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Sésa Stadium
Spectators: 8368 (Terracing: 6300, Seating: 1900, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Avraam Labiris got the match started through his kick off. Notis Roussos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Giorgos Stavrakas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Giorgos Stavrakas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Fragou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dimitris Fragou in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giorgos Stavrakas saved FIGHTER F.C. from getting behind. 13 minutes into the match, Dimitris Fragou notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FIGHTER F.C.'s Giorgos Stavrakas. Giorgos Stavrakas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Fragou in the 17th minute of play forced FIGHTER F.C.'s goalkeeper Giorgos Stavrakas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of meteora 1929 booed when FIGHTER F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 19 match minutes in a wonderful position. Theagenis Karagiannis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After having played for 20 minutes, Dimitris Fragou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. meteora 1929's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dimitris Fragou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a rather tough play, FIGHTER F.C.'s Avraam Labiris got a free kick in the 21st minute. Giorgos Stavrakas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasos Venetidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 24th minute. The audience was convinced that Diogenis Kazatzis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Giorgos Stavrakas was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. The corner ended in Nasos Venetidis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FIGHTER F.C.'s Giorgos Stavrakas did a great save. Giorgos Stavrakas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Chatziantoniou Xanthos's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. A collision led to meteora 1929 getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Diogenis Kazatzis hit a great ball. Chatziantoniou Xanthos took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Giorgos Stavrakas. Giorgos Stavrakas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Giorgos Stavrakas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nasos Venetidis in the 38th minute of the match. If Chatziantoniou Xanthos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Makis Antoniou hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in FIGHTER F.C.'s zone, Chatziantoniou Xanthos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Giorgos Stavrakas came out of the goal and Chatziantoniou Xanthos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chatziantoniou Xanthos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Avraam Labiris's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikos Sarkanis was relentless in the 51st minute of the game. Elder Duarte hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. In the 54th match minute, FIGHTER F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elder Duarte to maneuver through the defense. Avraam Labiris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Nikos Sarkanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 58 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goal looked a bit too open when Adrián Urbieta came free, but Nikos Sarkanis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 60th minute FIGHTER F.C. were awarded a corner. Stratos Rokkas went to the cornerflag to take it. Stratos Rokkas made a great header on FIGHTER F.C.'s corner, it was just that meteora 1929's Nikos Sarkanis managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 63rd minute, Theofilos Bozidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Avraam Labiris's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nikos Sarkanis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 65th minute of play. In the 66th minute, Dimitris Fragou 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. When FIGHTER F.C.'s Avraam Labiris in the 68th minute got a chance for a shot 68th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye meteora 1929's goalie prevented a goal. 69 minutes into the game, FIGHTER F.C.'s Elder Duarte nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nikos Sarkanis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. When Adrián Urbieta fell near the penalty area in the 72nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FIGHTER F.C.'s protests and gave Adrián Urbieta a yellow card for diving instead. After 73 played minutes FIGHTER F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Adrián Urbieta. meteora 1929's Nikos Sarkanis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrián Urbieta in the 76th minute of play. After 78 minutes, Avraam Labiris made it 2-2 with a short kick to the right side. meteora 1929's Nikos Sarkanis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Chatziantoniou Xanthos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 85 minutes into the match, FIGHTER F.C.'s Avraam Labiris sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Nikos Sarkanis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 88 minutes into the match, FIGHTER F.C.'s goalkeeper Giorgos Stavrakas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos. Theofilos Bozidis hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Avraam Labiris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikos Sarkanis having to interfere.