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Lion Arena
Spectators: 8444 (Terracing: 6334, Seating: 1942, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Yousef El Arabi got the match started through his kick off. Pantelis Kosmas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clinton Eastwood in the 3rd minute of play. In the 6th minute, Argyris Karagiannopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mesta fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The audience was convinced that Yousef El Arabi's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kostas Alexoudis was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 13th minute Alekos Stergakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pantelis Kosmas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 17th minute Miltos Vourexakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kostas Alexoudis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Blue Lions FC's zone, Miltos Vourexakis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kostas Alexoudis came out of the goal and Miltos Vourexakis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Vaggelis Poulis fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Blue Lions FC's protests and gave Vaggelis Poulis a yellow card for diving instead. When Mesta's Markos Theriaklis in the 20th minute got a chance for a shot 20th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Blue Lions FC's goalie prevented a goal. Stathis Klotsidis kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Kostas Alexoudis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yousef El Arabi went, in the 22nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. 27 minutes into the match, Mesta's goal looked a bit too open when Stathis Klotsidis came free, but Pantelis Kosmas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kostas Alexoudis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Yousef El Arabi, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Mesta's Pantelis Kosmas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save Mesta from getting a goal against them. A collision led to Mesta getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Miltiadis Theodosiadis hit a great ball. Pantelis Kosmas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Clinton Eastwood in the 36th minute of the match. 38 minutes into the match, Mesta's goalkeeper Pantelis Kosmas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Alekos Stergakos. 41 minutes into the match, Blue Lions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lakis Papafotopoulos came free, but Kostas Alexoudis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 42 minutes into the match, Mesta's goal looked a bit too open when Alekos Stergakos came free, but Pantelis Kosmas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 44th match minute, Mesta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Felix Ripp to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Yousef El Arabi during the 46th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 46th match minute, Mesta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yousef El Arabi to maneuver through the defense. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Stathis Klotsidis made a kick off. Pantelis Kosmas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Clinton Eastwood went, in the 52nd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Markos Theriaklis in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kostas Alexoudis saved Blue Lions FC from getting behind. 61 minutes into the match, Blue Lions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lakis Papafotopoulos came free, but Kostas Alexoudis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd minute of the match, Markos Theriaklis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Kostas Alexoudis saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Yousef El Arabi got free with Kostas Alexoudis in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 66 played minutes Blue Lions FC got a freekick which was hit by Alekos Stergakos. Clinton Eastwood fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pantelis Kosmas having to interfere. 73 minutes into the match, Blue Lions FC's goal looked a bit too open when Miltos Vourexakis came free, but Kostas Alexoudis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pantelis Kosmas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clinton Eastwood in the 83rd minute of play. In the 87th minute, Blue Lions FC's Menelaos Rigatos seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Menelaos Rigatos the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Blue Lions FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Menelaos Rigatos had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After 86 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Blue Lions FC! If Yousef El Arabi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Markos Theriaklis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yousef El Arabi's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 97thth minute, Kostas Alexoudis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal.