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Tsouknídha
Spectators: 7599 (Terracing: 5999, Seating: 1501, VIP seats: 99) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Marinos Kandarakis kicked off to start the match. 3 minutes into the match, Gate13's goalkeeper Babbis Kariotakis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anastasios Basinas. Thanasis Papagiannakos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 4th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Maitham Al Hashash. Tsouknídha FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Babbis Kariotakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anastasios Basinas in the 7th minute. With a little luck, Gate13's Babbis Kariotakis got control of the ball when Anastasios Basinas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Babbis Kariotakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sakis Agathiadis in the 13th minute of the match. Anastasios Basinas who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 16thth minute tested the skills of Babbis Kariotakis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Marinos Kandarakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Maitham Al Hashash tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gate13's Achilleas Tsopelas got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sakis Agathiadis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Babbis Kariotakis came out and tried to block the shot, but Sakis Agathiadis slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 25th minute. 28 minutes into the match, Sakis Agathiadis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Babbis Kariotakis, 2-0. Eutichios Botilias hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. After having played for 33 minutes, Sakis Agathiadis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tsouknídha FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sakis Agathiadis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Babbis Kariotakis came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Tsouknídha FC's Sakis Agathiadis. But to his dismay, Sakis Agathiadis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. If Anastasios Basinas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Anastasios Basinas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

54 minutes into the match, Gate13's goal looked a bit too open when Anastasios Basinas came free, but Babbis Kariotakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Sakis Agathiadis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Babbis Kariotakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anastasios Basinas in the 57th minute of play. Anastasios Basinas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Babbis Kariotakis having to interfere. After 62 minutes of play, Tsouknídha FC's Anastasios Basinas made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Babbis Kariotakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stelios Kyrimlis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Babbis Kariotakis having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Anastasios Basinas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Babbis Kariotakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. 70 minutes into the match, Sakis Agathiadis notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Gate13's Babbis Kariotakis. Babbis Kariotakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Babbis Kariotakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sakis Agathiadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Sakis Agathiadis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Babbis Kariotakis was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. The supporters of Tsouknídha FC booed when Gate13 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eutichios Botilias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Achilleas Tsopelas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Maitham Al Hashash tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 87thth minute of the game Sakis Agathiadis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gate13's Babbis Kariotakis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 89 minutes into the match, Sakis Agathiadis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Babbis Kariotakis. Gate13's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sakis Agathiadis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-0. 96 minutes into the game, Tsouknídha FC's Stelios Kyrimlis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Babbis Kariotakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0.