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Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Sotos Megas started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, Stathis Papadimoulis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Π.Σ. Καλαμάτα the free kick. After 3 played minutes ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ got a freekick which was hit by Stathis Papadimoulis. Stathis Papadimoulis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Fotis Perdikas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Panos Giotoulis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 16 minutes, Panos Giotoulis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's supporters crossed their fingers, but Panos Giotoulis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Panos Giotoulis was extremely unlucky when he, in the 19th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Π.Σ. Καλαμάτα's Sotos Megas got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 23rd minute, Π.Σ. Καλαμάτα's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Panos Giotoulis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Ignatios Baltimas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kostas Moulakakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Stathis Papadimoulis got his second yellow card in the match during the 29th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. In the 29th match minute, ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stathis Papadimoulis to maneuver through the defense. Kostas Moulakakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ignatios Baltimas having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stamatis Saltiris stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's Louis Nikopolidis got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Kostas Moulakakis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 53rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ignatios Baltimas. ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Π.Σ. Καλαμάτα's Anthimos Katsikopodaros got a free kick in the 54th minute. Stamatis Saltiris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ignatios Baltimas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sotos Megas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ignatios Baltimas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sotos Megas, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's Ignatios Baltimas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ from getting a goal against them. A collision led to ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Louis Nikopolidis hit a great ball. If Stamatis Saltiris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's Ignatios Baltimas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sotos Megas in the 87th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Fanis Pittarakis during the 88th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 95 minutes into the match, Π.Σ. Καλαμάτα's goal looked a bit too open when Stamatis Saltiris came free, but Fotis Perdikas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Π.Σ. Καλαμάτα played a much better game than ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ and deserved their victory. The ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.