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Spectators: 7377 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1777, VIP seats: 100) In the 3rd minute, Emmanouil Baxevanis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 5th minute, Stratos Bakiris managed to get in a good position for a shot. Iraklis's supporters rose to their feet, but Stratos Bakiris was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Charilaos Kaplatzis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 5 played minutes Koutsodimos got a freekick which was hit by Emmanouil Baxevanis. Charilaos Kaplatzis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stratos Bakiris in the 7th minute of the match. When Stratos Bakiris, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 11 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Charilaos Kaplatzis was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Grigoris Karageorgopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Charilaos Kaplatzis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Charilaos Kaplatzis was a little too slow when Stratos Bakiris got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 15th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 21st minute, Stratos Bakiris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stefanos Asimakopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Labiris in the 28th minute of the match. 29 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Koutsodimos's Nikos Labiris fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Lakis Seremetis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stefanos Asimakopoulos having to interfere. After 35 minutes of play, Koutsodimos's Lakis Seremetis made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefanos Asimakopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Stefanos Asimakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lakis Seremetis, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Iraklis's zone, Nikos Labiris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stefanos Asimakopoulos came out of the goal and Nikos Labiris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stratos Bakiris to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Iraklis's Giorgos Stamoulis got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Stefanos Asimakopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Labiris in the 56th minute of play. Charilaos Kaplatzis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grigoris Karageorgopoulos in the 63rd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Iraklis's Eustratios Vdelas got a free kick in the 65th minute. 67 minutes into the match, Koutsodimos's goal looked a bit too open when Grigoris Karageorgopoulos came free, but Charilaos Kaplatzis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Labiris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stefanos Asimakopoulos having to interfere. Lakis Seremetis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 72ndth minute tested the skills of Stefanos Asimakopoulos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. If Grigoris Karageorgopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Charilaos Kaplatzis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stratos Bakiris, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Stratos Bakiris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Charilaos Kaplatzis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stefanos Asimakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Labiris, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. In the 89th minute, Stratos Bakiris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Iraklis fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. 94 minutes into the match, Iraklis's goal looked a bit too open when Nikos Labiris came free, but Stefanos Asimakopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Grigoris Karageorgopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Iraklis were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Koutsodimos for a fine match.