Official Cup

Dragon Cave
Spectators: 197 (Terracing: 149, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Alexandros Gavril started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alexandros Gavril in the 2nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Armen Werthein prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Seleykos Sklavenitis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eliya Tabachnik in the 8th minute of play. Seleykos Sklavenitis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Janko Kaplan in the 11th minute of play. 14 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Janko Kaplan came free, but Seleykos Sklavenitis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 17 minutes, Janko Kaplan made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Unione Sportiva's Seleykos Sklavenitis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 22 minutes into the match, Unione Sportiva's goal looked a bit too open when Janko Kaplan came free, but Seleykos Sklavenitis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Seleykos Sklavenitis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Janko Kaplan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 27 minutes of play, G.R.'s Snir Nachum made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Seleykos Sklavenitis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 33rd play minutes Eliya Tabachnik shot 0-3, a short shot which went by Seleykos Sklavenitis and just under the crossbar into goal. G.R. were awarded a corner in the 39th minute after Unione Sportiva's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Yehoshua Kolai took the corner. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eliya Tabachnik to strike the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, G.R.'s Seleykos Sklavenitis threw himself towards the right post 50 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Janko Kaplan, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. G.R. were awarded a corner in the 52th minute after Unione Sportiva's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Yehoshua Kolai took the corner. After a rather tough play, G.R.'s Yoash Coppel got a free kick in the 57th minute. After some careless play in the Unione Sportiva defense, Eliya Tabachnik kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Seleykos Sklavenitis. The Unione Sportiva fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Seleykos Sklavenitis should have stopped the shot. An unexpected shot in the 63rd minute by Eliya Tabachnik got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. After 65 minutes of play, G.R.'s Eliya Tabachnik made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Seleykos Sklavenitis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 68th match minute, G.R. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yehoshua Kolai to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Augeias Pezos in the 72nd minute of play forced G.R.'s goalkeeper Armen Werthein to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Antonis Samios in the 74th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Armen Werthein prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 77th minute Lynkeus Pappageorge shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Armen Werthein saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 80th minute, Janko Kaplan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Seleykos Sklavenitis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. Unione Sportiva's Seleykos Sklavenitis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Janko Kaplan in the 83rd minute of play. Dimosthenis Malihoudis's late challenge caught a G.R.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dimosthenis Malihoudis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, Dimosthenis Malihoudis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Seleykos Sklavenitis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janko Kaplan, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Seleykos Sklavenitis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Janko Kaplan, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Armen Werthein showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandros Gavril, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Eliya Tabachnik came free with the goalkeeper in the 94th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Seleykos Sklavenitis could save by the left post. G.R. played a much better game than Unione Sportiva and deserved their victory. The Unione Sportiva players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.