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Kato Pafos Arena
Spectators: 10861 (Terracing: 8148, Seating: 2497, VIP seats: 216) The referee felt a red card was in order, 5 minutes into the game, when Alkmaion Bourikas put in a rough tackle. In a very dangerous position, a player in Mánthia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 4th minute. Penalty! In the 7th minute Besim Vecdet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Koulis Mestas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 10th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mánthia's goalkeeper Koulis Mestas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Stasio Plachetka recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 14 minutes into the match, Mánthia's goal looked a bit too open when Besim Vecdet came free, but Koulis Mestas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Koulis Mestas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Besim Vecdet's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. After 17 minutes Mánthia's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ray Atkins who took care of the corner kick. In the 19th minute Dionisio Dicastillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gottfrid Hedström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gottfrid Hedström made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nathan Aspinall in the 26th minute. Besim Vecdet received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Koulis Mestas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mánthia's Koulis Mestas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Besim Vecdet in the 31st minute of play. A nice corner shot did that Fotis Theofilopoulos got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Koulis Mestas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mánthia's Nathan Aspinall got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Koulis Mestas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Besim Vecdet in the 38th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stasio Plachetka in the 44th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Koulis Mestas saved Mánthia from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Besim Vecdet in the 46th minute of play forced Mánthia's goalkeeper Koulis Mestas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

After a rather tough play, Mánthia's Alpheios Markopoulos got a free kick in the 51st minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Besim Vecdet kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Koulis Mestas. That made the score 0-1 in the 55 minute of play. Mánthia's Koulis Mestas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save Mánthia from getting a goal against them. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ made a substitution. Ibn Serkan replaced Oliver Bogren. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Ibn Serkan in the 67th minute. A very nice done corner allowed Slawomir Fujara to score against Koulis Mestas in Mánthia's goal. 0-2 after 68 minutes. Koulis Mestas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cao Jun Yan in the 74th minute of play. After 75 played minutes Mánthia got a freekick which was hit by Argiris Andreoulakis. When ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's Besim Vecdet in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mánthia's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Mánthia's Rahman Dilhan got a free kick in the 84th minute. With a little luck, Mánthia's Koulis Mestas got control of the ball when Fotis Theofilopoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Koulis Mestas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Besim Vecdet in the 93rd minute. 95 minutes into the game, Besim Vecdet cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Koulis Mestas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. ΑΙΕΝ ΥΨΙΚΡΑΤΕΙΝ's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.