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Valhalla Arena
Spectators: 8099 (Terracing: 6076, Seating: 1862, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Menelaos Kokkalopoulos made the kick off which started today's match. After having played for 3 minutes, Notis Kalivatsis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Solidarity's supporters crossed their fingers, but Notis Kalivatsis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 6 minutes, Menelaos Kokkalopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rodiakos FC and the Solidarity players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Rodiakos FC getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Menelaos Kokkalopoulos hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the game, Alkis Choutos threw the ball into play from the sideline. Rodiakos FC's Sotiris Charisteas quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Kostas Drakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trifon Skandalis in the 9th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Loukas Satrapis put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Kostas Drakos. If Loukas Satrapis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Notis Kalivatsis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavlos Bouras hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Kostas Drakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Notis Kalivatsis in the 24th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Menelaos Kokkalopoulos in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Andreas Papalexis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Andreas Papalexis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giannis Manolas in the 30th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Menelaos Kokkalopoulos got free with Andreas Papalexis in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Solidarity's Andreas Papalexis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Solidarity from getting a goal against them. In the 43rd minute, Loukas Satrapis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Petros Blikas hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Nikos Rovolas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikos Rovolas hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 49th minute, Giannis Manolas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Rodiakos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Giannis Manolas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Andreas Papalexis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Loukas Satrapis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Solidarity booed when Rodiakos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavlos Bouras didn't get a good kick on the ball. Andreas Papalexis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Menelaos Kokkalopoulos in the 58th minute of play. 59 minutes into the match, Menelaos Kokkalopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Andreas Papalexis. Solidarity's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Menelaos Kokkalopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. Kostas Drakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Minas Tolias, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 67th minute, Trifon Skandalis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Solidarity's supporters rose to their feet, but Trifon Skandalis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kostas Drakos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Loukas Satrapis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 68th minute of the match, but Kostas Drakos made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Menelaos Kokkalopoulos in the 70th minute of play forced Solidarity's goalkeeper Andreas Papalexis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 75th minute, Petros Blikas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Solidarity's zone, Giannis Manolas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andreas Papalexis came out of the goal and Giannis Manolas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Alkis Choutos's late challenge caught a Rodiakos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alkis Choutos helped the player get up and apologised. A throw-in in the 80th minute of the game was made by Alkis Choutos with Giannis Portoulas as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Andreas Papalexis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Menelaos Kokkalopoulos in the 85th minute of the match. The supporters of Rodiakos FC booed when Solidarity was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alkis Choutos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Giannis Portoulas kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. Rodiakos FC's Menelaos Kokkalopoulos got a good chance for a goal in the 95th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andreas Papalexis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menelaos Kokkalopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rodiakos FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.