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BRAVE LIONS Stadium
Spectators: 7645 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 152) Aggelos Bantas struck a weak shot in the 2nd minute. Thanasis Topalidis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Zondhila. Aggelos Bantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Tasos Tsiafkaris managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zondhila's supporters rose to their feet, but Tasos Tsiafkaris was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thanasis Topalidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Stavros Stravelakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panos Svolopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. Stratos Koutsilas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Zondhila getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Miltos Santamouris hit a great ball. 35 minutes into the game, Sotiris Nikolaidis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. BRAVE LIONS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Zondhila the free kick. A collision led to BRAVE LIONS getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Sotiris Nikolaidis hit a great ball. In the 36th minute, Tasos Tsiafkaris got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Aggelos Bantas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zondhila's supporters rose to their feet, but Aggelos Bantas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thanasis Topalidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Tasos Tsiafkaris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Tasos Tsiafkaris made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stavros Stravelakis in the 54th minute of play forced Zondhila's goalkeeper Christos Boukouvalas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Christos Boukouvalas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stratos Koutsilas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aggelos Bantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. BRAVE LIONS's Thanasis Topalidis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save BRAVE LIONS from getting a goal against them. Thanasis Topalidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tasos Tsiafkaris in the 65th minute of the match. In the 69th minute, Kostas Kapsis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 71 minutes into the match, Tasos Tsiafkaris dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Thanasis Topalidis, 0-2. During the 76th minute of the match Sotiris Nikolaidis completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Sotiris Nikolaidis a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 77th match minute, BRAVE LIONS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sotiris Nikolaidis to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th minute, Marios Kanaris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 81 minutes, Tasos Tsiafkaris managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Zondhila's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tasos Tsiafkaris was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Aggelos Bantas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thanasis Topalidis having to make a save. In the 84th minute, Tasos Tsiafkaris ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Thanasis Topalidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. The crowd rose to their feet as Zondhila's Tasos Tsiafkaris slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Thanasis Topalidis. That made the score 0-4 after 89 minutes of play. Takis Bamias charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Takis Bamias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 97th minute, Aggelos Bantas made a precise shot to the right of Thanasis Topalidis. BRAVE LIONS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-5.