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Stadio Agriniou
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) APOLLON AGRINIOU's Diogenis Trabakoulos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Diogenis Trabakoulos who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 5thth minute tested the skills of Stamatis Papazacharias when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After a defensive mix-up in Karfás's zone, Diogenis Trabakoulos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stamatis Papazacharias came out of the goal and Diogenis Trabakoulos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. APOLLON AGRINIOU's Alexis Tsakanikas got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 16 minutes into the match, APOLLON AGRINIOU's goal looked a bit too open when Fragiskos Ioannou came free, but Vaggelis Sakaridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 21 played minutes APOLLON AGRINIOU got a freekick which was hit by Telis Maras. When Tasos Marinopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the APOLLON AGRINIOU fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Tasos Marinopoulos couldn't finish the play. Diogenis Trabakoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Stamatis Papazacharias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stratos Pithagoras charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stratos Pithagoras the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Karfás getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Stratos Pithagoras hit a great ball. 32 minutes into the match, Karfás's goal looked a bit too open when Diogenis Trabakoulos came free, but Stamatis Papazacharias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Stamatis Papazacharias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Diogenis Trabakoulos's shot from short distance in the 36th minute. In the 41st minute Stratos Pithagoras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaggelis Sakaridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute Stratos Pithagoras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vaggelis Sakaridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Stratos Pithagoras was the one to do the kick off. Tasos Marinopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Stamatis Papazacharias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 62 minutes into the match, Karfás's goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Tsakanikas came free, but Stamatis Papazacharias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute Pavlos Mousouris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stamatis Papazacharias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute, Tasos Marinopoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stamatis Papazacharias was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Stamatis Papazacharias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diogenis Trabakoulos went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 78th minute, Diogenis Trabakoulos made a precise shot to the right of Stamatis Papazacharias. Karfás's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. 84 minutes into the match, Tasos Marinopoulos notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Karfás's Stamatis Papazacharias. Stamatis Papazacharias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 90 minutes into the match, Karfás's goal looked a bit too open when Diogenis Trabakoulos came free, but Stamatis Papazacharias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. APOLLON AGRINIOU walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.