Official Cup

Tafos Indou Arena
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Ioan Voinescu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Dimitris Venetis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bazellatin F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. In the 10th match minute, Bazellatin F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stelios Antonatos to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the game, Loukianos Karalis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bazellatin F.C.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave AC MiLaN the free kick. After 13 played minutes Bazellatin F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Loukianos Karalis. Stratos Savouras's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 17thth minute, Ilie Florescu skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 18th minute Stratos Savouras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilie Florescu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st match minute, AC MiLaN was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iulian Surugiu to maneuver through the defense. Bazellatin F.C.'s Stratos Savouras got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ilie Florescu made an important save on a dangerous shot by Stratos Savouras in the 28th minute. After a rather tough play, Bazellatin F.C.'s Theofanis Dilberis got a free kick in the 34th minute. Ilie Florescu made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Dimitris Venetis sent off a good shot on target. Ilie Florescu came out of the goal in the 38th minute to try and stop a shot by Bazellatin F.C.'s Dimitris Venetis. But to his dismay, Dimitris Venetis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. After some careless play in the AC MiLaN defense, Stratos Savouras kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilie Florescu. The AC MiLaN fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilie Florescu should have stopped the shot. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stratos Savouras made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigore Banu in the 56th minute of play forced Bazellatin F.C.'s goalkeeper Louis Theofilopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Loukianos Karalis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bazellatin F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Loukianos Karalis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilie Florescu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 61 minutes into the game, Stratos Savouras cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Ilie Florescu was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ilie Florescu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Venetis, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 66th minute, Dimitris Venetis made a precise shot to the right of Ilie Florescu. AC MiLaN's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-0. In the 70th minute, Gelu Chivulescu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimitris Venetis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Stratos Savouras's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilie Florescu was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stratos Savouras in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ilie Florescu prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Louis Theofilopoulos was a little too slow when Grigore Banu got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 7-1. The audience was convinced that Stratos Savouras's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ilie Florescu was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. When Bazellatin F.C.'s Stratos Savouras in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye AC MiLaN's goalie prevented a goal. In the 93rd minute, Stratos Savouras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ilie Florescu was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-1. Bazellatin F.C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.