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Rodhotopion Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Petros Moustogiannis kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Petros Moustogiannis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dimitris Papatsakalos was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. In the 4th minute, Fanis Zavantias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dimitris Papatsakalos was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. With 8 minutes on the clock, Anastasios Kanetis commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. After 7 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for INTERISTAS! The referee gave Tsirkoskila a penalty, 10 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Koulis Paouris, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of INTERISTAS's Koulis Moraitidis. 1-1. INTERISTAS's Koulis Moraitidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petros Saveris in the 13th minute of play. 19 minutes into the match, Tsirkoskila's goal looked a bit too open when Tilemachos Iakovakis came free, but Dimitris Papatsakalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 20th minute, Zinon Savouras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tilemachos Iakovakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Koulis Moraitidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pantelis Verikokos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 minutes Tsirkoskila's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Aimilios Brizolakis who took care of the corner kick. Aimilios Brizolakis made a great header on INTERISTAS's corner, it was just that Tsirkoskila's Dimitris Papatsakalos managed to reach the ball for a save. When Marios Amanatidis fell near the penalty area in the 32nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored INTERISTAS's protests and gave Marios Amanatidis a yellow card for diving instead. After 32 played minutes INTERISTAS got a freekick which was hit by Marios Amanatidis. Zisis Papaggeloulis took the ball and in the 35 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Koulis Moraitidis. Koulis Moraitidis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. 40 minutes into the match, INTERISTAS's goal looked a bit too open when Petros Saveris came free, but Koulis Moraitidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of INTERISTAS booed when Tsirkoskila was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pantelis Verikokos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 47th minute, Tilemachos Iakovakis 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. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Petros Saveris to make the kick off. After 52 played minutes Tsirkoskila got a freekick which was hit by Koulis Travlos. In the 54th minute Petros Saveris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Koulis Moraitidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Koulis Moraitidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zinon Savouras in the 55th minute of the match. INTERISTAS's Koulis Moraitidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zinon Savouras in the 56th minute of play. Dimitris Papatsakalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tilemachos Iakovakis in the 58th minute of the match. After 59 minutes of play, INTERISTAS's Kleanthis Tsakanikas made it 3-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dimitris Papatsakalos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 62nd minute Pantelis Verikokos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Koulis Moraitidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 63 minutes into the match, INTERISTAS's goal looked a bit too open when Petros Saveris came free, but Koulis Moraitidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 64th minute Zinon Savouras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Koulis Moraitidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of INTERISTAS booed when Tsirkoskila was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zisis Papaggeloulis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Tilemachos Iakovakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Dimitris Papatsakalos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 82 minutes into the match, Zinon Savouras notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of INTERISTAS's Koulis Moraitidis. Koulis Moraitidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 86th minute, Kleanthis Tsakanikas 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. Koulis Moraitidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zinon Savouras, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. A collision led to Tsirkoskila getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Pantelis Verikokos hit a great ball. Dimitris Papatsakalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tilemachos Iakovakis in the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pantelis Verikokos in the 94th minute of play forced INTERISTAS's goalkeeper Koulis Moraitidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the INTERISTAS defense, Petros Saveris kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Koulis Moraitidis. The INTERISTAS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Koulis Moraitidis should have stopped the shot. Tsirkoskila were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of INTERISTAS for a fine match.