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Trifýllia Stadium
Spectators: 7728 (Terracing: 5907, Seating: 1811, VIP seats: 10) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zacharias Hagias started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asopos Antoniou in the 5th minute of play forced Trifýllia BC's goalkeeper Elin Gúlov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Sakis Gazonas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Dimosthenis Karaoulanis. Bandidos's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sakis Gazonas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 9thth minute of the game Sakis Gazonas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Bandidos's Dimosthenis Karaoulanis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sakis Gazonas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 11thth minute, Dimosthenis Karaoulanis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Sakis Gazonas's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dimosthenis Karaoulanis firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sakis Gazonas in the 15th minute of play forced Bandidos's goalkeeper Dimosthenis Karaoulanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Bandidos's zone, Sakis Gazonas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dimosthenis Karaoulanis came out of the goal and Sakis Gazonas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 18 played minutes Bandidos got a freekick which was hit by Michalis Antoniou. Sakis Gazonas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Antaios Theodoratos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sakis Gazonas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Dimosthenis Karaoulanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sakis Gazonass short, quick shot in the 24thth minute got Dimosthenis Karaoulanis to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. After having played for 27 minutes, Sakis Gazonas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Trifýllia BC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sakis Gazonas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Iphikles Tsardikos got free with Dimosthenis Karaoulanis in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 43rd minute, Evripidis Karnoupakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sakis Gazonas got a fine position in front of goal ttaking advantage of the opportunity to rumble in 3-0 in the right cross in the 44th match minute before Dimosthenis Karaoulanis had time to react. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Sakis Gazonas made the kick off in the second half. Sakis Gazonas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 51st minute. Dimosthenis Karaoulanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Trifýllia BC booed when Bandidos was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vaios Karkampasis didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Sakis Gazonas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 58th minute, Sakis Gazonas got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dimosthenis Karaoulanis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sakis Gazonas's shot from short distance in the 61st minute. Iphikles Tsardikos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimosthenis Karaoulanis having to interfere. Sakis Gazonas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Dardanos Koumanidis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dimosthenis Karaoulanis having to make a save. Patric Engström received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Dimosthenis Karaoulanis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Bandidos's zone, Sakis Gazonas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dimosthenis Karaoulanis came out of the goal and Sakis Gazonas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Bandidos getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Vaios Karkampasis hit a great ball. Iphikles Tsardikos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dimosthenis Karaoulanis having to make a save. After some careless play in the Bandidos defense, Dardanos Koumanidis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dimosthenis Karaoulanis. The Bandidos fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dimosthenis Karaoulanis should have stopped the shot. The audience was convinced that Sakis Gazonas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dimosthenis Karaoulanis was relentless in the 89th minute of the game. In the 89th match minute, Bandidos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaios Karkampasis to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Trifýllia BC's Iphikles Tsardikos tried to score from far away in the 90th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 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. Trifýllia BC fully deserved thier win.