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Larαnia Stadium
Spectators: 6767 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 0) Vaios Eleftheratos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Juhani Eskelinen having to interfere. Sotiris Spiliotopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 13th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sakis Xidianakis having to interfere. In the 19th minute, Fanis Papathomas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Juhani Eskelinen. The goal made the score 1-0. If Sotiris Spiliotopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 35 minutes into the match, Veloϊlion's Sotiris Spiliotopoulos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sakis Xidianakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Periklis Varkaris lost his temper 47 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to Veloϊlion getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Periklis Varkaris hit a great ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Veloϊlion's Juhani Eskelinen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandros Dimopoulos in the 64th minute of play. Stratos Vranas's late challenge caught a Larαnia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stratos Vranas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th minute, Stratos Vranas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th minute Alexandros Dimopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Juhani Eskelinen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 72nd minute, Sotiris Spiliotopoulos 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. Giotis Papadimopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 75th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Giotis Papadimopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 75th minute of the game. One of Larαnia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Veloϊlion:s goal. Veloϊlion's Juhani Eskelinen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fanis Papathomas in the 81st minute of play. If Sotiris Spiliotopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Christos Rokkos came free in the 88th minute and tried to tip the ball over Sakis Xidianakis, but to the joy of Larαnia's supporters the ball went over. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sotiris Spiliotopoulos in the 91st minute of play forced Larαnia's goalkeeper Sakis Xidianakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Larαnia's Vaios Eleftheratos got a free kick in the 91st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 99th minute, Sotiris Spiliotopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Veloϊlion's supporters rose to their feet, but Sotiris Spiliotopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sakis Xidianakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.