Official Cup

Estadio Copetonas
Spectators: 156 (Terracing: 117, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Telis Ntavelis got the match started through his kick off. The supporters of Aliverpool booed when Copetonas AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Atilano Mendiko didn't get a good kick on the ball. Telis Ntavelis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Copetonas AFC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Efthimis Giotopoulos was slow to take the kick. During this time Aliverpool's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Aliverpool's Christos Kakaris to a score. 0-1 in the 10th minute. Eustacio Gudesteo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Telis Ntavelis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alejandro Gervaso having to interfere. Stefanos Topoudis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Atilano Mendiko in the 24th minute. With a little luck, Aliverpool's Stefanos Topoudis got control of the ball when Apolo Lizbeth tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 30th minute Tomás Santos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Topoudis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stefanos Topoudis came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Copetonas AFC's Tomás Santos. But to his dismay, Tomás Santos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Apolo Lizbeth kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Stefanos Topoudis. That made the score 2-1 in the 40 minute of play. After some careless play in the Aliverpool defense, Severo Loco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Stefanos Topoudis. The Aliverpool fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Stefanos Topoudis should have stopped the shot. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Tomás Santos to strike the kick off in the second half. When the match had gone on for 51 minutes, Tomás Santos put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Stefanos Topoudis. After 54 minutes of play, Copetonas AFC's Atilano Mendiko made it 5-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefanos Topoudis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Telis Ntavelis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 61st minute, Apolo Lizbeth left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Copetonas AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-1. In the 71st minute, Tomás Santos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stefanos Topoudis was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Apolo Lizbeth in the 75th minute of play forced Aliverpool's goalkeeper Stefanos Topoudis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Efthimis Giotopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Efthimis Giotopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Efthimis Giotopoulos hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute Atilano Mendiko shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Topoudis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 89 minutes into the game, Copetonas AFC's Severo Loco nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stefanos Topoudis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-1. Stefanos Topoudis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Apolo Lizbeth, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.