Official Cup

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Spectators: 183 (Terracing: 138, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Lazaros Kostomanolakis made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd match minute, ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lazaros Kostomanolakis to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Stefanos Xomeritakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gerasimos Mitsopoulos was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 4thth minute of the game Stefanos Xomeritakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Gerasimos Mitsopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 7 minutes, Akis Romanidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the tHe SOnS of rAGnar and the ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to tHe SOnS of rAGnar getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Akis Romanidis hit a great ball. In the 10th minute, Thanasis Tsesmelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gerasimos Mitsopoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefanos Xomeritakis's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. In the 16thth minute of the game Stefanos Xomeritakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Gerasimos Mitsopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 19thth minute of the game Stefanos Xomeritakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Gerasimos Mitsopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Stefanos Xomeritakis sped through ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gerasimos Mitsopoulos. If Chrisostomos Bourdas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ booed when tHe SOnS of rAGnar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Akis Romanidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stefanos Xomeritakis in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gerasimos Mitsopoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Gerasimos Mitsopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chrisostomos Bourdas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 31 minutes into the match, Stefanos Xomeritakis notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Gerasimos Mitsopoulos. Gerasimos Mitsopoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Ilias Kiliaras had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gerasimos Mitsopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stefanos Xomeritakis in the 39th minute of the match. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 45 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alkis Markas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Stefanos Xomeritakis to make the kick off. In the 54th minute Ilias Kiliaras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stavros Kabantais saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stefanos Xomeritakis in the 55th minute of play forced ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s goalkeeper Gerasimos Mitsopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 56th minute Stefanos Xomeritakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerasimos Mitsopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 58 minutes into the game, Alkaios Sioulas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave tHe SOnS of rAGnar the free kick. After 58 played minutes ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ got a freekick which was hit by Alkaios Sioulas. Stefanos Xomeritakis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 59thth minute tested the skills of Gerasimos Mitsopoulos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Gerasimos Mitsopoulos made a fantastic save in the 61st minute, when Stefanos Xomeritakis sent off a good shot on target. ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Aggelos Kotridis got his second yellow card of the match in the 62nd minute. The referee ordered Aggelos Kotridis off the ground. In the 64th minute, Aggelos Kotridis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Stefanos Xomeritakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gerasimos Mitsopoulos was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. The supporters of ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ booed when tHe SOnS of rAGnar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fotis Katsaros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stefanos Xomeritakiss short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Gerasimos Mitsopoulos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 75th minute Stefanos Xomeritakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gerasimos Mitsopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stefanos Xomeritakis had several of the ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 79 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-3 score and a disappointed Gerasimos Mitsopoulos as he didn't even see the shot coming. Stefanos Xomeritakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerasimos Mitsopoulos having to interfere. Thanasis Tsesmelis hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After 87 played minutes tHe SOnS of rAGnar got a freekick which was hit by Thanasis Tsesmelis. 90 minutes into the game, ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Alkaios Sioulas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stavros Kabantais made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. Chrisostomos Bourdas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gerasimos Mitsopoulos having to interfere. ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Gerasimos Mitsopoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ from getting a goal against them.