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Spectators: 9256 (Terracing: 6943, Seating: 2129, VIP seats: 184) Nedim Emekli made the kick off and thus started the match. Stefanos Salepis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miladin Kirichev, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 7th minute, Viktoras Stathiadis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stefanos Salepis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Mean Machine booed when Xarilaou FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Petros Dimitriou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miladin Kirichev in the 14th minute of play. Stefanos Salepis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Miladin Kirichev's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. Stefanos Salepis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miladin Kirichev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kostas Fasoulis in the 20th minute of play forced Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefanos Salepis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kostas Fasoulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stefanos Salepis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miladin Kirichev in the 35th minute of play. In the 38th minute Viktoras Stathiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Salepis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mean Machine's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Stratos Kabantais was slow to take the kick. During this time Xarilaou FC's players had a chance to rest. With a little luck, Xarilaou FC's Kostas Kourmouzis got control of the ball when Carles Pujol tried to sneak it across the goal line. Stefanos Salepis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktoras Stathiadis in the 43rd minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Xarilaou FC made a substitution. Henrihs Kazimirs replaced Petros Dimitriou. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Miladin Kirichev was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 54th minute of play forced Xarilaou FC's goalkeeper Kostas Kourmouzis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stefanos Salepis made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Miladin Kirichev sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Achilleas Kanavatsos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Xarilaou FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Achilleas Kanavatsos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stefanos Salepis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to save Mean Machine from getting a goal against them. 65 minutes into the match, Xarilaou FC's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Makris came free, but Kostas Kourmouzis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute Miladin Kirichev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Salepis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Xarilaou FC defense, Nedim Emekli kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kostas Kourmouzis. The Xarilaou FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kostas Kourmouzis should have stopped the shot. Through an outstanding action, after 81 minutes, Stefanos Salepis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The throw-in from Henrihs Kazimirs in the 83rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Mean Machine's Luca Milivojević. 87 minutes into the match, Xarilaou FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lambros Dimitrakis came free, but Kostas Kourmouzis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Miladin Kirichev had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Stefanos Salepis. Mean Machine's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Miladin Kirichev was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Kostas Kourmouzis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lambros Dimitrakis in the 98th minute of the match. Lambros Dimitrakis might have been able to make a better finish in the 99th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Kostas Kourmouzis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Lambros Dimitrakis ran back to his position shaking his head. Kostas Kourmouzis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lambros Dimitrakis in the 99th minute of the match. Xarilaou FC's Kostas Kourmouzis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lambros Dimitrakis in the 101st minute of play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Xarilaou FC walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.