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STENIKASTRO ARENA
Spectators: 7488 (Terracing: 5988, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Timos Velopoulos started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute Notis Dimakoglou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Mitsakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikos Mitsakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timos Velopoulos in the 10th minute of the match. In the 15th minute, Timos Velopoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nikos Mitsakos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Nikos Mitsakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Timos Velopoulos in the 17th minute of the match. Nikos Mitsakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Notis Dimakoglou in the 20th minute of the match. Alketas Pesmatzoglou made an important save on a dangerous shot by Godfried Laurent in the 21st minute. Vassilis Mantas took the ball and in the 24 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nikos Mitsakos. Nikos Mitsakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. After some careless play in the STENIKASTRO defense, Zlatko Zahovič kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikos Mitsakos. The STENIKASTRO fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikos Mitsakos should have stopped the shot. In the 31st minute, Fragiskos Tegopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikos Mitsakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fragiskos Tegopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 36 minutes into the match, Dimitris Trichas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nikos Mitsakos. STENIKASTRO's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimitris Trichas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. In the 39th minute Vassilis Mantas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Mitsakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 43rd minute Notis Dimakoglou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Mitsakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, STENIKASTRO's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Mantas came free, but Nikos Mitsakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Mitsakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vassilis Mantas in the 46th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-5 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Timos Velopoulos took the ball and in the 54 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Nikos Mitsakos. Nikos Mitsakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-6. An unexpectedly hard shot by Notis Dimakoglou in the 57th minute of play forced STENIKASTRO's goalkeeper Nikos Mitsakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vassilis Mantas had several of the STENIKASTRO's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 62 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-7 score and a disappointed Nikos Mitsakos as he didn't even see the shot coming. STENIKASTRO's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Timos Velopoulos scored to the left of an out of position Nikos Mitsakos, making the score, 0-8. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vassilis Mantas got free with Nikos Mitsakos in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Nikos Mitsakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Notis Dimakoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 72nd minute, Zinedine Zidane club de f's Timos Velopoulos ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Nikos Mitsakos. Nikos Mitsakos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-9. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Notis Dimakoglou in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nikos Mitsakos saved STENIKASTRO from getting behind. In the 86th minute, Zinedine Zidane club de f's Notis Dimakoglou dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-11. After a rather tough play, STENIKASTRO's Kostas Priovolos got a free kick in the 90th minute. Nikos Mitsakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Notis Dimakoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. Nikos Mitsakos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Notis Dimakoglou's shot from short distance in the 96th minute. Zinedine Zidane club de f's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.