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Lake Stadium
Spectators: 8033 (Terracing: 6025, Seating: 1848, VIP seats: 160) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Petros Saveris got the match started through his kick off. Dimitris Papatsakalos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giannis Anagnostou in the 3rd minute. After 3 played minutes Tsirkoskila got a freekick which was hit by Zinon Savouras. 6 minutes had been played when some careless play by Tsirkoskila's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dimitris Ifantidis was slow to take the kick. During this time TRIPITI FC's players had a chance to rest. In a very dangerous position, a player in Tsirkoskila fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 6th minute. Penalty! Dimitris Ifantidis shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Zinon Savouras received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Ilias Lianis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Petros Saveris in the 10th minute of play forced TRIPITI FC's goalkeeper Ilias Lianis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dimitris Papatsakalos was a little too slow when Valerios Neochoritis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 12th minute. The score was now 1-0. Valerios Neochoritis had several of the Tsirkoskila's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 18 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Dimitris Papatsakalos as he didn't even see the shot coming. After having played for 24 minutes, Valerios Neochoritis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TRIPITI FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valerios Neochoritis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Omiros Seremetopoulos during the 26th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Tsirkoskila booed when TRIPITI FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Omiros Seremetopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kostas Kavourdoukos charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kostas Kavourdoukos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 35th match minute, TRIPITI FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kostas Kavourdoukos to maneuver through the defense. Valerios Neochoritis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Giannis Anagnostou in the 38thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Dimitris Papatsakalos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 39 played minutes TRIPITI FC got a freekick which was hit by Odysseas Stefanatos. After 40 played minutes, Tsirkoskila's Koulis Paouris shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ilias Lianis came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Tsirkoskila reached it. After 43 minutes, Pantelis Verikokos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tsirkoskila and the TRIPITI FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. When TRIPITI FC's Valerios Neochoritis in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tsirkoskila's goalie prevented a goal. In the 47th minute, Giannis Anagnostou left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The TRIPITI FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. 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 4-0.

The wind increased when Valerios Neochoritis made the kick off in the second half. Pavlos Salaminiotis charged in rather forcefully in the 55th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pavlos Salaminiotis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to TRIPITI FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Pavlos Salaminiotis hit a great ball. In the 59th minute, Pantelis Verikokos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ilias Lianis. The goal made the score 5-1. TRIPITI FC's Valerios Neochoritis got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Giannis Anagnostou came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the TRIPITI FC 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 Giannis Anagnostou couldn't finish the play. In the 74th play minute Zinon Savouras came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ilias Lianis. 6-2. After 78 played minutes, TRIPITI FC's Dimitris Ifantidis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dimitris Papatsakalos came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in TRIPITI FC reached it. Dimitris Papatsakalos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Valerios Neochoritis's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Dimitris Papatsakalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giannis Anagnostou in the 80th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pantelis Verikokos got free with Ilias Lianis in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Pavlos Salaminiotis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dimitris Papatsakalos was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Tsirkoskila's Dimitris Papatsakalos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pavlos Salaminiotis in the 91st minute of play. Ilias Lianis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pantelis Verikokos went, in the 95th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-3 was the resulting score. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. TRIPITI FC had played much better football throughout.