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Spectators: 7680 (Terracing: 5761, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) ziptse's Akakios Psomiadis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Lakis Karapialis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giotis Kounadakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christos Bougatsakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Lakis Karapialis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, ziptse's Antonis Kazatzidis got a free kick in the 6th minute. After a rather tough play, ziptse's Diogenis Sentouikidis got a free kick in the 8th minute. Dimitris Nestorakoglou, 8 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. If Giotis Kounadakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 13th minute, Giotis Kounadakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alekos Papaemmanouil during the 17th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 17th match minute, Real Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alekos Papaemmanouil to maneuver through the defense. Menelaos Papaloukas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akakios Psomiadis in the 18th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Akakios Psomiadis in the 22nd minute of play forced Real Madrid's goalkeeper Menelaos Papaloukas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Akakios Psomiadis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Menelaos Papaloukas having to interfere. After 25 played minutes Real Madrid got a freekick which was hit by Stefanos Pikoulas. The supporters of Real Madrid booed when ziptse was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Akakios Psomiadis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Menelaos Papaloukas was a little too slow when Akakios Psomiadis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 35th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 39th minute, Christos Pourliotopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 41st minute, Christos Bougatsakis 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. Christos Bougatsakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Lakis Karapialis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giotis Kounadakis to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, ziptse was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christos Pourliotopoulos to maneuver through the defense. In the 54th minute, Giotis Kounadakis 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 some careless play in the Real Madrid defense, Akakios Psomiadis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Menelaos Papaloukas. The Real Madrid fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Menelaos Papaloukas should have stopped the shot. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind ziptse's goalkeeper Lakis Karapialis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 70 played minutes Real Madrid got a freekick which was hit by Giotis Kounadakis. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Giotis Kounadakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Madrid's supporters rose to their feet, but Giotis Kounadakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lakis Karapialis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Menelaos Papaloukas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Akakios Psomiadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpected shot in the 80th minute by Christos Bougatsakis got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. With a little luck, ziptse's Lakis Karapialis got control of the ball when Christos Bougatsakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 84th match minute, Real Madrid was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Loukianos Skinas to maneuver through the defense. Lakis Karapialis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Giotis Kounadakis went, in the 90th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. After having played for 95 minutes, Giotis Kounadakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Real Madrid's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giotis Kounadakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.