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Katsilimaνika Stadiu
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Jacobo Nores made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Grigoris Moustakidis sent off a good shot on target. Marinos Mouratidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Jacobo Nores tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jacobo Nores showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marinos Kisemlis in the 17th minute of the match. Paraguay's Primitivo Escribano quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Giannis Vovos, made in the 20th minute of the game. 23 minutes into the game, Giannis Vovos threw the ball into play from the sideline. Paraguay's Xavier Zoido quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Jacobo Nores didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marinos Kisemlis went, in the 25th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. When the match clock showed 30 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Jaime Pardo sped through Katsilimaνika's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Kostas Nikolaidis. If Marinos Kisemlis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Grigoris Moustakidis fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Katsilimaνika's protests and gave Grigoris Moustakidis a yellow card for diving instead. After 38 played minutes Katsilimaνika got a freekick which was hit by Grigoris Moustakidis. In the 41st minute, Jaime Pardo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Paraguay fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. 46 minutes into the match, Katsilimaνika's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime Pardo came free, but Kostas Nikolaidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jaime Pardo to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute, Jaime Pardo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kostas Nikolaidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. Kostas Nikolaidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime Pardo in the 58th minute of the match. 59 minutes into the match, Marinos Kisemlis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jacobo Nores. Paraguay's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marinos Kisemlis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. The audience was convinced that Marinos Mouratidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jacobo Nores was relentless in the 65th minute of the game. Kostas Nikolaidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jaime Pardo in the 68th minute. In the 72ndth minute of the game Marinos Kisemlis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Paraguay's Jacobo Nores was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Kostas Nikolaidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jaime Pardo in the 75th minute. After a rather tough play, Katsilimaνika's Iakovos Trichias got a free kick in the 77th minute. Paraguay's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime Pardo in the 83rd minute. A collision led to Katsilimaνika getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Iakovos Trichias hit a great ball. Jacobo Nores took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marinos Kisemlis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Paraguay's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.