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Ermoupolis Stadium
Spectators: 6990 (Terracing: 5080, Seating: 1760, VIP seats: 150) In the 3rd minute, Nasos Telakos 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. Olympiakos's Stefanos Xanthidis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Olympiakos from getting a goal against them. Fanis Papadamakis charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Fanis Papadamakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Olympiakos getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. Fanis Papadamakis hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Olympiakos's Vassilis Bourantas got a free kick in the 11th minute. Olympiakos's defense didn't have a chance, in the 13th minute, when Dionysis Vamvakidis scored to the left of an out of position Stefanos Xanthidis, making the score, 1-0. Gerasimos Piperidis kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. Timos Kyriakopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Oskar Davidsson, 23 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Stefanos Xanthidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionysis Vamvakidis in the 25th minute of the match. In the 26thth minute of the game Nasos Telakos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Olympiakos's Stefanos Xanthidis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nasos Telakos in the 29th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stefanos Xanthidis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 31st minute, ASTERAS SYROU FC's Dionysis Vamvakidis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stefanos Xanthidis. Stefanos Xanthidis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Stefanos Xanthidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nasos Telakos in the 35th minute. When ASTERAS SYROU FC's Dionysis Vamvakidis in the 36th minute got a chance for a shot 36th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Olympiakos's goalie prevented a goal. Dionysis Vamvakidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Stefanos Xanthidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Stefanos Xanthidis managed to avoid a goal in the 42ndth minute, when ASTERAS SYROU FC's Nasos Telakos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 47th minute, Trifon Rodostoglou made a precise shot to the right of Juan Antonio Concepcion. ASTERAS SYROU FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vassilis Bourantas was the one to do the kick off. In the 61st minute Dionysis Vamvakidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Xanthidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dionysis Vamvakidis scored 4-1 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefanos Xanthidis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dionysis Vamvakidis took the ball and in the 66 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Stefanos Xanthidis. Stefanos Xanthidis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. Stefanos Xanthidis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dionysis Vamvakidis's shot from short distance in the 70th minute. 74 minutes into the game, Vaggelis Kipouros was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ASTERAS SYROU FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Olympiakos the free kick. The supporters of Olympiakos booed when ASTERAS SYROU FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vaggelis Kipouros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alkis Stathoulis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 75th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Juan Antonio Concepcion. ASTERAS SYROU FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Dionysis Vamvakidis scored 6-1 in the 82nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Stefanos Xanthidis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dionysis Vamvakidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vassilis Bourantas in the 89th minute of play forced ASTERAS SYROU FC's goalkeeper Juan Antonio Concepcion to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Dionysis Vamvakidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stefanos Xanthidis was relentless in the 90th minute of the game. Stefanos Xanthidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasos Telakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. There was no doubt that ASTERAS SYROU FC were the better team. ASTERAS SYROU FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.