Prized/Friendly Cup

Aaron Jerrald
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Tomás Domeka started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alejandro Illan to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roque Senio in the 6th minute of play forced Saronida FC's goalkeeper Lazaros Theofilakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 14 minutes, Theagenis Batzis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Saronida FC and the Los Delfines players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 14th match minute, Saronida FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theagenis Batzis to maneuver through the defense. Lazaros Theofilakos made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when Alejandro Illan sent off a good shot on target. Vassilis Nikolaidis hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Samuel Egun took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giannis Psaridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Los Delfines booed when Saronida FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kyriakos Patemtzis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lazaros Theofilakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomás Domeka in the 33rd minute of the match. Lazaros Theofilakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tomás Domeka, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Aquiles Santio charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aquiles Santio the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Aquiles Santio hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. After 43 played minutes, Saronida FC's Nikos Stratos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Samuel Egun came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Saronida FC reached it. Lazaros Theofilakos was out of position in the 44 minute of play, and Roque Senio capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Roque Senio really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giannis Psaridis to strike the kick off in the second half. Saronida FC's Lazaros Theofilakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tomás Domeka in the 59th minute of play. Lazaros Theofilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Roque Senio in the 60th minute of play. After 62 minutes Saronida FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luis Ekhi who took care of the corner kick. When Alejandro Illan came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Los Delfines 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 Alejandro Illan couldn't finish the play. Roque Senio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lazaros Theofilakos having to make a save. 74 minutes into the game, Kyriakos Patemtzis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Samuel Egun was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Los Delfines's Aquiles Santio got a free kick in the 78th minute. In the 80thth minute of the game Giannis Psaridis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Los Delfines's Samuel Egun was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Alejandro Illan came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Los Delfines 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 Alejandro Illan couldn't finish the play. After having played for 85 minutes, Roque Senio managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Los Delfines's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roque Senio was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 93rd match minute, Los Delfines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomás Domeka to maneuver through the defense. After 94 minutes of play, Saronida FC's Giannis Psaridis made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Samuel Egun was left in no man's land by his defense there! Saronida FC'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.