Patissia Arena
Spectators: 7579 (Terracing: 5685,
Seating: 1743, VIP seats: 151) Leonard Chirculescu made the kick off and thus started the match. 3 minutes into the game, Paralia Athens's Leonard Chirculescu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Santo Careaga made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Doru Apostu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lilian Thuram, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Leonard Chirculescu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 24 minutes into the match, Paralia Athens's goal looked a bit too open when Luli Amor came free, but Doru Apostu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Paralia Athens booed when Programayin was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 25 match minutes in a wonderful position. Denílson Colmenares didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 32nd minute, Paralia Athens's Vasile Enciulescu seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Vasile Enciulescu the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Paralia Athens protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Vasile Enciulescu had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. After a rather tough play, Paralia Athens's Vasile Enciulescu got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Paralia Athens's Doru Apostu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dino Tebe in the 34th minute of play. Oihan Onis charged in rather forcefully in the 36th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oihan Onis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 36th match minute, Programayin was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oihan Onis to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Programayin's Luli Lulić got a free kick in the 37th minute. 38 minutes into the game, Luli Lulić was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Programayin's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Paralia Athens the free kick. Luli Lulić hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. When Mircea Robu came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Paralia Athens fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Mircea Robu couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eguen Catalan in the 47th minute of play forced Paralia Athens's goalkeeper Doru Apostu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.
The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Luli Amor to strike the kick off in the second half. Doru Apostu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luli Amor in the 53rd minute of play. Doru Apostu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lilian Thuram, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cesar Molledo made in the 66th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Paralia Athens's Luca Tomozei. 70 minutes into the game, Mircea Robu was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Paralia Athens's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Programayin the free kick. After 70 played minutes Paralia Athens got a freekick which was hit by Mircea Robu. Doru Apostu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eguen Catalan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 73rd minute of the match Programayin got a corner. Paralia Athens's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Michael Pimentel ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Michael Pimentel got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Doru Apostu quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. A collision led to Paralia Athens getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Leonard Chirculescu hit a great ball. A collision led to Paralia Athens getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Leonard Chirculescu hit a great ball. After 77 played minutes, Programayin's Michael Pimentel shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Doru Apostu came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Programayin reached it. In the 79th match minute, Paralia Athens was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mircea Robu to maneuver through the defense. When Irinel Grozuță fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paralia Athens's protests and gave Irinel Grozuță a yellow card for diving instead. In the 81st minute, Irinel Grozuță hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paralia Athens's Doru Apostu proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Paralia Athens from getting a goal against them. In the 93rd match minute, Paralia Athens was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dorel Găman to maneuver through the defense. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Paralia Athens were victorious despite being under pressure from Programayin for much of the match.
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