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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Rafael Cutberto started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Nessos Patselas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bogdan Lobonț having to interfere. Octavian Popescu might have been able to make a better finish in the 7th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fotis Softhis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Octavian Popescu ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 13th minute, Stelios Souflas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Rafael Cutberto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Fotis Softhis was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Fotis Softhis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Viorel Moldovan went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Δικεφαλος Αετος's attentive Thorikos Katevatis managed to snatch the ball when Apostolis Polychronopoulos made a throw-in in the 24th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Cutberto in the 26th minute of play forced Δικεφαλος Αετος's goalkeeper Fotis Softhis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Δικεφαλος Αετος getting a freekick after 31 minutes play. Nessos Patselas hit a great ball. When Nessos Patselas fell near the penalty area in the 33rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Δικεφαλος Αετος's protests and gave Nessos Patselas a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Δικεφαλος Αετος getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Nessos Patselas hit a great ball. A collision led to FC NATIONAL getting a freekick after 40 minutes play. Apostolis Polychronopoulos hit a great ball. In the 42nd minute, Octavian Popescu got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Rafael Cutberto struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Fotis Softhis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC NATIONAL. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafael Cutberto in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fotis Softhis saved Δικεφαλος Αετος from getting behind. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zinon Houlis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 55th minute, FC NATIONAL's Octavian Popescu ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fotis Softhis. Fotis Softhis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. 58 minutes into the match, Δικεφαλος Αετος's goal looked a bit too open when Octavian Popescu came free, but Fotis Softhis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Rafael Cutberto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Δικεφαλος Αετος's defense didn't have a chance, in the 63rd minute, when Octavian Popescu scored to the left of an out of position Fotis Softhis, making the score, 0-4. 66 minutes into the game, Stelios Souflas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Δικεφαλος Αετος's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave FC NATIONAL the free kick. Δικεφαλος Αετος's Fotis Softhis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Δικεφαλος Αετος from getting a goal against them. Kolkhis Adamidis struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Bogdan Lobonț didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Δικεφαλος Αετος. In the 74th minute, FC NATIONAL's Octavian Popescu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. In the 79th minute, Octavian Popescu fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Fotis Softhis, passed just outside the right post. Rafael Cutberto's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 83rdth minute, Fotis Softhis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Viorel Moldovan kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Fotis Softhis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Octavian Popescu showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-6 in the 96 minute of play. When the match was over FC NATIONAL could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Δικεφαλος Αετος throughout the match.