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TO MANTRI
Spectators: 9263 (Terracing: 6949, Seating: 2130, VIP seats: 184) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Patroklos Markopoulos got the match started through his kick off. Lynkeus Plevritis's late challenge caught a KYPEROUNTA F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lynkeus Plevritis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of KYPEROUNTA F.C booed when PAFOS FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lynkeus Plevritis didn't get a good kick on the ball. 4 minutes into the match, PAFOS FC's goalkeeper Krzysztof Adamski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Timos Batsakis. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Epigonoi Letsos managed to get in a good position for a shot. KYPEROUNTA F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Epigonoi Letsos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Krzysztof Adamski breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Krzysztof Adamski made a fantastic save in the 13th minute, when Timos Batsakis sent off a good shot on target. 14 minutes had been played when some careless play by PAFOS FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Epigonoi Letsos was slow to take the kick. During this time KYPEROUNTA F.C's players had a chance to rest. Lynkeus Mavromichalis was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. After 14 played minutes KYPEROUNTA F.C got a freekick which was hit by Lynkeus Mavromichalis. Askanios Georgeakopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Sotiris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nikos Sotiris scored 0-1 in the 17th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Askanios Georgeakopoulos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 22nd match minute, KYPEROUNTA F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lambros Mitsinikos to maneuver through the defense. 25 minutes into the game, PAFOS FC's Lynkeus Plevritis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Askanios Georgeakopoulos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. With a little luck, PAFOS FC's Krzysztof Adamski got control of the ball when Timos Batsakis tried to sneak it across the goal line. PAFOS FC's Krzysztof Adamski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save PAFOS FC from getting a goal against them. Krzysztof Adamski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patroklos Markopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Krzysztof Adamski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Patroklos Markopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 42 minutes into the match, Hortêncio Montenegro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Askanios Georgeakopoulos. KYPEROUNTA F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hortêncio Montenegro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Timos Batsakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Krzysztof Adamski made a huge save. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Lynkeus Plevritis made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Timos Batsakis in the 54th minute of play forced PAFOS FC's goalkeeper Krzysztof Adamski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 57 minutes into the match, PAFOS FC's Lynkeus Plevritis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Askanios Georgeakopoulos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Krzysztof Adamski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lynkeus Mavromichalis, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patroklos Markopoulos in the 60th minute of play forced PAFOS FC's goalkeeper Krzysztof Adamski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. KYPEROUNTA F.C's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Epigonoi Letsos in the 62nd minute. Epigonoi Letsos made a great header on KYPEROUNTA F.C's corner, it was just that PAFOS FC's Krzysztof Adamski managed to reach the ball for a save. Krzysztof Adamski didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patroklos Markopoulos went, in the 65th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. A sloppy throw-in by Akrisios Pispinis in the 70th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by PAFOS FC's Anthony Corelli. Lynkeus Plevritis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Askanios Georgeakopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd match minute, PAFOS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hortêncio Montenegro to maneuver through the defense. Lynkeus Mavromichalis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Krzysztof Adamski having to make a save. Lynkeus Plevritis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Askanios Georgeakopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 78th minute Giannis Kreskas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Krzysztof Adamski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hortêncio Montenegro during the 80th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, PAFOS FC's Hortêncio Montenegro got a free kick in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gilberto Sousa in the 83rd minute of play forced KYPEROUNTA F.C's goalkeeper Askanios Georgeakopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 89 minutes into the match, PAFOS FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lynkeus Mavromichalis came free, but Krzysztof Adamski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lynkeus Mavromichalis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Krzysztof Adamski having to interfere. Gilberto Sousa was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 94th minute. PAFOS FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lynkeus Plevritis in the 96th minute of play forced KYPEROUNTA F.C's goalkeeper Askanios Georgeakopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The KYPEROUNTA F.C manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing PAFOS FC to win.