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Impregnable Fortress
Spectators: 7656 (Terracing: 5744, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 152) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Panagiotis Kosmopoulos started the match with the kick off. Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's Nontas Katsaros got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Nontas Katsaros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Grigoris Bakolas was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. Grigoris Bakolas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamatis Matzanas in the 10th minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's goalkeeper İlhami Taçyıldız had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andreas Koutsis. With an all-out effort, Black Royal Knights's İlhami Taçyıldız threw himself towards the right post 25 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Panagiotis Kosmopoulos, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Grigoris Bakolas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nontas Katsaros in the 27th minute of the match. Lambros Kokotoulis hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. 29 minutes into the match, Paris Karabelopoulos notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's İlhami Taçyıldız. İlhami Taçyıldız was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 36 played minutes, Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's Soulis Rafailakis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Grigoris Bakolas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC reached it. Grigoris Bakolas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nontas Katsaros, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nontas Katsaros in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Grigoris Bakolas saved Black Royal Knights from getting behind. Grigoris Bakolas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nontas Katsaros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 45 minutes into the game, Nontas Katsaros cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Grigoris Bakolas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

The wind increased when Nontas Katsaros made the kick off in the second half. After having played for 54 minutes, Panagiotis Kosmopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Black Royal Knights's supporters crossed their fingers, but Panagiotis Kosmopoulos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 60 minutes into the match, Black Royal Knights's goalkeeper Grigoris Bakolas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nontas Katsaros. İlhami Taçyıldız took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panagiotis Kosmopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's Lambros Kokotoulis got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Nontas Katsaros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Black Royal Knights's Grigoris Bakolas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Black Royal Knights from getting a goal against them. 70 minutes into the match, Paris Karabelopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of İlhami Taçyıldız. Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paris Karabelopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. With a little luck, Black Royal Knights's Grigoris Bakolas got control of the ball when Nontas Katsaros tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nontas Katsaros in the 82ndth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Grigoris Bakolas, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 88th minute, Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's Nontas Katsaros ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Grigoris Bakolas. Grigoris Bakolas yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-2. Olympiakos Zakynthoy FC's Stamatis Matzanas got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.