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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) San Siro's Stergios Chronatos 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. The audience was convinced that Giorgos Skilitsis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Babbis Theocharis was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. Babbis Theocharis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stergios Chronatos in the 5th minute of the match. A collision led to Amfithea Hotspur getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Markos Miroforidis hit a great ball. Amfithea Hotspur's Babbis Theocharis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vrasidas Spanoudakis in the 13th minute of play. After 18 minutes of play, San Siro's Vrasidas Spanoudakis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Babbis Theocharis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Amfithea Hotspur's Giorgos Giannou got a free kick in the 21st minute. After 28 played minutes San Siro got a freekick which was hit by Tasos Kamelakos. After a defensive mix-up in Amfithea Hotspur's zone, Stergios Chronatos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Babbis Theocharis came out of the goal and Stergios Chronatos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Marinos Roussos came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Amfithea Hotspur 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 Marinos Roussos couldn't finish the play. The supporters of San Siro booed when Amfithea Hotspur was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giannis Androulakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaios Papamanolakis in the 43rd minute of play forced Amfithea Hotspur's goalkeeper Babbis Theocharis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 played minutes San Siro got a freekick which was hit by Vaggelis Panagakos. In the 45th minute of the match Marinos Roussos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Babbis Koutsoures showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kostas Kostopoulos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Babbis Koutsoures didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kostas Kostopoulos went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 56th minute, Stergios Chronatos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Babbis Theocharis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. Miltos Chatzidis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 67 minutes of play, Amfithea Hotspur's Kostas Kostopoulos made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Babbis Koutsoures was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 76th match minute, Amfithea Hotspur was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Markos Miroforidis to maneuver through the defense. Vrasidas Spanoudakis hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Miltos Chatzidis succeeded in the game's 83rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-2. Babbis Theocharis was out of position in the 87 minute of play, and Stergios Chronatos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Stergios Chronatos really showed his touch with that goal: 3-3. San Siro were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Amfithea Hotspur to leave the ground with a draw.