League

Garden Arena
Spectators: 8613 (Terracing: 6460, Seating: 1980, VIP seats: 173) Kipouroi FC's Benito Bento started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kipouroi FC's goalkeeper Veniamin Michailidis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Baudelio Carter kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Kipouroi FC's zone, Walter Giardino stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Veniamin Michailidis came out of the goal and Walter Giardino tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 13thth minute of the game Alexis Alexandris who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kipouroi FC's Veniamin Michailidis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 16th minute Walter Giardino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veniamin Michailidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kipouroi FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Grigoris Kornaros was slow to take the kick. During this time tHe SOnS of rAGnar's players had a chance to rest. When tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Walter Giardino in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Kipouroi FC's goalie prevented a goal. When the match clock showed 19 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Walter Giardino sped through Kipouroi FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Veniamin Michailidis. The supporters of Kipouroi FC booed when tHe SOnS of rAGnar was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Egemen Tavgaç didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, Walter Giardino notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Kipouroi FC's Veniamin Michailidis. Veniamin Michailidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28th minute, Babbis Zigouris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Walter Giardino came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the tHe SOnS of rAGnar 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 Walter Giardino couldn't finish the play. In the 31st minute Benjamin Mikolas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Veniamin Michailidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Giardino in the 33rd minute of play forced Kipouroi FC's goalkeeper Veniamin Michailidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of tHe SOnS of rAGnar booed when Kipouroi FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 34 match minutes in a wonderful position. Babbis Zigouris didn't get a good kick on the ball. Veniamin Michailidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Giardino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 37 minutes into the match, Walter Giardino notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Kipouroi FC's Veniamin Michailidis. Veniamin Michailidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Veniamin Michailidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Walter Giardino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sofoklis Koutsopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but José Sá made a huge save. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 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 Walter Giardino to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Walter Giardino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's supporters crossed their fingers, but Walter Giardino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fiz Biembengén kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Baudelio Carter took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 55th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for José Sá. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 58th match minute, Kipouroi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stelios Tavoularis to maneuver through the defense. Stelios Tavoularis kicked well hit freekick during the 59th minute of the match. Apostolos Strimmenos charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Apostolos Strimmenos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Kipouroi FC's Apostolos Strimmenos got a free kick in the 64th minute. In the 64th match minute, Kipouroi FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Apostolos Strimmenos to maneuver through the defense. Veniamin Michailidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Papoutsakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Kipouroi FC's Veniamin Michailidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Telis Ntasios in the 66th minute of play. With a little luck, Kipouroi FC's Veniamin Michailidis got control of the ball when Laurence Snow tried to sneak it across the goal line. 72 minutes into the match, Kipouroi FC's goalkeeper Veniamin Michailidis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alexis Alexandris. After a rather tough play, Kipouroi FC's Baudelio Carter got a free kick in the 74th minute. José Sá took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sofoklis Koutsopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 minutes Kipouroi FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Giannis Papoutsakis who took care of the corner kick. Alexis Alexandris's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Veniamin Michailidis firmly grabbed it by the left post. A hard shot 86 in the game by Walter Giardino from a close distance when the talented Veniamin Michailidis managed to make a qualified save. Kipouroi FC's players were relieved. Walter Giardino did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Veniamin Michailidis 86 minutes into the match. Veniamin Michailidis made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Walter Giardino sent off a good shot on target. 90 minutes into the match, Telis Ntasios dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Veniamin Michailidis, 0-5. Laurence Snow scored 0-6 in the 94th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Veniamin Michailidis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.