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Korinth Arena
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nikos Stavrakis made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Stefanos Balafas fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Theofanis Stiliaras, passed just outside the right post. Timos Koutsoures showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Veniamin Papapostolou, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Ntinos Meletoglou charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ntinos Meletoglou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 19th minute, Dimosthenis Sofianopoulos 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 20 played minutes Larisa FC got a freekick which was hit by Iosif Sfaliaridis. The audience was convinced that Nikos Stavrakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Theofanis Stiliaras was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Stefanos Balafas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Theofanis Stiliaras having to interfere. In the 25th minute Nikos Stavrakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theofanis Stiliaras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 36th minute, Nikos Stavrakis 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. 41 minutes into the game, Larisa FC's Veniamin Papapostolou nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Timos Koutsoures made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. In the 45th minute Veniamin Papapostolou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timos Koutsoures saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dimosthenis Sofianopoulos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Ntinos Meletoglou managed to get in a good position for a shot. Larisa FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Ntinos Meletoglou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Timos Koutsoures breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anastasios Karalexopoulos's late challenge caught a Larisa FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anastasios Karalexopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 54th minute, Anastasios Karalexopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimosthenis Sofianopoulos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Timos Koutsoures came out and tried to block the shot, but Dimosthenis Sofianopoulos slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 57th minute. If Veniamin Papapostolou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Dimosthenis Sofianopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Veniamin Papapostolou hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Stefanos Balafas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Theofanis Stiliaras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stefanos Balafas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Theofanis Stiliaras having to interfere. Theofanis Stiliaras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Stavrakis in the 80th minute of play. In the 81st match minute, Larisa FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Iosif Sfaliaridis to maneuver through the defense. Timos Koutsoures showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimosthenis Sofianopoulos in the 90th minute of the match. Dimosthenis Sofianopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Timos Koutsoures tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Larisa FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than BARCA throughout the match.