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Nikhσrion Stadium
Spectators: 7952 (Terracing: 5965, Seating: 1829, VIP seats: 158) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Eutichios Vertsotis started the match with the kick off. Aggelos Lyberopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kostas Dellas in the 4th minute of play. The supporters of Tharroϊnia FC booed when Nikhσrion BC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Spyros Papachantzoulis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valerios Abaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marios Peppes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Valerios Abaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daniil Theofilou in the 17th minute of the match. Stratos Moraitopoulos's late challenge caught a Tharroϊnia FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stratos Moraitopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. Daniil Theofilou placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Nikhσrion BC's Valerios Abaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eutichios Vertsotis in the 21st minute of play. Tasos Farmakopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 22nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 23 minutes, Marios Peppes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Tharroϊnia FC and the Nikhσrion BC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 24th match minute, Tharroϊnia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marios Peppes to maneuver through the defense. 28 minutes into the match, Daniil Theofilou notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Nikhσrion BC's Valerios Abaris. Valerios Abaris was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Valerios Abaris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eutichios Vertsotis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Aggelos Lyberopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kostas Dellas in the 36th minute of play. Nikhσrion BC's Valerios Abaris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Daniil Theofilou in the 39th minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Nikhσrion BC's goal looked a bit too open when Daniil Theofilou came free, but Valerios Abaris reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Daniil Theofilou in the 48th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Valerios Abaris saved Nikhσrion BC from getting behind. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Kostas Dellas made the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, Nikhσrion BC's goalkeeper Valerios Abaris had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Daniil Theofilou. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nikhσrion BC's goalkeeper Valerios Abaris, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Valerios Abaris was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eutichios Vertsotis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-2 in the 58 minute of play. After 70 played minutes Tharroϊnia FC got a freekick which was hit by Eutichios Vertsotis. Tharroϊnia FC's Aggelos Lyberopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tasos Farmakopoulos in the 72nd minute of play. Valerios Abaris was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Eutichios Vertsotis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-3 in the 74 minute of play. Eutichios Vertsotis hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. After having played for 78 minutes, Kostas Dellas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nikhσrion BC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kostas Dellas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charilaos Serametakis in the 81st minute of play forced Tharroϊnia FC's goalkeeper Aggelos Lyberopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eutichios Vertsotis scored 2-4 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Valerios Abaris, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Valerios Abaris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eutichios Vertsotis in the 88th minute of the match. Kostas Dellas took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aggelos Lyberopoulos. Aggelos Lyberopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-4. After 96 played minutes Tharroϊnia FC got a freekick which was hit by Marios Peppes.