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Kardiá Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paschalis Papagiannidis got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd 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. Zacharias Vardoulakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zacharias Kelpekis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zacharias Vardoulakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kleon Logothetis got free with Zacharias Kelpekis in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zacharias Vardoulakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Zacharias Kelpekis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikiforos Aggelou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Tasos Vrettos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the match, Airforce's goal looked a bit too open when Zacharias Vardoulakis came free, but Zacharias Kelpekis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Zacharias Vardoulakis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. The attack was good, but when Nikiforos Aggelou in the 25th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Cariocas F.C's Tasos Vrettos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikiforos Aggelou in the 34th minute of play. When Louis Theodoridis came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Cariocas F.C 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 Louis Theodoridis couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Cariocas F.C booed when Airforce was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stathis Koffidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ilias Machlas hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Airforce's zone, Kleon Logothetis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zacharias Kelpekis came out of the goal and Kleon Logothetis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kleon Logothetis's late challenge caught a Airforce's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kleon Logothetis helped the player get up and apologised. Ignatios Bikas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 49th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tasos Vrettos. Cariocas F.C's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Zacharias Vardoulakis to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Cariocas F.C's zone, Paschalis Papagiannidis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tasos Vrettos came out of the goal and Paschalis Papagiannidis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 54th minute, Kleon Logothetis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cariocas F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Airforce's Zacharias Kelpekis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zacharias Vardoulakis in the 58th minute of play. In the 61st match minute, Cariocas F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerasimos Belos to maneuver through the defense. After 66 played minutes Cariocas F.C got a freekick which was hit by Gerasimos Belos. If Nikiforos Aggelou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Zacharias Kelpekis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kleon Logothetis in the 76th minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, Cariocas F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zacharias Vardoulakis to maneuver through the defense. Cariocas F.C's Tasos Vrettos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paschalis Papagiannidis in the 82nd minute of play. After some careless play in the Airforce defense, Kleon Logothetis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Zacharias Kelpekis. The Airforce fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Zacharias Kelpekis should have stopped the shot. After 87 played minutes Cariocas F.C got a freekick which was hit by Panos Martinopoulos. Zacharias Kelpekis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zacharias Vardoulakis in the 90th minute of the match. Zacharias Kelpekis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kleon Logothetis in the 92nd minute of the match. Zacharias Vardoulakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Zacharias Kelpekis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilias Machlas's late challenge caught a Cariocas F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ilias Machlas helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Cariocas F.C booed when Airforce was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ilias Machlas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Cariocas F.C were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Airforce for a fine match.