Official Cup

Soccer Arena
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Alekos Gikas made the kick off which started today's match. Jarrett Rosenberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Liapakis in the 3rd minute of the match. Harvey Flynn kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. Alekos Gikas took the ball and in the 6 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jarrett Rosenberg. Jarrett Rosenberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Cosmos Soccer Club's Jarrett Rosenberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Odysseas Kapagiannopoulos in the 9th minute of play. Odysseas Liapakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jarrett Rosenberg. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Odysseas Liapakis ran back to his position shaking his head. Jarrett Rosenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Odysseas Liapakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Cosmos Soccer Club's zone, Odysseas Liapakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarrett Rosenberg came out of the goal and Odysseas Liapakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Odysseas Liapakis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 16th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jarrett Rosenberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Kapagiannopoulos in the 17th minute of the match. After 21 played minutes Cosmos Soccer Club got a freekick which was hit by Brian Mendoza. When Odysseas Liapakis came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the BLACK PANTHER F.C fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Odysseas Liapakis couldn't finish the play. 28 minutes into the match, Cosmos Soccer Club's goal looked a bit too open when Odysseas Liapakis came free, but Jarrett Rosenberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jarrett Rosenberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odysseas Liapakis in the 29th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Cosmos Soccer Club's Harvey Flynn got a free kick in the 30th minute. The throw-in from Harvey Flynn in the 35th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by BLACK PANTHER F.C's Markos Tziortzopoulos. In the 37th minute Odysseas Liapakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarrett Rosenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Odysseas Liapakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jarrett Rosenberg was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. Jarrett Rosenberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Liapakis in the 41st minute of the match. 45 minutes had been played when some careless play by Cosmos Soccer Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fondas Sabrakos was slow to take the kick. During this time BLACK PANTHER F.C's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Fondas Sabrakos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jarrett Rosenberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After a defensive mix-up in Cosmos Soccer Club's zone, Odysseas Liapakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarrett Rosenberg came out of the goal and Odysseas Liapakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Patrick Fontenot to strike the kick off in the second half. Odysseas Kapagiannopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Jarrett Rosenberg made a huge save. Jarrett Rosenberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Liapakis in the 56th minute of the match. After 59 played minutes Cosmos Soccer Club got a freekick which was hit by Nicky Cavazos. Jarrett Rosenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Odysseas Liapakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. 65 minutes into the match, Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Jarrett Rosenberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alekos Gikas. A collision led to Cosmos Soccer Club getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Marcus Rush hit a great ball. 71 minutes into the game, Donovan Heath was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cosmos Soccer Club's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave BLACK PANTHER F.C the free kick. In the 79th minute, Donovan Heath hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 82 minutes into the match, BLACK PANTHER F.C's Alekos Gikas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jarrett Rosenberg narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Jarrett Rosenberg made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Odysseas Liapakis in the 87th minute of play. BLACK PANTHER F.C's Louis Mavropoulos collided with an opponent after 90 minutes. The hit was so violent that he fractured his nose and had to leave the field. Brian Mendoza's late challenge caught a BLACK PANTHER F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brian Mendoza helped the player get up and apologised. BLACK PANTHER F.C made a substitution. Odysseas Ochtaras replaced Louis Mavropoulos. Alekos Gikas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.