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Vidhiαkion
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Timos Panagou started the match with the kick off. With his leg Takis Drakopoulos managed to avoid a goal in the 9thth minute, when Vidhiαkion's Lambis Soupidis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Vidhiαkion's Giannis Chatzinikolaou got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, KOKAS F.C's Iakovos Dentzas got a free kick in the 15th minute. When Iakovos Dentzas fell near the penalty area in the 16th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored KOKAS F.C's protests and gave Iakovos Dentzas a yellow card for diving instead. Vidhiαkion's Lambis Soupidis got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 23 played minutes KOKAS F.C got a freekick which was hit by Iakovos Dentzas. Lambis Soupidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Takis Drakopoulos having to interfere. 27 minutes into the match, KOKAS F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Chatzinikolaou came free, but Takis Drakopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vidhiαkion's Lambis Soupidis got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nasos Parlapidis during the 32nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Takis Drakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Chatzinikolaou, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Vidhiαkion's goal looked a bit too open when Timos Panagou came free, but Apostolis Bagasakos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Giannis Chatzinikolaou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giannis Chatzinikolaou to strike the kick off in the second half. Takis Drakopoulos came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Vidhiαkion's Lambis Soupidis. But to his dismay, Lambis Soupidis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. KOKAS F.C's Timos Panagou was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 59th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. When Lambis Soupidis came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Vidhiαkion fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lambis Soupidis couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giannis Chatzinikolaou in the 71st minute of play forced KOKAS F.C's goalkeeper Takis Drakopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lambis Soupidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Takis Drakopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 76th minute, Iakovos Dentzas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Takis Drakopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giannis Chatzinikolaou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Lambis Soupidis in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Takis Drakopoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 83rd minute, Giannis Chatzinikolaou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Takis Drakopoulos was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 86th minute the ball was on its way in behind KOKAS F.C's goalkeeper Takis Drakopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 87 minutes, Giannis Chatzinikolaou managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Vidhiαkion's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giannis Chatzinikolaou was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Takis Drakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lambis Soupidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. Christos Giannidis's late challenge caught a Vidhiαkion's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christos Giannidis helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, KOKAS F.C's Christos Giannidis got a free kick in the 90th minute. Christos Giannidis tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Takis Drakopoulos. An unnecessary self made goal, 3-1 in the 94th minute.