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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Giannis Sagionaridis kicked off to start the match. Sevastianα's Giorgos Pachatouridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Panos Gabriilidis in the 3rd minute of play. Thanasis Souliopoulos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 10th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Panos Gabriilidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Giorgos Pachatouridis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Giorgos Pachatouridis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thanasis Souliopoulos in the 16th minute. After 25 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sevastianα! Thanasis Souliopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Giorgos Pachatouridis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikos Varlamis's late challenge caught a Trikala F.C.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nikos Varlamis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Trikala F.C. booed when Sevastianα was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nikos Varlamis didn't get a good kick on the ball. The Trikala F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 35th match minute when Trikala F.C.'s Thanasis Souliopoulos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. With his leg Giorgos Pachatouridis managed to avoid a goal in the 39thth minute, when Trikala F.C.'s Panos Gabriilidis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Trikala F.C.'s Thanasis Souliopoulos was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 44th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal.

The wind increased when Thanasis Souliopoulos made the kick off in the second half. If Thanasis Souliopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 54 played minutes, Trikala F.C.'s Christos Kalakos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Giorgos Pachatouridis 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 Trikala F.C. reached it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Thanasis Souliopoulos in the 57th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giorgos Pachatouridis saved Sevastianα from getting behind. Panos Gabriilidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Giorgos Pachatouridis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aggelos Chatzipetris got a throw-in 64 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Nikos Varlamis. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Thanasis Souliopoulos in the 65th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giorgos Pachatouridis saved Sevastianα from getting behind. Panos Gabriilidis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Thanasis Souliopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Trikala F.C.'s Panos Gabriilidis got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanasis Souliopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Giorgos Pachatouridis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 71st minute, Panos Gabriilidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Trikala F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Panos Gabriilidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giorgos Pachatouridis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Sevastianα booed when Trikala F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christos Kalakos didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Thanasis Souliopoulos in the 77th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Giorgos Pachatouridis saved Sevastianα from getting behind. After 78 minutes of play, Trikala F.C.'s Thanasis Souliopoulos made it 4-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Giorgos Pachatouridis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Giorgos Pachatouridis came out of the goal in the 82nd minute to try and stop a shot by Trikala F.C.'s Lefteris Pikilidis. But to his dismay, Lefteris Pikilidis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. Veniamin Klotsidis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 87th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Giorgos Pachatouridis. Sevastianα's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Giorgos Pachatouridis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lefteris Pikilidis in the 92nd minute of the match. When Konstantinos Kesaris fell near the penalty area in the 94th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sevastianα's protests and gave Konstantinos Kesaris a yellow card for diving instead. Konstantinos Kesaris hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the Trikala F.C. players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.