Official Cup

Suha
Spectators: 155 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nikos Kontosoros kicked off to start the match. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Sakis Sotirakos during the 5th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. When Doru Corbeanu came up free with the goalie in the 6th minute, the Granicerul 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 Doru Corbeanu couldn't finish the play. Narcis Coman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaggelis Tsigounakis in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Doru Corbeanu in the 12th minute of play forced ERGOTELIS's goalkeeper Panagiotis Kastanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Doru Corbeanu fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Kastanis having to interfere. When Emanuel Cărtărescu came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Granicerul 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 Emanuel Cărtărescu couldn't finish the play. When Radu Jușcă came up free with the goalie in the 20th minute, the Granicerul 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 Radu Jușcă couldn't finish the play. Emanuel Cărtărescu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Panagiotis Kastanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Doru Corbeanu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dorel Albescu in the 29th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Panagiotis Kastanis saved ERGOTELIS from getting behind. Panagiotis Kastanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doru Corbeanu, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Emanuel Cărtărescu let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 31st minute shot 1-0 at rihgt post. Granicerul's Narcis Coman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Kontosoros in the 36th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Doru Corbeanu managed to get in a good position for a shot. Granicerul's supporters rose to their feet, but Doru Corbeanu was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Panagiotis Kastanis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Radu Jușcă during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Narcis Coman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Kontosoros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 46 played minutes ERGOTELIS got a freekick which was hit by Sakis Sotirakos. The audience was convinced that Doru Corbeanu's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Panagiotis Kastanis was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Emanuel Cărtărescu to make the kick off. After having played for 51 minutes, Doru Corbeanu managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Granicerul's supporters crossed their fingers, but Doru Corbeanu was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 53 minutes into the game, Emanuel Cărtărescu cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Panagiotis Kastanis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, ERGOTELIS's Giannis Dimakoglou got a free kick in the 59th minute. Panagiotis Kastanis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Doru Corbeanu in the 61st minute of play. Panagiotis Kastanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Emanuel Cărtărescu, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Vaggelis Tsigounakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. ERGOTELIS's supporters rose to their feet, but Vaggelis Tsigounakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Narcis Coman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 69 played minutes ERGOTELIS got a freekick which was hit by Sakis Sotirakos. When Toader Gabrea fell near the penalty area in the 71st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Granicerul's protests and gave Toader Gabrea a yellow card for diving instead. After 71 played minutes Granicerul got a freekick which was hit by Toader Gabrea. Emanuel Cărtărescu hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Thanasis Rizos kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ERGOTELIS's Sakis Sotirakos got a free kick in the 89th minute. Nikos Kontosoros received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Narcis Coman came out and tried to block the shot, but Nikos Kontosoros slotted it home off the left post making it 3-1 in the 92nd minute.