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Rizario Stadium
Spectators: 6741 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1741, VIP seats: 0) Rizario's Sakis Dimatos 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stergios Grigorakoglou in the 8th minute of play forced Rizario's goalkeeper Tolis Kostakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Stergios Grigorakoglou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 19 minutes, Anestis Votsis made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Rizario's Tolis Kostakis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 29 minutes into the match, Anestis Votsis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tolis Kostakis. Rizario's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anestis Votsis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Anestis Votsis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Stergios Grigorakoglou in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tolis Kostakis saved Rizario from getting behind. Tolis Kostakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Anestis Votsis's shot from short distance in the 47th minute. Disappointed in the 0-2 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 Anestis Votsis to strike the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Rizario's Tolis Kostakis got control of the ball when Stergios Grigorakoglou tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nestoras Zigos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Menios Stergiadis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stergios Grigorakoglou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tolis Kostakis having to interfere. Rizario's Tolis Kostakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anestis Votsis in the 58th minute of play. In the 60th minute Stergios Grigorakoglou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Kostakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Iason Chatzipetrou hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 66th minute Menios Stergiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nestoras Zigos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 67th match minute, Tigers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Petros Loukanidis to maneuver through the defense. Rizario's Tolis Kostakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Rizario from getting a goal against them. Anestis Votsis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anestis Votsis in the 76th minute of play forced Rizario's goalkeeper Tolis Kostakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tolis Kostakis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Tigers's Anestis Votsis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-3 in the ordered_time% minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anestis Votsis in the 83rd minute of play forced Rizario's goalkeeper Tolis Kostakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trifon Dokos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nestoras Zigos having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Anestis Votsis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tolis Kostakis was relentless in the 87th minute of the game. If Anestis Votsis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 90th minute, Sotos Philipou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st minute, Miltos Nestoriou got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the match was over Tigers could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Rizario throughout the match.