Official Cup

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Spectators: 165 (Terracing: 124, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Matias Quintun got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th minute, Giannis Moustakas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s zone, Raimundo Orlo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ermis Kalaitzis came out of the goal and Raimundo Orlo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Raimundo Orlo in the 7th minute of play forced ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s goalkeeper Ermis Kalaitzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 8th minute of the match Masters United F.C. got a corner. ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Raimundo Orlo ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner led Masters United F.C.'s Paulo Ralondo to fire away a dangerous shot which Ermis Kalaitzis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. After a rather tough play, ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏'s Tomasz Bakes got a free kick in the 9th minute. When the match had gone on for 12 minutes, Raimundo Orlo put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Ermis Kalaitzis. Ermis Kalaitzis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matias Quintun in the 22nd minute of the match. Delmar Mel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tomasz Bakes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute of the match ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ got a corner. Masters United F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nikos Vissis ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ booed when Masters United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paulo Ralondo didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Aggelos Kotridis hit a great ball. 45 minutes into the game, Masters United F.C.'s Matias Quintun nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ermis Kalaitzis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ntemis Nikolaidis to strike the kick off in the second half. Ermis Kalaitzis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matias Quintun in the 52nd minute of play. In the 61st match minute, Masters United F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Ramond to maneuver through the defense. Aggelos Kotridis scored 1-2 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Delmar Mel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ booed when Masters United F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Matias Quintun didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Raimundo Orlo put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Ermis Kalaitzis. If Raimundo Orlo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ermis Kalaitzis made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Raimundo Orlo sent off a good shot on target. After 79 played minutes ♏ⒶⓃⒶⓈⓉⒶⓈⒾ Ⓕ.Ⓒ♏ got a freekick which was hit by Nikos Vissis. In the 81st match minute, Masters United F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Matias Quintun to maneuver through the defense. Modesto Ranolfo struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Ermis Kalaitzis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Masters United F.C.. In the 89th minute Tomasz Bakes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Delmar Mel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Giannis Moustakas hit a great freekick 95 minutes into the match. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Masters United F.C. eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.