After 9 minutes Backupαδες's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Fondas Sabrakos who took care of the corner kick. The corner led BLACK PANTHER F.C's Fondas Sabrakos to fire away a dangerous shot which Hakkı Demircan despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. If Alekos Gikas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 14th minute, Adamantios Chiotis 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. In the 15th match minute, BLACK PANTHER F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stefanos Kostarakis to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the BLACK PANTHER F.C defense, Adamantios Chiotis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lu Li Yu. The BLACK PANTHER F.C fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lu Li Yu should have stopped the shot. After having played for 21 minutes, Odysseas Liapakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BLACK PANTHER F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Odysseas Liapakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Odysseas Liapakis scored 1-1 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Hakkı Demircan, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Hakkı Demircan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Odysseas Liapakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 32nd minute Adamantios Chiotis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lu Li Yu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Adamantios Chiotis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 38 minutes into the match, BLACK PANTHER F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Kostas Papandreou came free, but Lu Li Yu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner ended in Aimilios Adamopoulos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but BLACK PANTHER F.C's Lu Li Yu did a great save. Alekos Gikas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 42ndth minute, Hakkı Demircan skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. With his leg Hakkı Demircan managed to avoid a goal in the 43rdth minute, when BLACK PANTHER F.C's Alekos Gikas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. BLACK PANTHER F.C's Alekos Gikas managed to work through Backupαδες's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Alekos Gikas dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. After a defensive mix-up in BLACK PANTHER F.C's zone, Adamantios Chiotis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lu Li Yu came out of the goal and Adamantios Chiotis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.
The wind increased when Adamantios Chiotis made the kick off in the second half. Odysseas Liapakis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 64 minutes, Odysseas Liapakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BLACK PANTHER F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Odysseas Liapakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Odysseas Liapakis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Hakkı Demircan having to make a save. 70 minutes into the match, Backupαδες's goal looked a bit too open when Odysseas Liapakis came free, but Hakkı Demircan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Adamantios Chiotis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Achilleas Vaitsis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Lu Li Yu. That made the score 1-2 in the 73 minute of play. Backupαδες's Hakkı Demircan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Odysseas Liapakis in the 79th minute of play. Hakkı Demircan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Odysseas Liapakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hakkı Demircan didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Odysseas Liapakis went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Backupαδες eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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