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Spectators: 9205 (Terracing: 6905, Seating: 2117, VIP seats: 183) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gao Yong Zhen took the kick off in the first half of the match. 6 minutes into the match, SAPSALOMADA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Gao Yong Zhen came free, but Nikos Nikolaou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Nikolaou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcus Jakobsson in the 7th minute of play. In the 10thth minute of the game Farid Delecroix who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SAPSALOMADA FC's Nikos Nikolaou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nikos Nikolaou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gao Yong Zhen's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Omiros Ntounos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhao Peng Yi in the 16th minute of play. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 林川扬 was slow to take the kick. During this time SAPSALOMADA FC's players had a chance to rest. In the 22nd minute Gao Yong Zhen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Nikolaou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 27 minutes into the game, Marcus Jakobsson cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Nikos Nikolaou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With his leg Omiros Ntounos managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when SAPSALOMADA FC's Zhao Peng Yi fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. SAPSALOMADA FC's Nikos Nikolaou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gao Yong Zhen in the 31st minute of play. 35 minutes in the game, Giorgos Ioannou fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Omiros Ntounos having to interfere. In the 37thth minute of the game Giorgos Ioannou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Omiros Ntounos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. SAPSALOMADA FC's Giorgos Ioannou managed to work through ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Giorgos Ioannou dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Omiros Ntounos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adolfo Azeari in the 39th minute of play. 40 minutes had been played when some careless play by ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 林川扬 was slow to take the kick. During this time SAPSALOMADA FC's players had a chance to rest. 林川扬 made a great header on SAPSALOMADA FC's corner, it was just that ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Omiros Ntounos managed to reach the ball for a save. When SAPSALOMADA FC's Giorgos Ioannou in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalie prevented a goal. Nikos Nikolaou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gao Yong Zhen's shot from short distance in the 47th minute.

The wind increased when Giorgos Ioannou made the kick off in the second half. Omiros Ntounos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Giorgos Ioannou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giorgos Ioannou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Omiros Ntounos having to interfere. When ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Gao Yong Zhen in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SAPSALOMADA FC's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zhao Peng Yi in the 62nd minute of play forced ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalkeeper Omiros Ntounos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the last second Nikos Nikolaou throw himself and got hold of the ball when Farid Delecroix in the 66thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After 67 minutes SAPSALOMADA FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Farid Delecroix who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's corner Farid Delecroix fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Nikos Nikolaou quite easily take care of the ball. SAPSALOMADA FC's Giorgos Ioannou got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 72 minutes into the match, SAPSALOMADA FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marcus Jakobsson came free, but Nikos Nikolaou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Eleftherios Poulis managed to get in a good position for a shot. SAPSALOMADA FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Eleftherios Poulis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Omiros Ntounos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When SAPSALOMADA FC's Zhao Peng Yi in the 77th minute got a chance for a shot 77th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalie prevented a goal. Omiros Ntounos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zhao Peng Yi in the 84th minute of play. In the 86th minute of the match SAPSALOMADA FC got a corner. ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. 林川扬 ran over to the corner to take the kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Giorgos Ioannou in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Omiros Ntounos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gao Yong Zhen got free with Nikos Nikolaou in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 93rd minute, 林川扬 hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.