Saronida Stadium
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128,
Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Valerios Voutsas got the match started through his kick off. Valerios Voutsas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Valerios Voutsas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. PicksBattle.com's Zacharias Kavogiannis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save PicksBattle.com from getting a goal against them. Laurențiu Susara showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roger Flor, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 8th minute the ball was on its way in behind PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Zacharias Kavogiannis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. PicksBattle.com's Zacharias Kavogiannis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save PicksBattle.com from getting a goal against them. Valerios Voutsas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 14 minutes into the match, PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Zacharias Kavogiannis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Valerios Voutsas. Aimilios Trigonakis kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. Valerios Voutsas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valerios Voutsas got free with Zacharias Kavogiannis in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PicksBattle.com's Zacharias Kavogiannis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karl-Heinz Schneider in the 27th minute of play. 28 minutes into the match, Saronida FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gao Yong Zhen came free, but Laurențiu Susara reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Roger Flor came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the PicksBattle.com fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Roger Flor couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Roger Flor in the 36th minute of play forced Saronida FC's goalkeeper Laurențiu Susara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PicksBattle.com's Zacharias Kavogiannis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 40th minute of the match, managed to save PicksBattle.com from getting a goal against them. Saronida FC's Valerios Voutsas got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A throw-in in the 46th minute of the game was made by Efthimis Giotopoulos with Enrique Mouricio as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Valerios Voutsas in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zacharias Kavogiannis saved PicksBattle.com from getting behind. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Roger Flor was the one to do the kick off. The audience was convinced that Valerios Voutsas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zacharias Kavogiannis was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valerios Voutsas in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zacharias Kavogiannis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Valerios Voutsas in the 55th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Zacharias Kavogiannis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Zacharias Kavogiannis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Valerios Voutsas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. PicksBattle.com's Zacharias Kavogiannis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kostas Petriniotis in the 61st minute of play. 64 minutes into the game, Saronida FC's Valerios Voutsas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zacharias Kavogiannis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Saronida FC made a substitution. Panos Kabourakos replaced Kostas Petriniotis. 71 minutes into the match, Saronida FC's Valerios Voutsas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zacharias Kavogiannis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Valerios Voutsas scored 2-0 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zacharias Kavogiannis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Karl-Heinz Schneider received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Zacharias Kavogiannis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valerios Voutsas in the 77th minute of play forced PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Zacharias Kavogiannis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Zacharias Kavogiannis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Zacharias Kavogiannis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Valerios Voutsas, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. A throw-in in the 86th minute of the game was made by Efthimis Giotopoulos with Iordanis Papaioannou as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 90th minute Valerios Voutsas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacharias Kavogiannis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miltos Ntouvaras kicked well hit freekick during the 90th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valerios Voutsas in the 93rd minute of play forced PicksBattle.com's goalkeeper Zacharias Kavogiannis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Saronida FC's Valerios Voutsas managed to work through PicksBattle.com's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Valerios Voutsas dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Saronida FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while PicksBattle.com had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.
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