Official Cup

Giuseppe Meazza
Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Désiré Kaká started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Anastasios Perakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Désiré Kaká, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olympiacos FC's Theofilos Touboulis got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Valentinos Karapialis fell near the penalty area in the 10th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's protests and gave Valentinos Karapialis a yellow card for diving instead. After 10 played minutes FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO got a freekick which was hit by Valentinos Karapialis. Anastasios Perakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Désiré Kaká in the 13th minute of the match. In the 18thth minute of the game Panos Ntountas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Vladimiros Manouselis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Theofilos Touboulis put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Vladimiros Manouselis. The audience was convinced that Theofilos Touboulis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vladimiros Manouselis was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Ahmet Ali Poyraz hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. 26 minutes into the match, Soulis Partalis notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's Vladimiros Manouselis. Vladimiros Manouselis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vladimiros Manouselis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theofilos Touboulis in the 29th minute of play. In the 29th minute, Ahmet Ali Poyraz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 30th minute, Theofilos Touboulis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Olympiacos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Theofilos Touboulis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vladimiros Manouselis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Désiré Kaká got free with Anastasios Perakis in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Theofilos Touboulis in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Vladimiros Manouselis saved FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO from getting behind. 1-2 became the score in the 44th minute when Nunez Amato elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 47 minutes into the match, FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's goal looked a bit too open when Panos Ntountas came free, but Vladimiros Manouselis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 48 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Panos Ntountas was slow to take the kick. During this time Olympiacos FC's players had a chance to rest. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Theofilos Touboulis made a kick off. After 54 played minutes, Olympiacos FC's Panos Ntountas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Vladimiros Manouselis 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 Olympiacos FC reached it. Anastasios Perakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Ali Poyraz in the 60th minute of play. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by Olympiacos FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Valentinos Karapialis was slow to take the kick. During this time FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's players had a chance to rest. It was a well-played corner which Giorgos Peris managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. When Désiré Kaká fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's protests and gave Désiré Kaká a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO getting a freekick after 69 minutes play. Désiré Kaká hit a great ball. After 76 played minutes FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO got a freekick which was hit by Ahmet Ali Poyraz. After 77 minutes, Dimitris Koudas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Olympiacos FC and the FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 77th minute, Dimitris Koudas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 81 minutes, Nunez Amato managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nunez Amato was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Markos Kareklopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 87th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Markos Kareklopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 87 played minutes Olympiacos FC got a freekick which was hit by Markos Kareklopoulos. Anastasios Perakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Désiré Kaká, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute.