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KLEANTHIS VIKELIDIS
Spectators: 9245 (Terracing: 6935, Seating: 2126, VIP seats: 184) ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Chu Zhen Xun started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes in the game, Chu Zhen Xun dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chu Zhen Xun in the 10th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Omiros Ntounos saved ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ from getting behind. Mahmud Alp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stavros Antzas in the 17th minute of the match. Chu Zhen Xun might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Omiros Ntounos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Chu Zhen Xun ran back to his position shaking his head. Omiros Ntounos didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Chu Zhen Xun shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Zinon Makridakis made in the 30th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Christodoulos Kolokithas. A collision led to ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Christodoulos Kolokithas hit a great ball. Mahmud Alp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Manikas in the 36th minute of the match. 40 minutes into the match, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Chu Zhen Xun sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Omiros Ntounos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Chu Zhen Xun got free with Omiros Ntounos in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 46 minutes into the match, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalkeeper Omiros Ntounos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chu Zhen Xun. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Konstantinos Manikas made the kick off in the second half. Omiros Ntounos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Matthis Paelemans went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 54th minute the ball was on its way in behind ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalkeeper Omiros Ntounos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mahmud Alp showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Manikas in the 55th minute of the match. Chu Zhen Xun received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Omiros Ntounos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Grigoris Papachristoulis hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Hao Chong Feng hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. The supporters of ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ booed when ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hao Chong Feng didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Mahmud Alp got control of the ball when Stavros Antzas tried to sneak it across the goal line. If Abubakar Kamarád had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Omiros Ntounos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abubakar Kamarád, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kornel Brahm was slow to take the kick. During this time ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s players had a chance to rest. When Hao Chong Feng fell near the penalty area in the 76th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s protests and gave Hao Chong Feng a yellow card for diving instead. Hao Chong Feng hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Omiros Ntounos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Matthis Paelemans in the 80th minute of play. In the 83rdth minute of the game Matthis Paelemans who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Omiros Ntounos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Omiros Ntounos came out of the goal in the 89th minute to try and stop a shot by ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Abubakar Kamarád. But to his dismay, Abubakar Kamarád quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. The supporters of ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ booed when ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kutlualp Parskan didn't get a good kick on the ball. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Mahmud Alp proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Abubakar Kamarád in the 95th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Omiros Ntounos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.