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Keratsiniou
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Mathis Finke made the kick off which started today's match. Mathis Finke fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ken Troxler having to interfere. After having played for 7 minutes, Theocharis Kottikas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PANATHINAIKOS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Theocharis Kottikas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 13th match minute, PANATHINAIKOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theocharis Kottikas to maneuver through the defense. 16 minutes into the game, Renos Zikos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PANATHINAIKOS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Keratsini FC the free kick. After a rather tough play, PANATHINAIKOS's Renos Zikos got a free kick in the 16th minute. After 20 played minutes PANATHINAIKOS got a freekick which was hit by 余凌思. After 27 played minutes PANATHINAIKOS got a freekick which was hit by Theocharis Kottikas. 1-0 became the score in the 32nd minute when Mathis Finke elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 35th minute, Mathis Finke 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. 41 minutes into the game, Prodromos Karalexopoulos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PANATHINAIKOS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Keratsini FC the free kick. In the 41st match minute, PANATHINAIKOS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Prodromos Karalexopoulos to maneuver through the defense. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Theocharis Kottikas to make the kick off. In the 55th minute Stelios Dimas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ken Troxler saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Theocharis Kottikas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Theocharis Kottikas's late challenge caught a Keratsini FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Theocharis Kottikas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 61st minute, Theocharis Kottikas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Mathis Finke recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 62nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The audience was convinced that Stelios Dimas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ken Troxler was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Lazaros Kabourakos made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Ntinos Giannakopoulos sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, PANATHINAIKOS's Giannis Vourlidas got a free kick in the 71st minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Mathis Finke in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ken Troxler prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 83 minutes, Dionysis Kafritzakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Keratsini FC and the PANATHINAIKOS players grew even worse after the yellow card. Lazaros Kabourakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theocharis Kottikas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ken Troxler showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mathis Finke in the 97th minute of the match. Keratsini FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.