Official Cup

ΠΑΟΚ F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 183 (Terracing: 138, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eustacio Rufo got the match started through his kick off. Del Santo FC's Claudio Dalmai proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save Del Santo FC from getting a goal against them. Edmondo Del Monte's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Claudio Dalmai read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 4th minute of play. 5 minutes into the match, Del Santo FC's goalkeeper Claudio Dalmai had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Santiago Silva. 7 minutes into the game, Eustacio Rufo cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ingvar Nykvist was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Del Santo FC getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Nicolas Leonell hit a great ball. Edmondo Del Monte struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Claudio Dalmai didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ΠΑΟΚ FC. ΠΑΟΚ FC were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after Del Santo FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Björn Kamp took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Björn Kamp got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Claudio Dalmai quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After some careless play in the Del Santo FC defense, Santiago Silva kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Claudio Dalmai. The Del Santo FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Claudio Dalmai should have stopped the shot. In the 19th minute, Santiago Silva made a precise shot to the right of Claudio Dalmai. Del Santo FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. 23 minutes into the match, ΠΑΟΚ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilfredo Lico came free, but Ingvar Nykvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Claudio Dalmai came out of the goal in the 27th minute to try and stop a shot by ΠΑΟΚ FC's Santiago Silva. But to his dismay, Santiago Silva quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. Claudio Dalmai made an important save on a dangerous shot by Santiago Silva in the 30th minute. The audience was convinced that Santiago Silva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claudio Dalmai was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Santiago Silva could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 43rd minute of the match, but Claudio Dalmai made a huge save. Santiago Silva sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Del Santo FC getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Ovidio Marko hit a great ball. Del Santo FC made a substitution. Karl-Ove Rolfsson replaced Wilfredo Lico. After 48 played minutes Del Santo FC got a freekick which was hit by Ovidio Marko. 49 minutes into the game, Santiago Silva recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Claudio Dalmai. Santiago Silva showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Claudio Dalmai didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Santiago Silva went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Claudio Dalmai made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Silva in the 65th minute of play. Santiago Silva struck a weak shot in the 70th minute. Claudio Dalmai didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ΠΑΟΚ FC. ΠΑΟΚ FC made a substitution. Baldovino Argos replaced Thanasis Kanavos. After a rather tough play, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Makis Galopoulos got a free kick in the 74th minute. Claudio Dalmai came out of the goal in the 78th minute to try and stop a shot by ΠΑΟΚ FC's Santiago Silva. But to his dismay, Santiago Silva quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. 80 minutes into the match, Del Santo FC's goal looked a bit too open when Santiago Silva came free, but Claudio Dalmai reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Angelo Mendebal in the 82nd minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalkeeper Ingvar Nykvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Karl-Ove Rolfsson got free with Ingvar Nykvist in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 89 minutes into the match, Santiago Silva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Claudio Dalmai. Del Santo FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Santiago Silva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Santiago Silva in the 92nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Claudio Dalmai prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Del Santo FC's Claudio Dalmai played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Santiago Silva in the 98th minute of play. ΠΑΟΚ FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Del Santo FC for a fine match.