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Ypsos
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Anastasios Vdelas kicked off to start the match. When the match had gone on for 7 minutes, Vlassis Karagiannis took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Kostas Orfanidis to make any attempt to save it. 12 minutes into the game, Sklátaina FC's Savas Egomitis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Stratos Labaras made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. In the 21st minute, Ypsos's Vaggelis Mentis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-1. After a defensive mix-up in Sklátaina FC's zone, Vaggelis Antoniadis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kostas Orfanidis came out of the goal and Vaggelis Antoniadis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Stratos Labaras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Savas Egomitis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 33 minutes into the match, Sklátaina FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gerasimos Tsilikos came free, but Kostas Orfanidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kostas Orfanidis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gerasimos Tsilikos's shot from short distance in the 39th minute. Kostas Orfanidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaggelis Mentis in the 41st minute of the match. Gerasimos Tsilikos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kostas Orfanidis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 42nd minute of play. Vaggelis Antoniadis missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 46 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Kostas Orfanidis right hand side.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gerasimos Tsilikos made a kick off. Vaggelis Antoniadis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gerasimos Tsilikos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kostas Orfanidis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 54th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pavlos Nikolopoulos in the 55th minute of play forced Sklátaina FC's goalkeeper Kostas Orfanidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vaggelis Mentis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kostas Orfanidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerasimos Tsilikos in the 62nd minute of play. 63 minutes into the game, Ypsos's Vaggelis Mentis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kostas Orfanidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Stratos Labaras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anastasios Vdelas in the 67th minute of play. Kostas Orfanidis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Gerasimos Tsilikos went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 5-1 was the resulting score. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gerasimos Tsilikos in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kostas Orfanidis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 86th minute, Vlassis Karagiannis 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Anastasios Vdelas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sklátaina FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Anastasios Vdelas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stratos Labaras breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The Ypsos fans' excitement grew in the 96th match minute when Ypsos's Gerasimos Tsilikos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 7-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Ypsos walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.