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Spectators: 10840 (Terracing: 8131, Seating: 2493, VIP seats: 216) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ruud Nistelrooy took the kick off in the first half of the match. Koios Panayiotopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ruud Nistelrooy, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. After having played for 13 minutes, Matias Araújo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. OMONOIA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Matias Araújo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 19th minute Matias Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Nikopolidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nea Salamis's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Eduardo Zanette was slow to take the kick. During this time OMONOIA's players had a chance to rest. 23 minutes into the match, Nea Salamis's goal looked a bit too open when Matias Araújo came free, but Antonis Nikopolidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Matias Araújo managed to get in a good position for a shot. OMONOIA's supporters rose to their feet, but Matias Araújo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antonis Nikopolidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 27 minutes into the match, Matias Araújo notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Nea Salamis's Antonis Nikopolidis. Antonis Nikopolidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 30 minutes into the match, Nea Salamis's Pipo Inzaghi sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Koios Panayiotopoulos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Matias Araújo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Antonis Nikopolidis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 35th minute, Matias Araújo managed to get in a good position for a shot. OMONOIA's supporters rose to their feet, but Matias Araújo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antonis Nikopolidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pipo Inzaghi got free with Koios Panayiotopoulos in the 37th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matias Araújo in the 38th minute of play forced Nea Salamis's goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Antonis Nikopolidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matias Araújo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 42 minutes Nea Salamis's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Eduardo Zanette who took care of the corner kick. 曹骋川 took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 46th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Antonis Nikopolidis. Nea Salamis's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Honorio Vergas managed to get in a good position for a shot. OMONOIA's supporters rose to their feet, but Honorio Vergas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Antonis Nikopolidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nea Salamis made a substitution. Luciano Gallet replaced Cafu Milan.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Matias Araújo was the one to do the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Honorio Vergas got free with Antonis Nikopolidis in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Faustino Marz kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, OMONOIA's Giorgos Papastathopoulos got a free kick in the 59th minute. 60 minutes into the match, OMONOIA's goal looked a bit too open when Ruud Nistelrooy came free, but Koios Panayiotopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute Matias Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Nikopolidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nea Salamis's Antonis Nikopolidis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save Nea Salamis from getting a goal against them. Antonis Nikopolidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matias Araújo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 78th minute Seilenos Chrysanthopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Antonis Nikopolidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antonis Nikopolidis was out of position in the 80 minute of play, and Matias Araújo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matias Araújo really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. Nea Salamis's Darko Kovačević was substituted for Pipo Inzaghi. OMONOIA made a substitution. Nassos Glynatsis replaced Seilenos Chrysanthopoulos. Koios Panayiotopoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ruud Nistelrooy went, in the 85th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 1-3 became the score in the 88th minute when Honorio Vergas elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when OMONOIA's Matias Araújo in the 90th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Antonis Nikopolidis was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Nea Salamis through an amazing save. Antonis Nikopolidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matias Araújo in the 92nd minute of the match. 94 minutes into the match, Nea Salamis's goal looked a bit too open when Honorio Vergas came free, but Antonis Nikopolidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to OMONOIA getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. 曹骋川 hit a great ball. The Nea Salamis supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching OMONOIA's performance. The match ended with a win for OMONOIA.