Official Cup

M.F.C. ARENA
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Andreas Daskalakis got the match started through his kick off. Vladimiros Pardalakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aimilios Koupepes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. AFC Ajax's Menios Moschogiannis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chatziioannou Theofilakis in the 10th minute of play. With a little luck, AFC Ajax's Menios Moschogiannis got control of the ball when Easton Krasakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. MICE F.C. were awarded a corner in the 12th minute after AFC Ajax's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Christos Koumis took the corner. Kosmas Spyrakis made a great header on MICE F.C.'s corner, it was just that AFC Ajax's Menios Moschogiannis managed to reach the ball for a save. Nontas Livaditis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 22 minutes into the match, AFC Ajax's goalkeeper Menios Moschogiannis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vladimiros Pardalakis. MICE F.C.'s Filippos Serametakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stamatis Giotas in the 24th minute of play. In the 26th minute Andreas Daskalakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Filippos Serametakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kleon Charalambidis charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kleon Charalambidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Kleon Charalambidis kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, MICE F.C.'s Menios Moschogiannis threw himself towards the right post 28 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Chatziioannou Theofilakis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The audience was convinced that Nontas Livaditis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Filippos Serametakis was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. In the 35th minute, Andreas Daskalakis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Filippos Serametakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in MICE F.C.'s zone, Andreas Daskalakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Filippos Serametakis came out of the goal and Andreas Daskalakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Menios Moschogiannis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chatziioannou Theofilakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the MICE F.C. defense, Andreas Daskalakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Filippos Serametakis. The MICE F.C. fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Filippos Serametakis should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vladimiros Pardalakis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Stavros Maridis lost his temper 53 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 52nd minute of the game. One of AFC Ajax:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of MICE F.C.:s goal. Christos Koumis shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. When Christos Koumis came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the MICE F.C. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Christos Koumis couldn't finish the play. After a rather tough play, AFC Ajax's Daniil Vouzas got a free kick in the 57th minute. With a little luck, MICE F.C.'s Filippos Serametakis got control of the ball when Nontas Livaditis tried to sneak it across the goal line. 64 minutes into the match, Vladimiros Pardalakis notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of AFC Ajax's Menios Moschogiannis. Menios Moschogiannis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Filippos Serametakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Andreas Daskalakis in the 66th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vladimiros Pardalakis in the 68th minute of play forced AFC Ajax's goalkeeper Menios Moschogiannis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 70 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Petros Labiris. With an all-out effort, AFC Ajax's Filippos Serametakis threw himself towards the right post 72 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Andreas Daskalakis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 73 played minutes MICE F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Christos Koumis. Andreas Daskalakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 79th minute, Kleon Charalambidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kosmas Spyrakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Menios Moschogiannis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimiros Pardalakis in the 98th minute of the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched AFC Ajax eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.