Official Cup

Melates Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christos Papakostopoulos kicked off to start the match. Kostas Ntounias hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Kostas Ntounias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Themos Maridis was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. After some careless play in the MELATES F.C. defense, Giannis Merganiotis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Themos Maridis. The MELATES F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Themos Maridis should have stopped the shot. In the 13th minute, Panos Diamantidis 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. When the match had gone on for 15 minutes, Christos Papakostopoulos put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Grigoris Smernos. Kleanthis Sapounelis lost his temper 20 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 20 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for MELATES F.C.! In the 22nd minute, Giannis Merganiotis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Themos Maridis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 27th minute, Panos Diamantidis 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. 31 minutes into the match, MELATES F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Panos Diamantidis came free, but Themos Maridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to MELATES F.C. getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Giorgos Gontzos hit a great ball. If Giorgos Gontzos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to MELATES F.C. getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Giorgos Gontzos hit a great ball. In the 47th minute Panos Diamantidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Themos Maridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Panos Diamantidis to strike the kick off in the second half. Panos Diamantidiss short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Themos Maridis to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After 68 minutes of play, MELATES F.C.'s Takis Mantas made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Grigoris Smernos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 74th minute, Giorgos Gontzos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The MELATES F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. In the 78th match minute, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fanis Staikos to maneuver through the defense. Dorotheos Delioridis came free in the 86th minute and tried to tip the ball over Grigoris Smernos, but to the joy of ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s supporters the ball went over. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giorgos Gontzos in the 88th minute of play forced ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s goalkeeper Grigoris Smernos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panos Diamantidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Themos Maridis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 3-3 became the score in the 96th minute when Panos Diamantidis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.