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Spectators: 5774 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 0) Tolis Livathinos's late challenge caught a Agia Sofia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tolis Livathinos helped the player get up and apologised. Tolis Livathinos hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. 10 minutes into the match, Agia Sofia's Isidoros Zotalis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Christos Zervoudakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Isidoros Zotalis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Christos Zervoudakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alketas Mantouvalos 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. Christos Zervoudakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Isidoros Zotalis's shot from short distance in the 17th minute. Agia Sofia's Miltos Tsoflidis got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alketas Mantouvalos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Notis Tassis charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Notis Tassis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 27th minute, Notis Tassis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 30 minutes had been played when some careless play by Agia Sofia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Alexandros Zoubadellis was slow to take the kick. During this time Deviliakos FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 30th match minute, Deviliakos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Emmanouil Stathis to maneuver through the defense. If Miltos Tsoflidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stamatis Papastefanou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lambros Barlas 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 wind increased when Alketas Mantouvalos made the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stamatis Papastefanou during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Stamatis Papastefanou hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Alketas Aggelidis, 57 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. Christos Zervoudakis made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Isidoros Zotalis sent off a good shot on target. In the 61st minute the ball was on its way in behind Agia Sofia's goalkeeper Lambros Barlas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alketas Mantouvalos in the 64th minute of play forced Agia Sofia's goalkeeper Lambros Barlas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Deviliakos FC booed when Agia Sofia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Isidoros Zotalis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 81 minutes, Isidoros Zotalis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Agia Sofia and the Deviliakos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Isidoros Zotalis kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After having played for 86 minutes, Isidoros Zotalis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Agia Sofia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Isidoros Zotalis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Agia Sofia's Lambros Barlas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alketas Mantouvalos in the 89th minute of play. Alketas Mantouvalos took the ball and in the 97 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lambros Barlas. Lambros Barlas dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Deviliakos FC's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.