Molaikos 2 - 1 Grilled
brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 5796 to Edw 8a ginei o tafos sas!!.
Udi Benayoun was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Vincenzo Guerrini and
Alberto Cendrer. Molaikos started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Pantazis - Afentoulidis, Siris, Bodrozic - Diavatis, Orfanidis, Sidiropoulos, Genaridis, Geurden - Papadakis, imeonidis.
Grilled had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Huel-sheng - Tuan-Mu, Dewilde, Siu-Cheung - Ze, Stanton, Tellskär, Noor Yadah, Machado - Chiew-Yen, Hobson.
With 3 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
Ricard Machado put the ball away for 0 - 1.
Dimitri Papadakis was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Molaikos with a strike from the left, but
Cheung Huel-sheng managed to ward the closing shot off to a corner.
Roel Geurden was doing a great job on his wing, sending in brilliant passes to his teammates in the middle, but
Dimitri Papadakis seemed unable to profit from this excellent service. After the ball was lifted in from the left,
Li Ze was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 39 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 57 percent of possession.
After 50 minutes
Vassilis imeonidis made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to
Dimitri Papadakis who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 1 - 1. Grilled had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 60 minutes in when
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Tim Hobson came up alone against
Christos Pantazis who managed a block. 76 minutes into the game,
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Tim Hobson almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar.
Dimitri Papadakis gave Molaikos the lead with 2 - 1, as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then placed the ball unreachably at the keeper's right post. Grilled held the ball, with a clear 60 percent of possession.
Most important Molaikos player was
Petrinioti Afentoulidis.
Dimitri Papadakis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was
Ricard Machado. However,
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Tim Hobson made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.