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Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Manos Koumeliotis made the kick off which started today's match. 5 minutes into the match, olympiakos kerkyras's goalkeeper Marios Stathoulias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Vassilis Papadopoulos. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Vassilis Papadopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alkoolikoi FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Vassilis Papadopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marios Stathoulias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marios Stathoulias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vassilis Papadopoulos in the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th match minute, olympiakos kerkyras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giannis Katsiaros to maneuver through the defense. Alexandros Kakadelis was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 12th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Vassilis Papadopoulos 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. The audience was convinced that Nasos Papagiannoulis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Panos Kappos was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Marios Stathoulias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vassilis Papadopoulos in the 25th minute. In the 26th match minute, olympiakos kerkyras was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alkis Froussos to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandros Kakadelis in the 27th minute of play forced olympiakos kerkyras's goalkeeper Marios Stathoulias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eugenios Kourkounas kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. If Nasos Papagiannoulis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Eugenios Kourkounas hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Giannis Katsiaros's late challenge caught a Alkoolikoi FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Giannis Katsiaros helped the player get up and apologised. In the 41st minute, Giannis Katsiaros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Vassilis Papadopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th minute, Nasos Papagiannoulis 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. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Soulis Tsitsiridis was the one to do the kick off. Marios Stathoulias didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vassilis Papadopoulos went, in the 57th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. Manos Koumeliotis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Panos Kappos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The long shot by Paris Tsirigotakis in the 76th minute really tested Panos Kappos's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Nasos Papagiannoulis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 82nd minute of the match, but Panos Kappos made a huge save. After 84 minutes, Sotiris Perivolakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Alkoolikoi FC and the olympiakos kerkyras players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 84 played minutes Alkoolikoi FC got a freekick which was hit by Sotiris Perivolakis. After a rather tough play, Alkoolikoi FC's Soulis Tsitsiridis got a free kick in the 85th minute. A collision led to Alkoolikoi FC getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Soulis Tsitsiridis hit a great ball. In the 88th minute, olympiakos kerkyras's Manos Koumeliotis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.