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Aryiri Stadium
Spectators: 8429 (Terracing: 6323, Seating: 1938, VIP seats: 168) The audience thought a goal was coming when Aleksandar Špoljarić got free with Manos Konstantinoulis in the 5th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Manos Konstantinoulis made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Boland McJohn sent off a good shot on target. Dave Demets kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Aleksandar Špoljarić took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Manos Konstantinoulis to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boland McJohn got free with Manos Konstantinoulis in the 14th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 15th minute Stratos Melisofagos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manos Konstantinoulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Takis Voutsas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 23 minutes had been played when some careless play by Skepαrion BC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Boland McJohn was slow to take the kick. During this time Εθνικός Αστέρας's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Vladimiros Klapanaras almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Skepαrion BC's Manos Konstantinoulis did a great save. Kleon Tsoutsikas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Takis Voutsas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Skepαrion BC's Manos Konstantinoulis got control of the ball when Stratos Melisofagos tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 31st play minute Boland McJohn came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Manos Konstantinoulis. 2-0. The audience thought a goal was coming when Boland McJohn got free with Manos Konstantinoulis in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute, Vladimiros Klapanaras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marinos Zouboulakis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Manos Konstantinoulis firmly grabbed it by the left post. 41 minutes into the game, Marinos Zouboulakis lined in a short shot 3-0 behind a frustrated Manos Konstantinoulis. After a rather tough play, Skepαrion BC's Marios Giannopoulos got a free kick in the 44th minute. After 45 minutes, Aleksandar Špoljarić made it 4-0 with a short kick to the right side. Skepαrion BC's Manos Konstantinoulis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Af the end of the first half the score was 4-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Marios Giannopoulos to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 50th minute Marinos Zouboulakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manos Konstantinoulis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manos Konstantinoulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boland McJohn in the 56th minute of play. Manos Konstantinoulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marinos Zouboulakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Manos Konstantinoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stratos Melisofagos in the 63rd minute of the match. Manos Konstantinoulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Boland McJohn in the 64th minute of play. Stratos Melisofagos kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Takis Voutsas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Kleon Tsoutsikas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paraskevas Prokas kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. Marios Giannopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Kleon Tsoutsikas made a huge save. Manos Konstantinoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aleksandar Špoljarić in the 77th minute of the match. In the 80th minute, Boland McJohn left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Εθνικός Αστέρας fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. Manos Konstantinoulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Boland McJohn in the 86th minute of the match. Manos Konstantinoulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Boland McJohn, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After having played for 89 minutes, Marinos Zouboulakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Εθνικός Αστέρας's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marinos Zouboulakis 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 92ndth minute of the game Boland McJohn who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Skepαrion BC's Manos Konstantinoulis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Takis Voutsas in the 93rd minute of play forced Εθνικός Αστέρας's goalkeeper Kleon Tsoutsikas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Εθνικός Αστέρας's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.