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paparians Stadium
Spectators: 6782 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1782, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Chatziioannou Antoniou took the kick off in the first half of the match. A collision led to Eptalofos Eagle FC getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Alexis Pintzopoulos hit a great ball. Giannis Mikroutsikos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Stratos Karakonstantinou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stratos Karakonstantinou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giannis Mikroutsikos in the 16th minute of play. Spyros Meraklis kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Fivos Androulakis kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. In the 25th minute of the match Markos Petkaris shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Stratos Karakonstantinou showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After having played for 29 minutes, Giannis Mikroutsikos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Eptalofos Eagle FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giannis Mikroutsikos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vlassis Konstantakakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Konstantinos Gialesakis in the 34th minute. Konstantinos Gialesakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Vlassis Konstantakakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Fotis Panagiotopoulos to make the kick off. With a little luck, Paparians's Stratos Karakonstantinou got control of the ball when Giannis Mikroutsikos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Vlassis Konstantakakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantinos Gialesakis in the 55th minute of play. Sofoklis Komaitis's late challenge caught a Paparians's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sofoklis Komaitis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute, Sofoklis Komaitis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stratos Karakonstantinou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chatziioannou Antoniou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fotis Panagiotopoulos struck a weak shot in the 68th minute. Vlassis Konstantakakis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Paparians. Vlassis Konstantakakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Gialesakis in the 70th minute of the match. Fotis Panagiotopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Vlassis Konstantakakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 75th match minute, Paparians was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fivos Androulakis to maneuver through the defense. If Konstantinos Gialesakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Giannis Mikroutsikos in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Stratos Karakonstantinou, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Eugenios Michail hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. When Fotis Panagiotopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Paparians 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 Fotis Panagiotopoulos couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Paparians booed when Eptalofos Eagle FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sofoklis Komaitis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iakovos Kleftodimos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 97th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vlassis Konstantakakis. Eptalofos Eagle FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Eptalofos Eagle FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.