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Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Moises Fernandino made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 6th minute of the match Nasos Venetidis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ricardo Zorita showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 7 minutes, Ricardo Zorita successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 8th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ricardo Zorita prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Moises Fernandino in the 10th minute of play forced meteora 1929's goalkeeper Soulis Vamvakousis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Zorita made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 12th minute. Chatziantoniou Xanthos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Ricardo Zorita tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of meteora 1929 booed when El Salvador was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Marco Tamayo didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Chatziantoniou Xanthos came up free with the goalie in the 21st minute, the meteora 1929 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 Chatziantoniou Xanthos couldn't finish the play. A hard shot 23 in the game by Chatziantoniou Xanthos from a close distance when the talented Ricardo Zorita managed to make a qualified save. El Salvador's players were relieved. In the 32nd minute of the match El Salvador got a corner. meteora 1929's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mateo Leguizamo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Mateo Leguizamo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Soulis Vamvakousis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The crowd rose to their feet as meteora 1929's Chatziantoniou Xanthos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 1-0 after 35 minutes of play. 39 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos. The crowd rose to their feet as meteora 1929's Dimitris Fragou slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ricardo Zorita. That made the score 2-0 after 43 minutes of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Chatziantoniou Xanthos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The meteora 1929 fans' excitement grew in the 56th match minute when meteora 1929's Chatziantoniou Xanthos 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 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 4-0 when Chatziantoniou Xanthos sped through El Salvador's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ricardo Zorita. In the 62nd match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Moises Fernandino to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 63rd minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ricardo Zorita stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dimitris Fragou's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. Ricardo Zorita showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Xanthos, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. In the 69th match minute, El Salvador was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lorenzo Yepes to maneuver through the defense. Nasos Venetidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Chatziantoniou Xanthos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ricardo Zorita was relentless in the 78th minute of the game. In the 79thth minute of the game Chatziantoniou Xanthos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Moises Fernandino fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Soulis Vamvakousis having to interfere. El Salvador's Ricardo Zorita played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 84th minute of play. Ricardo Zorita made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitris Fragou in the 85th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Sarkanis in the 86th minute of play forced El Salvador's goalkeeper Ricardo Zorita to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 95th minute Chatziantoniou Xanthos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Zorita saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. meteora 1929 fully deserved thier win.