Official Cup

ACADEMIA DE FUTBOL
Spectators: 144 (Terracing: 109, Seating: 33, VIP seats: 2) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christos Triantafyllou kicked off to start the match. Robert Kirby hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. The supporters of Granate booed when DAMIAN TEAM was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gavino Loren didn't get a good kick on the ball. Gavino Loren kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. After having played for 23 minutes, Christos Triantafyllou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Granate's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christos Triantafyllou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the DAMIAN TEAM defense, Leukothoe Sakelaris kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Saverio Torres. The DAMIAN TEAM fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Saverio Torres should have stopped the shot. After 34 minutes of play, Granate's Christos Triantafyllou made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Saverio Torres was left in no man's land by his defense there! Robert Kirby sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 41 minutes of play, Granate's Jaakko Ramstadius made it 0-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Saverio Torres was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 48th minute, Christos Triantafyllou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Saverio Torres was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-8. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-8.

When the match clock showed 55 minutes, the score became 0-9 when Christos Triantafyllou sped through DAMIAN TEAM's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Saverio Torres. Christos Triantafyllou in the 58thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Saverio Torres, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Christos Triantafyllou's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 67thth minute, Saverio Torres skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After 69th play minutes Christos Triantafyllou shot 0-11, a short shot which went by Saverio Torres and just under the crossbar into goal. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Robert Kirby took a quick shot and it went in 0-12 without a chance for Saverio Torres to make any attempt to save it. In the 75th minute, Christos Triantafyllou reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Saverio Torres. The goal made the score 0-13. Saverio Torres was out of position in the 79 minute of play, and Christos Triantafyllou capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Christos Triantafyllou really showed his touch with that goal: 0-14. Robert Kirby received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Saverio Torres came out and tried to block the shot, but Robert Kirby slotted it home off the left post making it 0-15 in the 81st minute. Leukothoe Sakelaris succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-16 in the 84th playminute. DAMIAN TEAM's Saverio Torres played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robert Kirby in the 88th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Christos Triantafyllou reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Saverio Torres. The goal made the score 0-17. 92 minutes into the game, Christos Triantafyllou lined in a short shot 0-18 behind a frustrated Saverio Torres. The audience was convinced that Christos Triantafyllou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Saverio Torres was relentless in the 96th minute of the game. Luisito Estevon sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match was over Granate could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than DAMIAN TEAM throughout the match.