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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Marousi's Theofanis Kazantzakis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Vassilis Meletiou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Anastasios Pirtsos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Theofanis Kazantzakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Marousi's supporters rose to their feet, but Theofanis Kazantzakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nasos Neopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience was convinced that Alkinoos Negris's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kostas Kaplanis was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Kostas Kaplanis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Che Guevara's Christos Dellas shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. 20 minutes into the match, Che Guevara's goal looked a bit too open when Theofanis Kazantzakis came free, but Nasos Neopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kostas Kaplanis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alkinoos Negris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Che Guevara getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Alkinoos Negris hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theofanis Kazantzakis in the 36th minute of play forced Che Guevara's goalkeeper Nasos Neopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute Theofanis Kazantzakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nasos Neopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anastasios Pirtsos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nasos Neopoulos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. 47 minutes into the match, Anastasios Pirtsos notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Che Guevara's Nasos Neopoulos. Nasos Neopoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alkinoos Negris stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Anastasios Pirtsos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nasos Neopoulos having to interfere. Nasos Neopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theofanis Kazantzakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Theofanis Kazantzakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Marousi's supporters rose to their feet, but Theofanis Kazantzakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nasos Neopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nasos Neopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anastasios Pirtsos in the 66th minute of the match. When Anastasios Pirtsos came up free with the goalie in the 68th minute, the Marousi 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 Anastasios Pirtsos couldn't finish the play. Che Guevara's Alkinoos Negris got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Marousi's zone, Alkinoos Negris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kostas Kaplanis came out of the goal and Alkinoos Negris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Antonis Asimakoglou kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Anastasios Pirtsos notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Che Guevara's Nasos Neopoulos. Nasos Neopoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Theofanis Kazantzakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 92ndth minute of the game Theofanis Kazantzakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Che Guevara's Nasos Neopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Fanis Prikourakis fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Che Guevara's protests and gave Fanis Prikourakis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 93rd minute, one of Che Guevara:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Che Guevara.