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Stadio Agriniou
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Apostolis Lianopoulos kicked off to start the match. Vaggelis Sakaridis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Apostolis Lianopoulos went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Vaggelis Sakaridis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Apostolis Lianopoulos's shot from short distance in the 8th minute. Ilias Barbikas hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Diogenis Trabakoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Diogenis Trabakoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Νέοι Επιβάτες booed when APOLLON AGRINIOU was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diogenis Trabakoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. APOLLON AGRINIOU's Vaggelis Sakaridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Apostolis Lianopoulos in the 14th minute of play. 18 minutes into the match, APOLLON AGRINIOU's goal looked a bit too open when Apostolikas Magoulas came free, but Vaggelis Sakaridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Ntinos Triantafyllopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michalis Pierrakos in the 21st minute of play forced APOLLON AGRINIOU's goalkeeper Vaggelis Sakaridis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilias Barbikas's late challenge caught a Νέοι Επιβάτες's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ilias Barbikas helped the player get up and apologised. After 22 played minutes APOLLON AGRINIOU got a freekick which was hit by Ilias Barbikas. APOLLON AGRINIOU's Vaggelis Sakaridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renos Kesanopoulos in the 28th minute of play. After 32 minutes, Telis Maras mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the APOLLON AGRINIOU and the Νέοι Επιβάτες players grew even worse after the yellow card. Telis Maras hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Diogenis Trabakoulos in the 37th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Chatziioannou Kaminaris saved Νέοι Επιβάτες from getting behind. Renos Kesanopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vaggelis Sakaridis having to interfere. APOLLON AGRINIOU's Vaggelis Sakaridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michalis Pierrakos in the 48th minute of play. The APOLLON AGRINIOU players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Νέοι Επιβάτες were winning 0-1.

After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Tasos Marinopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. APOLLON AGRINIOU's supporters rose to their feet, but Tasos Marinopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Chatziioannou Kaminaris breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 59th match minute, APOLLON AGRINIOU was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giorgos Koltsidas to maneuver through the defense. Sokratis Fotoulis's late challenge caught a Νέοι Επιβάτες's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sokratis Fotoulis helped the player get up and apologised. After 61 played minutes APOLLON AGRINIOU got a freekick which was hit by Sokratis Fotoulis. Michalis Pierrakos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vaggelis Sakaridis having to make a save. Vaggelis Sakaridis made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Michalis Pierrakos sent off a good shot on target. When Sokratis Fotoulis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 68 minutes had been played. 72 minutes into the match, Νέοι Επιβάτες's goal looked a bit too open when Tasos Marinopoulos came free, but Chatziioannou Kaminaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Diogenis Trabakoulos came up free with the goalie in the 74th 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 Diogenis Trabakoulos couldn't finish the play. Apostolis Lianopoulos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 79th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Chatziioannou Kaminaris didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when APOLLON AGRINIOU's Diogenis Trabakoulos shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. 95 minutes into the match, Νέοι Επιβάτες's goal looked a bit too open when Diogenis Trabakoulos came free, but Chatziioannou Kaminaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.