Official Cup

Saronida Stadium
Spectators: 189 (Terracing: 143, Seating: 43, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Giannis Psaridis made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Pap FC getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Andreas Sapounakis hit a great ball. Konstantinos Vrachnos hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Pap FC's Dimitris Philipopoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Pap FC from getting a goal against them. Dimitris Philipopoulos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Manos Taganikas in the 13th minute. In the 14th minute, Manos Taganikas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dimitris Philipopoulos. The goal made the score 1-0. Andreas Sapounakis took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lazaros Theofilakos. Lazaros Theofilakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Dimitris Philipopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giannis Psaridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 played minutes Pap FC got a freekick which was hit by Eugenios Schinas. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kyriakos Patemtzis got free with Dimitris Philipopoulos in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 36th minute, Manos Taganikas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lazaros Theofilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chrisostomos Passalis in the 37th minute of play. After 40 minutes of play, Pap FC's Eugenios Schinas made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lazaros Theofilakos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 43rdth minute of the game Giannis Psaridis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pap FC's Dimitris Philipopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 46 played minutes Manos Taganikas rounded Pap FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-2.

The wind increased when Eugenios Schinas made the kick off in the second half. Kyriakos Patemtzis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimitris Philipopoulos having to interfere. 54 minutes into the match, Pap FC's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Psaridis came free, but Dimitris Philipopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Bagasakis in the 58th minute of play forced Pap FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Philipopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manos Taganikas in the 59th minute of play forced Pap FC's goalkeeper Dimitris Philipopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Saronida FC's Kyriakos Patemtzis got a free kick in the 60th minute. 62 minutes into the match, Saronida FC's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Sapounakis came free, but Lazaros Theofilakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lazaros Theofilakos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andreas Sapounakis went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Lazaros Theofilakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerasimos Mezonetas in the 69th minute of play. After 71 minutes Saronida FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Antonis Karagiannidis who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Antonis Karagiannidis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lazaros Theofilakos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 72nd minute, one of Saronida FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Saronida FC. If Fotis Bagasakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dimitris Philipopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyriakos Patemtzis in the 82nd minute of the match. In the 83rd minute, Gerasimos Mezonetas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kyriakos Patemtzis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimitris Philipopoulos having to interfere. Pap FC's Dimitris Philipopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manos Taganikas in the 96th minute of play. Manos Taganikas took the ball and in the 98 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dimitris Philipopoulos. Dimitris Philipopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see Saronida FC lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.