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Agios Ioanis Gigenon
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Miltos Ntavelis took the kick off in the first half of the match. After 8 minutes, Eugenios Nikolaidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Strofyliakos and the Agios Ioanis Gigenon players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 8th match minute, Strofyliakos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eugenios Nikolaidis to maneuver through the defense. Evripidis Gogolos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Dimitris Sapanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evripidis Gogolos in the 14th minute of play forced Agios Ioanis Gigenon's goalkeeper Dimitris Sapanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Ntavelis in the 15th minute of play forced Strofyliakos's goalkeeper Theodosis Zachakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Strofyliakos's Theodosis Zachakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miltos Ntavelis in the 28th minute of play. If Miltos Ntavelis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dimitris Sapanis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Themis Kolotoubis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With 47 minutes on the clock, Manos Kalogiannis commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. 47 minutes into the game, one of Agios Ioanis Gigenon:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Strofyliakos a penalty, 51 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Evripidis Gogolos, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Agios Ioanis Gigenon's Dimitris Sapanis. 0-1. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Themis Kolotoubis to strike the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the match, Strofyliakos's Iakovos Bletsas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dimitris Sapanis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Prokopis Mavrogenidis kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Strofyliakos's Evripidis Gogolos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dimitris Sapanis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Agios Ioanis Gigenon's Dimitris Sapanis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Agios Ioanis Gigenon from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Agios Ioanis Gigenon's Dimitris Sapanis got control of the ball when Evripidis Gogolos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Iakovos Bletsas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 69th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dimitris Sapanis. Agios Ioanis Gigenon's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 72 minutes, Simos Dermitzakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Agios Ioanis Gigenon and the Strofyliakos players grew even worse after the yellow card. Simos Dermitzakis kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Dimitris Sapanis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Iakovos Bletsas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 81 played minutes Agios Ioanis Gigenon got a freekick which was hit by Prokopis Mavrogenidis. A collision led to Agios Ioanis Gigenon getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Thanos Stiliaras hit a great ball. Dimitris Sapanis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Themis Kolotoubis in the 97th minute of the match. Theofanis Koutsos charged in rather forcefully in the 101st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Theofanis Koutsos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 101 played minutes Agios Ioanis Gigenon got a freekick which was hit by Theofanis Koutsos. Strofyliakos's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.