Official Cup

M.F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Theocharis Louverdis started the match with the kick off. MICE F.C.'s Omiros Bakogiannopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theocharis Louverdis in the 3rd minute of play. In the 5th minute, Takis Agritis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tasos Tsirigopoulos got free with Panagiotis Dentsas in the 10th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Theocharis Louverdis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Omiros Bakogiannopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Theodosis Theodorakoglou hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. MICE F.C.'s Ermis Labrou shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 17th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Panagiotis Dentsas but with some difficulty. Omiros Bakogiannopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anthimos Pagitis, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Panagiotis Dentsas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menios Stelakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Tasos Tsirigopoulos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Panagiotis Dentsas. That made the score 1-0 in the 44 minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Menios Stelakis made a kick off. Menios Stelakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Dentsas having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anthimos Pagitis got free with Omiros Bakogiannopoulos in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Omiros Bakogiannopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theocharis Louverdis in the 67th minute of the match. Theocharis Louverdis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Omiros Bakogiannopoulos having to interfere. In the 74th minute Menios Stelakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panagiotis Dentsas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 76 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Petros Labiris. 79 minutes into the match, MICE F.C.'s goalkeeper Omiros Bakogiannopoulos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anthimos Pagitis. In the 89th minute, MICE F.C.'s Fondas Klitorakis seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Fondas Klitorakis the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of MICE F.C. protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Fondas Klitorakis had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In a very dangerous position, a player in MICE F.C. fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 89th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 93 minutes, INTER's Anthimos Pagitis got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Omiros Bakogiannopoulos. The MICE F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 97th match minute when MICE F.C.'s Tasos Tsirigopoulos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. MICE F.C.'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.