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Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Konstantinos Kavaliaratos made the kick off and thus started the match. Tomas Illescas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 6 minutes, Rigoberto Mina mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Venezuela and the P.A.O.K. Patras F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. When the match had been going on for 7 minutes, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Akis Stathakis got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Jonathan Ferrant. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Anastasios Politakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anastasios Politakis having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Apostolos Moisiadis. Venezuela's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Tomas Illescas in the 27th minute. Anastasios Politakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tomas Illescas in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos Kavaliaratos in the 44th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Lazaros Serdaris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Tomas Illescas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Tomas Illescas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Tomas Illescas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anastasios Politakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Jose Correa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venezuela's supporters rose to their feet, but Jose Correa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anastasios Politakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anastasios Politakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tomas Illescas in the 66th minute. In the 66th minute, Panagiotis Vrakas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Konstantinos Kavaliaratos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonathan Ferrant was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. Jonathan Ferrant made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Konstantinos Kavaliaratos in the 80th minute of play. After 83 played minutes Venezuela got a freekick which was hit by Patricio Costa. Tomas Illescas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Anastasios Politakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 90 minutes of play, P.A.O.K. Patras F.C.'s Lazaros Serdaris made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jonathan Ferrant was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 93 played minutes P.A.O.K. Patras F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Panagiotis Vrakas. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. P.A.O.K. Patras F.C. had won after a very even match.