Official Cup

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Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Panagiotis Antonakoglou kicked off to start the match. Theocharis Stavrakakis came free with the goalkeeper in the 3rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Vladimiros Manouselis could save by the left post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Panagiotis Antonakoglou in the 4th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vladimiros Manouselis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Panagiotis Antonakoglou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 7th minute, Avraam Choutos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 16th minute, Louis Christou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 19 played minutes FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO got a freekick which was hit by Loukas Spetzos. 22 minutes into the game, Giannis Nousias cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Vladimiros Manouselis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 33 played minutes, FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Avraam Choutos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Stefanos Topoudis came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO reached it. After a rather tough play, FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Minas Alexakis got a free kick in the 34th minute. After having played for 35 minutes, Louis Christou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PicksBattle.com's supporters crossed their fingers, but Louis Christou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Lautaro Martines got a free kick in the 37th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as PicksBattle.com's Theofanis Mouratis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Vladimiros Manouselis. That made the score 2-1 after 39 minutes of play. Vladimiros Manouselis was a little too slow when Panagiotis Antonakoglou got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 43rd minute. The score was now 3-1. Stefanos Topoudis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Avraam Choutos in the 47th minute of the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Stefanos Topoudis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Avraam Choutos in the 52nd minute of play. In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Stefanos Topoudis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 54th match minute, PicksBattle.com was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theofanis Mouratis to maneuver through the defense. A collision led to FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Ntinos Kaparelis hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Panagiotis Antonakoglou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vladimiros Manouselis was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. Vladimiros Manouselis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panagiotis Antonakoglou in the 63rd minute of play. 3-2 became the score in the 68th minute when Lautaro Martines elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Lautaro Martines got a good chance for a goal in the 81st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 84th minute, Giannis Nousias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christos Boulas charged in rather forcefully in the 85th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christos Boulas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 85 played minutes FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO got a freekick which was hit by Christos Boulas. Vladimiros Manouselis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panagiotis Antonakoglou in the 86th minute of the match. Giorgos Petras sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO defense, Panagiotis Antonakoglou kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vladimiros Manouselis. The FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vladimiros Manouselis should have stopped the shot. When the referee ended the match the PicksBattle.com players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.