Official Cup

Melates Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Timos Santorineos started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Stratos Moularas made a precise shot to the right of Stergios Rodopoulos. TZITZIFIES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The supporters of TZITZIFIES booed when MELATES F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anastasios Moraitidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 16th minute, Kosmas Sfakianakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adamantios Kokolakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panagiotis Athanasiadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Alkaios Nikolaou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 21st match minute, MELATES F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giorgos Gontzos to maneuver through the defense. TZITZIFIES were furious when Giorgos Kaldelis was red carded, 28 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 29 played minutes TZITZIFIES got a freekick which was hit by Giorgos Kaldelis. When Kleanthis Sapounelis came up free with the goalie in the 30th minute, the MELATES F.C. 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 Kleanthis Sapounelis couldn't finish the play. In the 32nd minute Isidoros Argyrakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adamantios Kokolakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in TZITZIFIES's zone, Stratos Moularas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stergios Rodopoulos came out of the goal and Stratos Moularas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Chrisostomos Patakos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Stergios Rodopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stratos Moularas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stergios Rodopoulos having to interfere. Timos Santorineos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adamantios Kokolakis having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stratos Moularas was the one to do the kick off. Alkaios Nikolaou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. TZITZIFIES's Stergios Rodopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chrisostomos Patakos in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th minute Stratos Moularas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stergios Rodopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Isidoros Argyrakos hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chrisostomos Patakos in the 57th minute of play forced TZITZIFIES's goalkeeper Stergios Rodopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alkaios Nikolaou's late challenge caught a MELATES F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alkaios Nikolaou helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Alkaios Nikolaou hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, TZITZIFIES's Timos Santorineos got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind TZITZIFIES's goalkeeper Stergios Rodopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Stratos Moularas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 67th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. TZITZIFIES's Timos Santorineos got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Isidoros Argyrakos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Adamantios Kokolakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 74 minutes into the match, TZITZIFIES's goal looked a bit too open when Chrisostomos Patakos came free, but Stergios Rodopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paschalis Tsakiroglou hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Panagiotis Athanasiadis's late challenge caught a MELATES F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Panagiotis Athanasiadis helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to TZITZIFIES getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Panagiotis Athanasiadis hit a great ball. In the 79th minute, Kleanthis Sapounelis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Adamantios Kokolakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alkaios Nikolaou in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timos Santorineos in the 87th minute of play forced MELATES F.C.'s goalkeeper Adamantios Kokolakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, TZITZIFIES's Alkaios Nikolaou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adamantios Kokolakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Isidoros Argyrakos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adamantios Kokolakis having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. MELATES F.C. fully deserved thier win.