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Spectators: 8437 (Terracing: 6329, Seating: 1940, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Chatziantoniou Xanthos made the kick off which started today's match. Nikos Sarkanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Notis Dimakoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Fragou in the 17th minute of play. When meteora 1929's Dimitris Fragou in the 23rd minute got a chance for a shot 23rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sfinaskapa's goalie prevented a goal. After 24 minutes Sfinaskapa's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Nasos Venetidis who took care of the corner kick. The corner led meteora 1929's Chatziantoniou Xanthos to fire away a dangerous shot which Alketas Pesmatzoglou despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. 30 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goal looked a bit too open when Notis Dimakoglou came free, but Nikos Sarkanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Sarkanis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Timos Velopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Theodosis Stergiatos hit a great freekick 37 minutes into the match. Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Fragou in the 38th minute of play. In the 41st minute Dimitris Fragou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alketas Pesmatzoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match meteora 1929 got a corner. Sfinaskapa's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nasos Venetidis ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 45th match minute, meteora 1929 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chatziantoniou Xanthos to maneuver through the defense. In the 48th minute, Dimitris Fragou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alketas Pesmatzoglou was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Timos Velopoulos to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Fragou in the 54th minute of play forced Sfinaskapa's goalkeeper Alketas Pesmatzoglou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Spyros Berzovitis during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 57th minute Nasos Venetidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alketas Pesmatzoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alketas Pesmatzoglou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dimitris Fragou's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute Chatziantoniou Xanthos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alketas Pesmatzoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alketas Pesmatzoglou saved Sfinaskapa from getting behind. Alketas Pesmatzoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitris Fragou in the 71st minute of play. Alketas Pesmatzoglou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diogenis Kazatzis, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Alketas Pesmatzoglou didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when meteora 1929's Chatziantoniou Xanthos shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-1 in the ordered_time% minute. meteora 1929's Nikos Sarkanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theodosis Stergiatos in the 85th minute of play. In the 88th match minute, Sfinaskapa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zlatko Zahovič to maneuver through the defense. Nasos Venetidis, 89 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 91 minutes into the match, Dimitris Fragou had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alketas Pesmatzoglou. Sfinaskapa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimitris Fragou was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-1. The supporters of Sfinaskapa booed when meteora 1929 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Chatziantoniou Xanthos didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Spyros Berzovitis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 98 minutes had been played. After 99 played minutes Sfinaskapa got a freekick which was hit by Spyros Berzovitis. Alketas Pesmatzoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Prodromos Kabourakis in the 100th minute of play. meteora 1929's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.