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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Leonidas Variamidis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When Konstantinos Tatsos fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Dark.A. FC's protests and gave Konstantinos Tatsos a yellow card for diving instead. Konstantinos Tatsos hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. In the 5th minute, Nikolas Tachtatzis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panagiotis Tsiolis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Diogenis Terzis hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. Panagiotis Tsiolis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nikolas Tachtatzis in the 13th minute. Panagiotis Tsiolis stood somewhat misplaced when Leonidas Variamidis came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 14 minute. If Nikolas Tachtatzis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikolas Tachtatzis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Panagiotis Tsiolis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Panagiotis Rafailidis did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Panagiotis Tsiolis 25 minutes into the match. Dark.A. FC's Panagiotis Rafailidis managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Menios Topoudis in the 29 minute of the game. Nikolas Tachtatzis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Panagiotis Tsiolis having to make a save. In the 35th minute, Iordanis Alexandridis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Koulinaiika FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Nikolas Tachtatzis struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Panagiotis Tsiolis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dark.A. FC. Panagiotis Tsiolis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panagiotis Rafailidis in the 39th minute of play. In the 44th minute, Nikolas Tachtatzis fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Filippos Stefanoulis in the 47th minute of play forced Dark.A. FC's goalkeeper Thrasivoulos Kostenoglou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

The wind increased when Charalambos Tsirakis made the kick off in the second half. Filippos Stefanoulis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 53rd minute of the match, but Thrasivoulos Kostenoglou made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonidas Variamidis in the 54th minute of play forced Koulinaiika FC's goalkeeper Panagiotis Tsiolis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Charalambos Tsirakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Dark.A. FC booed when Koulinaiika FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Prodromos Lykos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 63 played minutes, Dark.A. FC's Leonidas Variamidis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Panagiotis Tsiolis 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 Dark.A. FC reached it. 67 minutes into the game, Charalambos Tsirakis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Thrasivoulos Kostenoglou. Charalambos Tsirakis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-2. Panagiotis Rafailidis kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. 70 minutes into the match, Koulinaiika FC's Iordanis Gazis broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Nikolas Tachtatzis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Tsiolis having to interfere. Panagiotis Rafailidis struck a weak shot in the 74th minute. Panagiotis Tsiolis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dark.A. FC. Panagiotis Rafailidis struck a weak shot in the 77th minute. Panagiotis Tsiolis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dark.A. FC. Konstantinos Tatsos struck a weak shot in the 78th minute. Panagiotis Tsiolis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Dark.A. FC. 80 minutes into the game, Dark.A. FC's Nikolas Tachtatzis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Panagiotis Tsiolis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-2. Panagiotis Rafailidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Koulinaiika FC defense, Panagiotis Rafailidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Panagiotis Tsiolis. The Koulinaiika FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Panagiotis Tsiolis should have stopped the shot. In the 89th minute, Iordanis Alexandridis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Panagiotis Tsiolis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantinos Tatsos in the 92nd minute of play. Dark.A. FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.