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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Che Guevara started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Keylor Navas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Sidiropoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Miltiadis Soupidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Che Guevara, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 10th minute Stamatis Balouris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keylor Navas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 19 played minutes Hungary got a freekick which was hit by Che Guevara. Miltiadis Soupidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vince Szakál in the 27th minute of the match. Hungary's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mátyás Lovász in the 28th minute. Ferenc Kovács was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. If Che Guevara had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 35th minute Pantelis Pantelos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Keylor Navas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Keylor Navas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Pelekanos, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. In the 38th minute of the match Greece got a corner. Hungary's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Giannis Pelekanos ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lothar Mateus in the 41st minute of play forced Hungary's goalkeeper Keylor Navas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 played minutes Greece got a freekick which was hit by Markos Tsaliagos. 44 minutes into the match, Greece's goal looked a bit too open when Mátyás Lovász came free, but Miltiadis Soupidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Greece made a substitution. Makis Ligdas replaced Avraam Katselis. Greece made a substitution. Eleftherios Vranas replaced Pantelis Pantelos. Greece were awarded a corner in the 50th minute after Hungary's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Giannis Pelekanos took the corner. Eleftherios Vranas made a great header on Greece's corner, it was just that Hungary's Keylor Navas managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 51stth minute of the game Eleftherios Vranas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Hungary's Keylor Navas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eleftherios Vranas to make the kick off. Greece's Miltiadis Soupidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Che Guevara in the 57th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Eleftherios Vranas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Keylor Navas was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Egon Szegh during the 62nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Hungary's zone, Giannis Pelekanos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Keylor Navas came out of the goal and Giannis Pelekanos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 65th minute Che Guevara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miltiadis Soupidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miltiadis Soupidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ákos Lévai, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. In the 75th minute, Eleftherios Vranas fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Keylor Navas, passed just outside the right post. Vince Szakál received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Miltiadis Soupidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hungary's Máté Tokody was substituted for Mátyás Lovász. When Greece's Eleftherios Vranas in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Hungary's goalie prevented a goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Che Guevara in the 84th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Miltiadis Soupidis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Greece's Miltiadis Soupidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ákos Lévai in the 88th minute of play. Miltiadis Soupidis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vince Szakál's shot from short distance in the 92nd minute. 97 minutes into the game, Hungary's Ákos Lévai nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Miltiadis Soupidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0.