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Nikos Goumas
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Eugenios Margaritis's late challenge caught a FC Barcelona's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Eugenios Margaritis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd match minute, ΕΛΛΑΣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugenios Margaritis to maneuver through the defense. After a defensive mix-up in ΕΛΛΑΣ's zone, Thanasis Katsiabis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Giannis Sofos came out of the goal and Thanasis Katsiabis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Chatziantoniou Serdaris hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Chatziantoniou Serdaris charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chatziantoniou Serdaris the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Chatziantoniou Serdaris hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. In the 10th minute of the match Marios Giannaros sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Giannis Sofos skillfully saved the ball. 17 minutes into the match, FC Barcelona's Thanasis Katsiabis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Giannis Sofos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 23rd minute, Manos Ikonomidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Barcelona's supporters rose to their feet, but Manos Ikonomidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giannis Sofos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandros Koutroutsos in the 25th minute of play forced FC Barcelona's goalkeeper Giannis Papadamous to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nestoras Stefanakis hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. Alexandros Koutroutsos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. FC Barcelona's Giannis Papadamous proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 31st minute of the match, managed to save FC Barcelona from getting a goal against them. Thanasis Katsiabis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Giannis Sofos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 0-0 after a close first half.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Thanasis Katsiabis got free with Giannis Sofos in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Chatziantoniou Serdaris kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Manos Ikonomidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Barcelona's supporters rose to their feet, but Manos Ikonomidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giannis Sofos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 68th minute Chatziantoniou Serdaris suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. After 68 minutes, Nestoras Stefanakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the FC Barcelona and the ΕΛΛΑΣ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 69 played minutes FC Barcelona got a freekick which was hit by Nestoras Stefanakis. Eugenios Margaritis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 82nd match minute, FC Barcelona was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vassilis Karagounis to maneuver through the defense. Christos Evaggellou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Giannis Papadamous having to interfere. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.