Official Cup

Melates Arena
Spectators: 153 (Terracing: 115, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Leonidas Tseberlidis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Emanuel Enoiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armindo Candeias in the 2nd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Armindo Candeias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emanuel Enoiu was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 9th minute of the match, Alexis McAllister got a very nice opportunity to score, but Federico Lenci was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 14 minutes into the match, MELATES F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Antonello Consalvi came free, but Emanuel Enoiu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Emanuel Enoiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armindo Candeias, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alvin Nordström in the 22nd minute of play forced MELATES F.C.'s goalkeeper Emanuel Enoiu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the game, Alvin Nordström cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Emanuel Enoiu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 25 minutes into the match, Aleschi FC's Armindo Candeias sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Emanuel Enoiu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Federico Lenci made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonidas Tseberlidis in the 26th minute of play. Ermanno Tarulli hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Alexis McAllister's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Federico Lenci firmly grabbed it by the left post. 30 minutes into the match, Leonidas Tseberlidis notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Aleschi FC's Federico Lenci. Federico Lenci was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Emanuel Enoiu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Armindo Candeias in the 33rd minute of the match. Emanuel Enoiu stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Armindo Candeias's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. A collision led to MELATES F.C. getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Nafiz Hafızoğlu hit a great ball. Emanuel Enoiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Armindo Candeias, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Alkis Kalipolitis kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. After 43 minutes, Leonidas Tseberlidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the MELATES F.C. and the Aleschi FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to MELATES F.C. getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Leonidas Tseberlidis hit a great ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Leonidas Tseberlidis took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Federico Lenci. Federico Lenci dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Carter Raniolo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Emanuel Enoiu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Alkis Kalipolitis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emanuel Enoiu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alvin Nordström in the 63rd minute of play. Aleschi FC's Federico Lenci played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexis McAllister in the 68th minute of play. Alexis McAllister might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Federico Lenci. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alexis McAllister ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 78th minute, Franco Morelli hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 82 minutes of play MELATES F.C.'s Leonidas Tseberlidis was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Emanuel Enoiu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alvin Nordström, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. The supporters of Aleschi FC booed when MELATES F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nafiz Hafızoğlu didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 91 minutes MELATES F.C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Franco Morelli who took care of the corner kick. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.