Official Cup

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Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Roger Flor started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 3 minutes into the match, PicksBattle.com's goal looked a bit too open when Carles Pujol came free, but David Ferran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to PicksBattle.com getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Ahmet Seyfi Koralp hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, PicksBattle.com's Menios Chloros threw himself towards the right post 10 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Gao Yong Zhen, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 11th minute, Nedim Emekli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After having played for 20 minutes, Gao Yong Zhen managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PicksBattle.com's supporters crossed their fingers, but Gao Yong Zhen was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. David Ferran stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miltos Makris's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. In the 24thth minute of the game Nedim Emekli who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PicksBattle.com's David Ferran was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 31 minutes into the match, PicksBattle.com's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Makris came free, but David Ferran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. David Ferran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nedim Emekli, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. PicksBattle.com's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stelian Mestecăneanu in the 40th minute. The corner led PicksBattle.com's Stelian Mestecăneanu to fire away a dangerous shot which Menios Chloros despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Mean Machine's Menios Chloros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ivan Solo in the 42nd minute of play. In the 45th minute, Miltos Makris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mean Machine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2.

In the 55th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 67 minutes into the game, PicksBattle.com's Roger Flor nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Menios Chloros made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Mean Machine's Luca Milivojević was substituted for Lakis Mantarinakis. Mean Machine's Nikos Kioupouroglou was substituted for Miltos Makris. With 73 minutes on the clock, Barnaba Gozdowski commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 77 minutes in the game Dedé Maia did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Gao Yong Zhen. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gao Yong Zhen in the 82nd minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Menios Chloros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Carles Pujol put it in 2-4 from a short distance just to the right of David Ferran. The supporters of PicksBattle.com booed when Mean Machine was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Botond Tulipán didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 93rd minute, Enrique Mouricio hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Carles Pujol fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without David Ferran having to interfere. Mean Machine's Menios Chloros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Enrique Mouricio in the 97th minute of play. The Mean Machine players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.