Official Cup

Avenue of glory
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Green Horses's Christodoulos Symeonas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience was convinced that Christodoulos Symeonas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikos Kontodimos was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 5th minute Periklis Zorbadelos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Kontodimos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Christodoulos Symeonas in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nikos Kontodimos saved Panthiseiakos from getting behind. Antonis Petridis charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Antonis Petridis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 11th match minute, Green Horses was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Antonis Petridis to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Green Horses booed when Panthiseiakos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimitris Koulouris didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dimitris Iakovakos's late challenge caught a Green Horses's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dimitris Iakovakos helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Panthiseiakos's Dimitris Iakovakos got a free kick in the 17th minute. 1-1 became the score in the 21st minute when Christodoulos Symeonas elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Nikos Kontodimos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christodoulos Symeonas, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Dimitris Koulouris hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. After 34th play minutes Christodoulos Symeonas shot 2-1, a short shot which went by Nikos Kontodimos and just under the crossbar into goal. In the last second Nikos Kontodimos throw himself and got hold of the ball when Christodoulos Symeonas in the 38thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 39th minute, Green Horses's Lazaros Teliadis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nikos Kontodimos. Nikos Kontodimos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-1. Christodoulos Symeonas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikos Kontodimos having to interfere. In the 46th minute Christodoulos Symeonas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Kontodimos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dimitris Koulouris to make the kick off. In the 55th minute, Lazaros Teliadis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kyriakos Kazatzis made in the 61st minute of the game a quick throw-in and Lazaros Teliadis immediately put the ball in play. Odysseas Mentis made in the 65th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Panthiseiakos's Nektarios Kousouridis. Avraam Liakos made in the 66th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Antonis Petridis immediately put the ball in play. 67 minutes into the match, Christodoulos Symeonas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikos Kontodimos. Panthiseiakos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Christodoulos Symeonas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. Nikos Kontodimos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Christodoulos Symeonas's shot from short distance in the 76th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christodoulos Symeonas in the 78th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nikos Kontodimos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 79th minute, Christodoulos Symeonas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikos Kontodimos was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-1. Antonis Petridis made in the 83rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Panthiseiakos's Nektarios Kousouridis. In the 90th minute Christodoulos Symeonas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Kontodimos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikos Kontodimos came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by Green Horses's Christodoulos Symeonas. But to his dismay, Christodoulos Symeonas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. For all the effort they put into the match, the Panthiseiakos players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Green Horses.