Official Cup

GREEN LIONS Stadium
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Omiros Kanonopoulos got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Ksiros in the 6th minute of play forced GREEN LIONS's goalkeeper Theofanis Tseberlidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the game, Antonis Karapialis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. GREEN LIONS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Punk Fathers the free kick. In the 8th minute Kostas Ksiros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theofanis Tseberlidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonis Karapialis was shown his second yellow card after 9 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of Punk Fathers booed when GREEN LIONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonis Karapialis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Kostas Ksiros managed to get in a good position for a shot. Punk Fathers's supporters rose to their feet, but Kostas Ksiros was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Theofanis Tseberlidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to GREEN LIONS getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Andreas Seremetiadis hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Kostas Ksiros managed to get in a good position for a shot. Punk Fathers's supporters rose to their feet, but Kostas Ksiros was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Theofanis Tseberlidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Omiros Kanonopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Theofanis Tseberlidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Punk Fathers defense, Valerios Melogiannis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Giannis Zacharakos. The Punk Fathers fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Giannis Zacharakos should have stopped the shot. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Panagiotis Maragos was the one to do the kick off. Theofanis Tseberlidis was out of position in the 53 minute of play, and Omiros Kanonopoulos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Omiros Kanonopoulos really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. If Panagiotis Maragos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panagiotis Maragos kicked well hit freekick during the 64th minute of the match. With his leg Theofanis Tseberlidis managed to avoid a goal in the 65thth minute, when Punk Fathers's Omiros Kanonopoulos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kostas Ksiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Theofanis Tseberlidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kostas Ksiros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Panagiotis Maragos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of GREEN LIONS booed when Punk Fathers was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Viktoras Kaiafas didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 83 minutes, Valerios Melogiannis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GREEN LIONS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valerios Melogiannis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Iraklis Paraskevopoulos hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. Ilias Tsaris hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. Theofanis Tseberlidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kostas Ksiros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kostas Ksiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Theofanis Tseberlidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.