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Aλtorrαchi
Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stratos Mavrakoglou made the kick off which started today's match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stratos Mavrakoglou in the 11th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Paris Toskas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Tasos Zachariadis's late challenge caught a Aλtorrαchi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tasos Zachariadis helped the player get up and apologised. Tasos Zachariadis kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Michalis Metaxas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thrasivoulos Parlapipas in the 18th minute of the match. Chatziioannou Bonovas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Michalis Metaxas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 19th minute of play. Paris Toskas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stratos Mavrakoglou in the 24th minute of the match. Thrasivoulos Parlapipas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Michalis Metaxas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th minute, one of Aλtorrαchi:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Aλtorrαchi. In the 31st minute there was a penalty for Spyros FC. Panos Papageorgatos stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Michalis Metaxas. 0-1. Michalis Metaxas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chatziioannou Bonovas in the 35th minute of the match. Thrasivoulos Parlapipas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michalis Metaxas having to interfere. Chatziioannou Bonovas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Michalis Metaxas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stratos Mavrakoglou's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Paris Toskas read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 43rd minute of play. Paris Toskas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stratos Mavrakoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thrasivoulos Parlapipas was the one to do the kick off. Chatziioannou Bonovas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Michalis Metaxas having to interfere. Stratos Mavrakoglou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Paris Toskas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Savas Michaloliakos in the 62nd minute of play forced Spyros FC's goalkeeper Paris Toskas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 69 minutes into the game, Michalis Alexoulis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Paris Toskas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Michalis Metaxas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thrasivoulos Parlapipas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In a very dangerous position, a player in Aλtorrαchi fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 78th minute. Penalty! Aλtorrαchi:s Michalis Metaxas showed great skill when he stopped Panos Papageorgatos:s penalty. After 82 minutes of play, Spyros FC's Chatziioannou Bonovas made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Michalis Metaxas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 90th minute, Stratos Mavrakoglou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paris Toskas was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. 94 minutes into the match, Aλtorrαchi's goalkeeper Michalis Metaxas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chatziioannou Bonovas. Chatziioannou Bonovas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Michalis Metaxas made a huge save. Chatziioannou Bonovas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.