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Airforce Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Paschalis Papagiannidis kicked off to start the match. 4 minutes into the match, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Emmanouil Kitrinos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zacharias Kelpekis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Emmanouil Kitrinos hit a great ball. 8 minutes into the match, Airforce's goal looked a bit too open when Emmanouil Kitrinos came free, but Zacharias Kelpekis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th minute, Charis Chronakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Trifon Tsouloufidis charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Trifon Tsouloufidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 12th minute, Trifon Tsouloufidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Emmanouil Kitrinos in the 13th minute got a chance for a shot 13th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Airforce's goalie prevented a goal. With his leg Alkaios Balouris managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when Airforce's Nikiforos Aggelou fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A collision led to ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Vassilis Seremetis hit a great ball. A collision led to Airforce getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Stathis Koffidis hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 25 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Emmanouil Kitrinos sped through Airforce's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Zacharias Kelpekis. ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Emmanouil Kitrinos got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Vaggelis Salaminiotis got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Alkaios Balouris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stathis Koffidis in the 35th minute of play. In the 35th minute, Avraam Drougas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Emmanouil Kitrinos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zacharias Kelpekis was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emmanouil Kitrinos in the 39th minute of play forced Airforce's goalkeeper Zacharias Kelpekis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Airforce players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ were winning 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Emmanouil Kitrinos made a kick off. Paraskevas Panagakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Vassilis Seremetis hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Ignatios Bikas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Airforce's supporters rose to their feet, but Ignatios Bikas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alkaios Balouris breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zacharias Kelpekis didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 63rd minute, which inside left pole to 0-4. In the 67th minute, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Valerios Grigoropoulos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-5. ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Ignatios Roussopoulos was substituted for Eustratios Totsis. Paraskevas Panagakos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Zacharias Kelpekis having to make a save. After 76 minutes of play, ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ's Paraskevas Panagakos made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zacharias Kelpekis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 79th minute the ball was on its way in behind Airforce's goalkeeper Zacharias Kelpekis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Airforce's Zacharias Kelpekis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Airforce from getting a goal against them. 83 minutes into the match, Zinon Nasiakos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zacharias Kelpekis. Airforce's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Zinon Nasiakos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-7. Christos Tzolis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zacharias Kelpekis having to interfere. Christos Tzolis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Zacharias Kelpekis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a defensive mix-up in Airforce's zone, Christos Tzolis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zacharias Kelpekis came out of the goal and Christos Tzolis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 95thth minute of the game Valerios Grigoropoulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Airforce's Zacharias Kelpekis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 96 minutes into the match, Paraskevas Panagakos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zacharias Kelpekis. Airforce's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paraskevas Panagakos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. ΚΑΝΑΡΙΑ played a much better game than Airforce and deserved their victory. The Airforce players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.