National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 1028 (Terracing: 772, Seating: 236, VIP seats: 20) Nikos Sidiropoulos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Giannis Pelekanos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vahap Hicran read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 7th minute of play. 18 minutes into the game, Turkey's Barış Altunışık nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Leonidas Lazaridis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Barış Altunışık's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonidas Lazaridis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 21st minute of play. After having played for 23 minutes, Pantelis Pantelos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Greece's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pantelis Pantelos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Vahap Hicran made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pantelis Pantelos in the 25th minute of play. Vahap Hicran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pantelis Pantelos, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 29th minute, Aras Görkem Erginer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 31st minute, Pantelis Pantelos fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Vahap Hicran showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pantelis Pantelos in the 33rd minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Pantelis Pantelos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vahap Hicran was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Stelian Terzis in the 36th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Turkey's Gökmen Okdağ. Barış Altunışık sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 37 minutes into the match, Greece's goal looked a bit too open when Barış Altunışık came free, but Leonidas Lazaridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Greece defense, Barış Altunışık kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Leonidas Lazaridis. The Greece fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Leonidas Lazaridis should have stopped the shot. 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 Barış Altunışık stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A sloppy throw-in by Konstantinos Bollos in the 52nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Turkey's Fırat Topdemir. After 56 played minutes Turkey got a freekick which was hit by Sümer Açar. Greece's Dorotheos Tsekos was substituted for Chatziantoniou Karastathis. Greece's Renos Seletopoulos was substituted for Pantelis Pantelos. In the 58th minute, Sümer Açar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Barış Altunışık could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Leonidas Lazaridis made a huge save. Greece's Leonidas Lazaridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Barış Altunışık in the 64th minute of play. Renos Seletopoulos might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vahap Hicran. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Renos Seletopoulos ran back to his position shaking his head. Turkey's Vahap Hicran played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renos Seletopoulos in the 66th minute of play. In the 68th minute, Turkey's Barış Altunışık dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Turkey's Hüsmen Acaroğlu was substituted for Barış Altunışık. Vahap Hicran showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renos Seletopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Turkey's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Giannis Pelekanos was slow to take the kick. During this time Greece's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Greece's Vaggelis Giasemakis getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 80th minute, Giannis Pelekanos 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. 85 minutes into the match, Turkey's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Pelekanos came free, but Vahap Hicran reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vahap Hicran took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Renos Seletopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Hüsmen Acaroğlu might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leonidas Lazaridis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Hüsmen Acaroğlu ran back to his position shaking his head. Leonidas Lazaridis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hüsmen Acaroğlu in the 92nd minute of the match. In the 93rd minute, Hüsmen Acaroğlu 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. In the 95th minute Hüsmen Acaroğlu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonidas Lazaridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Turkey's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.