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TALIOURIA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Zisis Lilis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Sotiris Aggelidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dionysis Stamatakos having to interfere. After 7 minutes, Panos Platonidis made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. TALIOURIDES's Dionysis Stamatakos tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When Peristeri A.E's Panos Platonidis in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye TALIOURIDES's goalie prevented a goal. Nikiforos Papacharalabous showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zisis Lilis, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. After 21 minutes of play, TALIOURIDES's Kyriakos Kanetis made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikiforos Papacharalabous was left in no man's land by his defense there! The audience was convinced that Panos Platonidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dionysis Stamatakos was relentless in the 26th minute of the game. 29 minutes into the match, Peristeri A.E's goal looked a bit too open when Zisis Lilis came free, but Nikiforos Papacharalabous reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Peristeri A.E's Sotiris Aggelidis got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dionysis Stamatakos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Panos Platonidis went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Dionysis Stamatakos came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by Peristeri A.E's Sotiris Aggelidis. But to his dismay, Sotiris Aggelidis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. Panos Platonidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dionysis Stamatakos having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in TALIOURIDES's zone, Lambros Papachantzoulis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dionysis Stamatakos came out of the goal and Lambros Papachantzoulis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kyriakos Kanetis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Panos Platonidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 48th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The wind increased when Panos Platonidis made the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the game, TALIOURIDES's Antonis Kioutsoukalis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Nikiforos Papacharalabous made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. Thanks to some nice moves Panos Platonidis could shoot a difficult shot in the 58th minute, which Dionysis Stamatakos however easily saved by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Panos Platonidis got free with Dionysis Stamatakos in the 62nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some careless play in the Peristeri A.E defense, Kyriakos Kanetis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikiforos Papacharalabous. The Peristeri A.E fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikiforos Papacharalabous should have stopped the shot. After 72 minutes, Vassilis Zervakos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Peristeri A.E and the TALIOURIDES players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 71st minute of the game. One of Peristeri A.E:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of TALIOURIDES:s goal. In the 74th minute there was a penalty for TALIOURIDES. Theagenis Sikalopoulos stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nikiforos Papacharalabous. 4-3. A hard shot 78 in the game by Panos Platonidis from a close distance when the talented Dionysis Stamatakos managed to make a qualified save. TALIOURIDES's players were relieved. Zisis Lilis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zisis Lilis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 87 minutes of play, TALIOURIDES's Zisis Lilis made it 5-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikiforos Papacharalabous was left in no man's land by his defense there! Panos Platonidis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 93rdth minute, Dionysis Stamatakos skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Panos Platonidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Peristeri A.E's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because TALIOURIDES had won, even though Peristeri A.E had held more of the ball.