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FC NATIONAL ARENA
Spectators: 10811 (Terracing: 8110, Seating: 2486, VIP seats: 215) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Spiros Bekyros took the kick off in the first half of the match. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by FC NATIONAL's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Liu Chang Hong was slow to take the kick. During this time ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's players had a chance to rest. A well done corner resulted in Spiros Bekyros drilling the ball in to score 0-1 behind FC NATIONAL's goalkeeper. Marciano Lekubegi struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Elvis Ducke didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ. A collision led to FC NATIONAL getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Octavian Popescu hit a great ball. In the 15th minute, Ankaios Garofalis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Elvis Ducke stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Spiros Bekyros's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. 19 minutes into the match, ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's goal looked a bit too open when Mateusz Filipowski came free, but Kheiron Kouropoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's Kheiron Kouropoulos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 20th minute of the match, managed to save ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ from getting a goal against them. Ankaios Garofalis kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. 27 minutes into the match, FC NATIONAL's goal looked a bit too open when Spiros Bekyros came free, but Elvis Ducke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Timoteo Michael came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ 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 Timoteo Michael couldn't finish the play. 37 minutes into the match, FC NATIONAL's goal looked a bit too open when Timoteo Michael came free, but Elvis Ducke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Marciano Lekubegi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Octavian Popescu kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in FC NATIONAL's zone, Liu Chang Hong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Elvis Ducke came out of the goal and Liu Chang Hong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Mateusz Filipowski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kheiron Kouropoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Radomil Kapera in the 51st minute of the match. FC NATIONAL were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Deng Cheng Zhen took the corner. FC NATIONAL's Deng Cheng Zhen was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Kheiron Kouropoulos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save FC NATIONAL from getting a goal against them. Elvis Ducke didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ankaios Garofalis went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-6 was the resulting score. After some careless play in the FC NATIONAL defense, Ankaios Garofalis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Elvis Ducke. The FC NATIONAL fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Elvis Ducke should have stopped the shot. 67 minutes into the match, Spiros Bekyros 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 Spiros Bekyros was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. The supporters of FC NATIONAL booed when ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Spiros Bekyros didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 70 minutes, Radomil Kapera managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. FC NATIONAL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Radomil Kapera was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 73 minutes into the match, FC NATIONAL's goal looked a bit too open when Ankaios Garofalis came free, but Elvis Ducke reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74thth minute of the game Spiros Bekyros who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but FC NATIONAL's Elvis Ducke was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Elvis Ducke was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Marciano Lekubegi showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-9 in the 76 minute of play. Spiros Bekyros who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 78thth minute tested the skills of Elvis Ducke when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 82nd minute of the match ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ got a corner. FC NATIONAL's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Liu Chang Hong ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spiros Bekyros in the 86th minute of play forced FC NATIONAL's goalkeeper Elvis Ducke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 88th play minutes Spiros Bekyros shot 0-10, a short shot which went by Elvis Ducke and just under the crossbar into goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spiros Bekyros in the 92nd minute of play forced FC NATIONAL's goalkeeper Elvis Ducke to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Deng Cheng Zhen kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. ΑΦΕΝΤΙΚΟ's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.