FC NATIONAL ARENA
Spectators: 10802 (Terracing: 8103,
Seating: 2484, VIP seats: 215) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ivón Echavarri made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, FC NATIONAL's Mateusz Filipowski got a free kick in the 6th minute. Elvis Ducke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Honorio Vergas, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Ivón Echavarri put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Elvis Ducke. After some careless play in the OMONOIA defense, Mateusz Filipowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Koios Panayiotopoulos. The OMONOIA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Koios Panayiotopoulos should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, FC NATIONAL's Octavian Popescu got a free kick in the 14th minute. Koios Panayiotopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mateusz Filipowski in the 16th minute of the match. FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Honorio Vergas in the 17th minute of play. A hard shot 18 in the game by Radomil Kapera from a close distance when the talented Koios Panayiotopoulos managed to make a qualified save. OMONOIA's players were relieved. The audience was convinced that Ivón Echavarri's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elvis Ducke was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Elvis Ducke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ivón Echavarri in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th match minute, OMONOIA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Napoleon Kiewra to maneuver through the defense. Elvis Ducke took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Honorio Vergas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 29 minutes into the match, Ivón Echavarri had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Elvis Ducke. FC NATIONAL's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ivón Echavarri was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Deng Cheng Zhen, 33 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. After 34 played minutes OMONOIA got a freekick which was hit by Seilenos Chrysanthopoulos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateusz Filipowski in the 35th minute of play forced OMONOIA's goalkeeper Koios Panayiotopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elvis Ducke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Honorio Vergas, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Elvis Ducke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Honorio Vergas in the 40th minute of play. With a little luck, OMONOIA's Koios Panayiotopoulos got control of the ball when Radomil Kapera tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 44th match minute, FC NATIONAL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Octavian Popescu to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Honorio Vergas in the 45th minute of play forced FC NATIONAL's goalkeeper Elvis Ducke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.
The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mateusz Filipowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, FC NATIONAL's Deng Cheng Zhen got a free kick in the 55th minute. Ivón Echavarri shot from long distance in the 55th minute, but Elvis Ducke was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Koios Panayiotopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mateusz Filipowski in the 59th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ivón Echavarri in the 60th minute of play forced FC NATIONAL's goalkeeper Elvis Ducke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. OMONOIA's Koios Panayiotopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radomil Kapera in the 63rd minute of play. Koios Panayiotopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radomil Kapera in the 63rd minute of play. Radomil Kapera hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. In the 70th match minute, FC NATIONAL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Radomil Kapera to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke got control of the ball when Honorio Vergas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Koios Panayiotopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Octavian Popescu in the 74th minute of play. In the 75th minute, Octavian Popescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC NATIONAL fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mateusz Filipowski in the 79th minute of play forced OMONOIA's goalkeeper Koios Panayiotopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute, Octavian Popescu left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC NATIONAL fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Elvis Ducke made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Honorio Vergas in the 90th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, FC NATIONAL's goal looked a bit too open when 邵城沙 came free, but Elvis Ducke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Koulouris made a great header on OMONOIA's corner, it was just that FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of OMONOIA booed when FC NATIONAL was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Radomil Kapera didn't get a good kick on the ball. Elvis Ducke showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 邵城沙, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. A well-hit corner resulted in Eduardo Zanette heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.
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