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Arila Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Arila's Fragiskos Rigatos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Tatoi FC's Christoforos Prassas got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of Arila booed when Tatoi FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vassilis Stelas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vaggelis Raditsas kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. Tasos Toursounidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fragiskos Rigatos in the 15th minute of play. Emmanouil Kofidis hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. In the 23rd match minute, Arila was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimitris Anastasatos to maneuver through the defense. In the 25th minute Christoforos Prassas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tilemachos Mimidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tilemachos Mimidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Papoutsidis in the 28th minute of the match. A collision led to Arila getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Telis Tzevelekos hit a great ball. Christoforos Prassas might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tilemachos Mimidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Christoforos Prassas ran back to his position shaking his head. Fragiskos Rigatos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Tasos Toursounidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Arila's zone, Christoforos Prassas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tilemachos Mimidis came out of the goal and Christoforos Prassas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After having played for 44 minutes, Christoforos Prassas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Tatoi FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christoforos Prassas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Christoforos Prassas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tilemachos Mimidis having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Christoforos Prassas was the one to do the kick off. If Themistoklis Kalamarakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 64th minute the ball was on its way in behind Tatoi FC's goalkeeper Tasos Toursounidis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Themistoklis Kalamarakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 68th minute Fragiskos Rigatos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tasos Toursounidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Tatoi FC's Sotos Kounenakis got a free kick in the 69th minute. Tilemachos Mimidis made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Nikos Papoutsidis sent off a good shot on target. Tatoi FC's Tasos Toursounidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fragiskos Rigatos in the 76th minute of play. Panos Peponis charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Panos Peponis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 83rd minute, Panos Peponis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Christoforos Prassas was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 84th minute. Tatoi FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Nikos Papoutsidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Tilemachos Mimidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Nikos Papoutsidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tatoi FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikos Papoutsidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tilemachos Mimidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 90 minutes into the game, one of Arila:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Tilemachos Mimidis didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 95th minute, which inside left pole to 0-1.