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Kazaklar Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Aggelos Tripitsidis took the kick off in the first half of the match. Manolis Chatziioannou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aggelos Tripitsidis in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Thalis Mavridis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Magas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thalis Mavridis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tolis Magas having to interfere. Lakis Voulgaridis's late challenge caught a KazaklarFC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lakis Voulgaridis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of KazaklarFC booed when Bandiera Rossa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 17 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lakis Voulgaridis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Manolis Chatziioannou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aggelos Tripitsidis in the 25th minute of play. Tolis Magas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thalis Mavridis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to KazaklarFC getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Thalis Mavridis hit a great ball. Tolis Magas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thalis Mavridis, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Aggelos Tripitsidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Manolis Chatziioannou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 37 played minutes KazaklarFC got a freekick which was hit by Stratos Georgiadis. Dimitris Vryzas, 38 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tasos Itoudis in the 41st minute of play forced KazaklarFC's goalkeeper Manolis Chatziioannou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tolis Magas made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Vaggelis Maladenis sent off a good shot on target. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

In the 53rd match minute, KazaklarFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kostas Kamaritis to maneuver through the defense. Nikos Giannakopoulos who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 56thth minute tested the skills of Manolis Chatziioannou when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Vassilis Mantzouranas's late challenge caught a Bandiera Rossa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vassilis Mantzouranas helped the player get up and apologised. Vassilis Mantzouranas kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, KazaklarFC's Thalis Mavridis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Tolis Magas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Bandiera Rossa's Tolis Magas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thalis Mavridis in the 65th minute of play. Manolis Chatziioannou made a fantastic save in the 67th minute, when Nikos Giannakopoulos sent off a good shot on target. Bandiera Rossa's Lakis Voulgaridis got his second yellow card of the match in the 68th minute. The referee ordered Lakis Voulgaridis off the ground. In the 72nd minute, Nikos Giannakopoulos 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. After a defensive mix-up in Bandiera Rossa's zone, Thalis Mavridis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tolis Magas came out of the goal and Thalis Mavridis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nikos Giannakopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manolis Chatziioannou having to interfere. When KazaklarFC's Thalis Mavridis in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Bandiera Rossa's goalie prevented a goal. In the 87th minute, Nikos Vrakozonis had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Bandiera Rossa's Tolis Magas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaggelis Maladenis in the 89th minute of play. After 92 played minutes Bandiera Rossa got a freekick which was hit by Aggelos Tripitsidis. If Vaggelis Maladenis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. KazaklarFC had won after a very even match.