Prized/Friendly Cup

Katsilimaνika Stadiu
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Lionel-Andrés Messi kicked off to start the match. Katsilimaνika's Kostas Nikolaidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amadeo Raebert in the 4th minute of play. In the 6th minute, Lawrence Casa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Defensores de Lombroso fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Defensores de Lombroso were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after Katsilimaνika's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Teofilo Esdras took the corner. After taking down the ball on Defensores de Lombroso's corner Teofilo Esdras fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Kostas Nikolaidis quite easily take care of the ball. A collision led to Katsilimaνika getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Paris Tsiaris hit a great ball. 20 minutes into the match, Katsilimaνika's goal looked a bit too open when Bruno Sauveur came free, but Kostas Nikolaidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Katsilimaνika's Kostas Nikolaidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lawrence Casa in the 21st minute of play. In the 23rd minute, Lawrence Casa made a precise shot to the right of Kostas Nikolaidis. Katsilimaνika's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. After 25 minutes of play, Defensores de Lombroso's Lawrence Casa made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kostas Nikolaidis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 29 minutes, Marinos Kisemlis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Katsilimaνika and the Defensores de Lombroso players grew even worse after the yellow card. Marinos Kisemlis hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Katsilimaνika's Kostas Nikolaidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 30th minute of play. Kostas Nikolaidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bruno Sauveur in the 31st minute of play. Marinos Mouratidis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 33rdth minute, Denis Paulin skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 34 minutes, Lionel-Andrés Messi made it 0-4 with a short kick to the right side. Katsilimaνika's Kostas Nikolaidis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kostas Nikolaidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 37th minute of play. After 38 minutes, Bruno Sauveur made it 0-5 with a short kick to the right side. Katsilimaνika's Kostas Nikolaidis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 42nd minute, Lionel-Andrés Messi left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Defensores de Lombroso fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-6. If Lionel-Andrés Messi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Bruno Sauveur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kostas Nikolaidis was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Bruno Sauveur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Denis Paulin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marinos Mouratidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 57th minute, Bruno Sauveur ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kostas Nikolaidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-7. A collision led to Defensores de Lombroso getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Jonathan Raphael hit a great ball. Kostas Nikolaidis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-8 was the resulting score. Defensores de Lombroso's Lucio Cordarrol was substituted for Amadeo Raebert. In the 69th minute, Defensores de Lombroso's Bruno Sauveur ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Kostas Nikolaidis. Kostas Nikolaidis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. Kostas Nikolaidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Bruno Sauveur in the 73rd minute. 74 minutes into the game, Uriel Ferrer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-10. Kostas Nikolaidis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kostas Nikolaidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 77th minute of the match. Defensores de Lombroso's Valentín Barco was substituted for Federico Pirro. Bruno Sauveur might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kostas Nikolaidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bruno Sauveur ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match clock showed 88 minutes, the score became 0-11 when Ubaldo Gelacio sped through Katsilimaνika's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kostas Nikolaidis. Bruno Sauveur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 96th minute, Bruno Sauveur managed to get in a good position for a shot. Defensores de Lombroso's supporters rose to their feet, but Bruno Sauveur was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kostas Nikolaidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Defensores de Lombroso's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.