Official Cup

Tserna-Reka-V55
Spectators: 205 (Terracing: 154, Seating: 47, VIP seats: 4) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Santiago Silva took the kick off in the first half of the match. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Ingvar Nykvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save ΠΑΟΚ FC from getting a goal against them. 4 minutes into the game, RO Army V55's Vinícius Junior nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ingvar Nykvist made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Alexandros Iordanidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petros Mirtsos in the 7th minute of play. Alexandros Iordanidis came out of the goal in the 7th minute to try and stop a shot by ΠΑΟΚ FC's Petros Mirtsos. But to his dismay, Petros Mirtsos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Alexandros Iordanidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santiago Silva in the 10th minute of play. ΠΑΟΚ FC's Ingvar Nykvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olcay Bozkurt in the 12th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, RO Army V55's goal looked a bit too open when Edmondo Del Monte came free, but Alexandros Iordanidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Santiago Silva might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Alexandros Iordanidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Santiago Silva ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Santiago Silva in the 15th minute of play forced RO Army V55's goalkeeper Alexandros Iordanidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ΠΑΟΚ FC were awarded a corner in the 19th minute after RO Army V55's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Petros Mirtsos took the corner. The corner ended in Edmondo Del Monte almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but RO Army V55's Alexandros Iordanidis did a great save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Edmondo Del Monte in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alexandros Iordanidis saved RO Army V55 from getting behind. After 23 minutes RO Army V55's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Petros Mirtsos who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Ronaldão Mendonça got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Alexandros Iordanidis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 26 minutes into the match, ΠΑΟΚ FC's goal looked a bit too open when Iosif Cupșa came free, but Ingvar Nykvist reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ΠΑΟΚ FC's attentive Björn Kamp managed to snatch the ball when Nestoras Karabidakis made a throw-in in the 28th minute of the game. In the 30th minute Edmondo Del Monte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandros Iordanidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 32 minutes, Demis Grigoriadis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. RO Army V55's supporters crossed their fingers, but Demis Grigoriadis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a little luck, ΠΑΟΚ FC's Ingvar Nykvist got control of the ball when Zhao Xun Jun tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 37 played minutes RO Army V55 got a freekick which was hit by Nestoras Karabidakis. Alexandros Iordanidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edmondo Del Monte in the 38th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iosif Cupșa in the 40th minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalkeeper Ingvar Nykvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vinícius Junior could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Ingvar Nykvist made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 43 minutes, Santiago Silva put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Alexandros Iordanidis. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-3 lead.

The crowd rose to their feet as ΠΑΟΚ FC's Santiago Silva slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alexandros Iordanidis. That made the score 1-4 after 52 minutes of play. Alexandros Iordanidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmondo Del Monte, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. If Santiago Silva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Olcay Bozkurt took the ball and in the 62 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ingvar Nykvist. Ingvar Nykvist dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. ΠΑΟΚ FC made a substitution. Sotiris Zacharakis replaced Edmondo Del Monte. In the 74th minute Sotiris Zacharakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexandros Iordanidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Santiago Silva who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 83rdth minute tested the skills of Alexandros Iordanidis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Ugutz in the 87th minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ FC's goalkeeper Ingvar Nykvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Santiago Silva kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alexandros Iordanidis. That made the score 2-5 in the 89 minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. ΠΑΟΚ FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.