Official Cup

KLEANTHIS VIKELIDIS
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Freddy Tartales started the match with the kick off. 11 minutes into the match, Freddy Tartales notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Marios Sabanis. Marios Sabanis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 16th match minute, ............ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sean Hock to maneuver through the defense. Roman Masharov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Matthis Paelemans's shot from short distance in the 19th minute. After 19 minutes, Matthis Paelemans made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. ............'s Roman Masharov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Roman Masharov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Abubakar Kamarád in the 22nd minute of the match. After 26 minutes of play, ............'s Freddy Tartales made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marios Sabanis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 30th match minute, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Demis Krasopoulos to maneuver through the defense. After some careless play in the ............ defense, Abubakar Kamarád kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Roman Masharov. The ............ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Roman Masharov should have stopped the shot. 38 minutes into the match, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Freddy Tartales came free, but Marios Sabanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stig-Arne Stenman was slow to take the kick. During this time ............'s players had a chance to rest. ............'s Stig-Arne Stenman was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marios Sabanis in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 43 minutes into the match, ............'s Freddy Tartales sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marios Sabanis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Marios Sabanis came out of the goal in the 43rd minute to try and stop a shot by ............'s Freddy Tartales. But to his dismay, Freddy Tartales quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3.

In the 51st minute Abubakar Kamarád shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Masharov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Demis Krasopoulos made in the 55th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Matthis Paelemans immediately put the ball in play. Marios Sabanis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Freddy Tartales went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Marios Sabanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Freddy Tartales in the 60th minute of play. In the 61st minute Matthis Paelemans shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Masharov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthis Paelemans in the 62nd minute of play forced ............'s goalkeeper Roman Masharov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s zone, Freddy Tartales stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marios Sabanis came out of the goal and Freddy Tartales tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Freddy Tartales's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marios Sabanis was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. In the 71st minute Abubakar Kamarád shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Masharov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marios Sabanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freddy Tartales in the 73rd minute of the match. With a little luck, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Marios Sabanis got control of the ball when Freddy Tartales tried to sneak it across the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, ............'s goal looked a bit too open when Abubakar Kamarád came free, but Roman Masharov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match clock showed 80 minutes, the score became 3-4 when Abubakar Kamarád sped through ............'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Roman Masharov. In the 82nd minute Emanúel Iturbe shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roman Masharov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Freddy Tartales notched a goal, 3-5, to the right of ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Marios Sabanis. Marios Sabanis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Freddy Tartales struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Marios Sabanis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ............. Roman Masharov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matthis Paelemans, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The ............ supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing ............ would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.