Official Cup

Ramblers Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) PaoK Neapoleos's Argyris Stokas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argyris Stokas in the 3rd minute of play forced New York Red Bulls's goalkeeper Eduardo Pereyra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Isidoros Tsagarakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nazım Taci in the 4th minute of the match. In the 6th minute Panagiotis Psaris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduardo Pereyra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 7 minutes into the game, one of New York Red Bulls:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. PaoK Neapoleos were awarded a corner in the 11th minute after New York Red Bulls's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dawid Kosakowski took the corner. Dawid Kosakowski made a great header on PaoK Neapoleos's corner, it was just that New York Red Bulls's Eduardo Pereyra managed to reach the ball for a save. 13 minutes into the match, New York Red Bulls's goal looked a bit too open when Argyris Stokas came free, but Eduardo Pereyra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eduardo Pereyra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Barbagiannis in the 19th minute of the match. Andreas Giakoumis hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. New York Red Bulls's Eduardo Pereyra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panos Barbagiannis in the 39th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Argyris Stokas in the 41st minute of play forced New York Red Bulls's goalkeeper Eduardo Pereyra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 42 minutes into the match, New York Red Bulls's goal looked a bit too open when Argyris Stokas came free, but Eduardo Pereyra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of PaoK Neapoleos booed when New York Red Bulls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cristinel Alamaru didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th match minute, New York Red Bulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nazım Taci to maneuver through the defense. 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.

In the 51st minute, Cristinel Alamaru hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Eduardo Pereyra made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Argyris Stokas sent off a good shot on target. Eduardo Pereyra made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panagiotis Psaris in the 52nd minute of play. Eduardo Pereyra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panos Barbagiannis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 59 minutes into the match, Panos Barbagiannis notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of New York Red Bulls's Eduardo Pereyra. Eduardo Pereyra was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. PaoK Neapoleos's Vassilis Roubakis was substituted for Argyris Stokas. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vladimiros Stiliaras got free with Eduardo Pereyra in the 64th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Vassilis Kyriakas took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Eduardo Pereyra to make any attempt to save it. Vladimiros Stiliaras could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 69th minute of the match, but Eduardo Pereyra made a huge save. New York Red Bulls's Eduardo Pereyra played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Arabatzis in the 74th minute of play. The supporters of PaoK Neapoleos booed when New York Red Bulls was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nazım Taci didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 80th minute Vassilis Kyriakas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eduardo Pereyra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. New York Red Bulls's Eduardo Pereyra proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save New York Red Bulls from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panos Barbagiannis in the 86th minute of play forced New York Red Bulls's goalkeeper Eduardo Pereyra to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 87th match minute, PaoK Neapoleos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vassilis Kyriakas to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, New York Red Bulls's Eduardo Pereyra got control of the ball when Vassilis Roubakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Eduardo Pereyra made an important save on a dangerous shot by Panos Barbagiannis in the 91st minute. After some careless play in the New York Red Bulls defense, Panos Barbagiannis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eduardo Pereyra. The New York Red Bulls fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eduardo Pereyra should have stopped the shot.