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Spectators: 7412 (Terracing: 5673, Seating: 1739, VIP seats: 0) Ilias Mourlos made the kick off and thus started the match. Giannis Samoladas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ilias Mourlos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giannis Samoladas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fragiskos Rigatos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giannis Samoladas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ilias Mourlos in the 11th minute of play. When Ilias Mourlos came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Arila 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 Ilias Mourlos couldn't finish the play. Ilias Mourlos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Giannis Samoladas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilias Mourlos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Samoladas having to interfere. Giannis Samoladas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ilias Mourlos went, in the 23rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. GIANNIOTIKA FC's Giannis Samoladas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fragiskos Rigatos in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ilias Mourlos in the 34th minute of play forced GIANNIOTIKA FC's goalkeeper Giannis Samoladas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Ilias Mourlos put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Giannis Samoladas. After the first half Arila were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kyriakos Karachristou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marios Tourkogiorgis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alkinoos Stergiou in the 53rd minute of play. A collision led to Arila getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Emmanouil Kofidis hit a great ball. Fragiskos Rigatos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Giannis Samoladas firmly grabbed it by the left post. 64 minutes had been played when some careless play by GIANNIOTIKA FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Tilemachos Mimidis was slow to take the kick. During this time Arila's players had a chance to rest. If Ilias Mourlos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Emmanouil Kofidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Samoladas having to interfere. Ilias Mourlos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Giannis Samoladas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilias Mourlos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 89 minutes into the match, Fragiskos Rigatos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Giannis Samoladas. GIANNIOTIKA FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fragiskos Rigatos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. The GIANNIOTIKA FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Arila were clearly better and deserved to take the win.