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Red Dragons Hell
Spectators: 7538 (Terracing: 5655, Seating: 1733, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nikiforos Patistas kicked off to start the match. Babbis Papachronopoulos hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Petros Melogiannis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marinos Varouchas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikiforos Patistas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pálairos FC's Apostolikas Stelas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aggelos Chatziapostolou in the 9th minute of play. Nikiforos Patistas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Marinos Varouchas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Red Dragon Fire's Marinos Varouchas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikiforos Patistas in the 14th minute of play. The referee gave Red Dragon Fire a penalty, 19 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Babbis Papachronopoulos, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Pálairos FC's Apostolikas Stelas. 1-0. After 23 played minutes Aggelos Chatziapostolou rounded Pálairos FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-0. If Christodoulos Gounaris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 35 minutes, Viktoras Asimakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Dragon Fire and the Pálairos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aggelos Chatziapostolou in the 38th minute of play forced Pálairos FC's goalkeeper Apostolikas Stelas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 minutes, Tolis Papagiannis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Dragon Fire and the Pálairos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Tolis Papagiannis hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Petros Melogiannis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Aggelos Chatziapostolou made a kick off. After 53 minutes of play Red Dragon Fire's Viktoras Asimakis was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Viktoras Asimakis hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Petros Melogiannis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marinos Varouchas having to interfere. After 56 minutes, Savas Charalambopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Red Dragon Fire and the Pálairos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 56th match minute, Red Dragon Fire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Savas Charalambopoulos to maneuver through the defense. In the 60th minute, Pantelis Kasnakidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Panos Asimoulis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panos Asimoulis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Apostolikas Stelas having to make a save. In the 66th minute, Tolis Papagiannis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 75 played minutes Pálairos FC got a freekick which was hit by Odysseas Pliatsikas. 77 minutes into the match, Red Dragon Fire's goalkeeper Marinos Varouchas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Petros Melogiannis. After 79 minutes, Odysseas Pliatsikas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pálairos FC and the Red Dragon Fire players grew even worse after the yellow card. Odysseas Pliatsikas hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Pálairos FC's Petros Melogiannis got a good chance for a goal in the 82nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 85th minute, Pantelis Kasnakidis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marinos Varouchas was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 88th minute, Pantelis Kasnakidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Emmanouil Kouradakis charged in rather forcefully in the 90th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emmanouil Kouradakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Emmanouil Kouradakis kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. The supporters of Red Dragon Fire booed when Pálairos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Emmanouil Kouradakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th minute Panos Asimoulis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Apostolikas Stelas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Red Dragon Fire's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.