Official Cup

Πανθεσσαλικό Στάδιο
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Davide Bertolini made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Tabachana F.C. getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Michalis Kalamaridis hit a great ball. 12 minutes had been played when some careless play by San Nicolò Kings's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Panos Pachopoulos was slow to take the kick. During this time Tabachana F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Tabachana F.C.'s Odysseas Portoulidis getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Davide Bertolini succeeded in the game's 15th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. Vassilis Tournas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Franco Catucci read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 18th minute of play. After 20 minutes, Trifon Masourakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tabachana F.C. and the San Nicolò Kings players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 20th minute, Trifon Masourakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Davide Bertolini in the 26th minute of play forced Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alexis Idrotoglous short, quick shot in the 27thth minute got Franco Catucci to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernesto Tagliente in the 28th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ernesto Tagliente in the 30th minute of play forced Tabachana F.C.'s goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thibaut Courtois showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nedo Nadi in the 36th minute of the match. After 36 minutes of play, San Nicolò Kings's Nedo Nadi made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thibaut Courtois was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 39th minute, Ernesto Tagliente ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thibaut Courtois was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexis Idrotoglou in the 44th minute of play forced San Nicolò Kings's goalkeeper Franco Catucci to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 46 minutes of play, San Nicolò Kings's Davide Bertolini made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Thibaut Courtois was left in no man's land by his defense there! After the first half San Nicolò Kings were leading 0-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexis Idrotoglou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. San Nicolò Kings were awarded a corner in the 54th minute after Tabachana F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nildo Sena took the corner. Nildo Sena made a great header on San Nicolò Kings's corner, it was just that Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois managed to reach the ball for a save. Nildo Sena hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Ernesto Tagliente scored 0-6 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thibaut Courtois, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Kostas Toskas hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. After 63 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Makis Kois. After 67 played minutes Tabachana F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Trifon Masourakis. If Nedo Nadi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kostas Toskas kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. San Nicolò Kings made a substitution. April Kul replaced Davide Bertolini. Thibaut Courtois made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Nedo Nadi sent off a good shot on target. San Nicolò Kings's Corrado Trevisani managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Odysseas Portoulidis in the 84 minute of the game. Tabachana F.C.'s Thibaut Courtois proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Tabachana F.C. from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alexis Idrotoglou in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Franco Catucci prevented the ball from getting in the gole. San Nicolò Kings'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.