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KLEANTHIS VIKELIDIS
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) Mahmud Alp showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stefanos Vasiliou, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute, Emanúel Iturbe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Chu Zhen Xun managed to get in a good position for a shot. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Chu Zhen Xun was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kosmas Katanias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. A collision led to ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Emanúel Iturbe hit a great ball. Mahmud Alp stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stefanos Vasiliou's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. In the 19th minute of the match, Chu Zhen Xun tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Kosmas Katanias saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Tolis Stratiadis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mahmud Alp having to interfere. The METEORA F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 32nd match minute when METEORA F.C.'s Alekos Gaitanopoulos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Kosmas Katanias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abubakar Kamarád in the 39th minute. When Tolis Stratiadis fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored METEORA F.C.'s protests and gave Tolis Stratiadis a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to METEORA F.C. getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Tolis Stratiadis hit a great ball. METEORA F.C.'s Kosmas Katanias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save METEORA F.C. from getting a goal against them. Mahmud Alp stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Alekos Gaitanopoulos's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Mahmud Alp made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alekos Gaitanopoulos in the 46th minute of play.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alekos Gaitanopoulos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alekos Gaitanopoulos might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mahmud Alp. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Alekos Gaitanopoulos ran back to his position shaking his head. Giannis Abelas hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. Kosmas Katanias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Matthis Paelemans, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kosmas Katanias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Abubakar Kamarád in the 62nd minute of play. In the 70th match minute, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hao Chong Feng to maneuver through the defense. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C.'s Emanúel Iturbe got his second yellow card of the match in the 77th minute. The referee ordered Emanúel Iturbe off the ground. In the 78th match minute, ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emanúel Iturbe to maneuver through the defense. In the 81st minute, Abubakar Kamarád 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. In the 82nd minute Chu Zhen Xun shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kosmas Katanias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 84th minute of the match ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. got a corner. METEORA F.C.'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Chu Zhen Xun ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Simos Kozapalidis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but METEORA F.C.'s Kosmas Katanias did a great save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abubakar Kamarád in the 85th minute of play forced METEORA F.C.'s goalkeeper Kosmas Katanias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after METEORA F.C.'s defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Chu Zhen Xun took the corner. Kosmas Katanias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chu Zhen Xun in the 90th minute of the match. Aris Keskeridis hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. The long shot by Alekos Gaitanopoulos in the 95th minute really tested Mahmud Alp's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When the match was over METEORA F.C. could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ARIS THESSALONIKI F.C. throughout the match.