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Simenνtiko Stadium
Spectators: 8480 (Terracing: 6361, Seating: 1950, VIP seats: 169) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fotis Briakos made the kick off which started today's match. Theofanis Tsouloufas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Tolek Turek made a huge save. Tolek Turek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thanasis Kavoukis, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Fotis Briakos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 8th minute of the match, but Tolek Turek made a huge save. Minas Labiris took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marios Likouris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marios Likouris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Minas Labiris having to interfere. Tolek Turek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thanasis Kavoukis in the 25th minute of the match. Trifiliakos A.O.'s attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Fotis Briakos in the 26th minute. The audience was convinced that Thanasis Kavoukis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Tolek Turek was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. In the 28th minute of the match Trifiliakos A.O. got a corner. AO BEKIANIKA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Fotis Briakos ran over to the corner to take the kick. Sakis Evaggellakis took the ball and in the 29 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tolek Turek. Tolek Turek dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. 33 minutes into the match, AO BEKIANIKA's goalkeeper Tolek Turek had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fotis Briakos.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marios Likouris was the one to do the kick off. Minas Labiris made an important save on a dangerous shot by Simos Sobolos in the 51st minute. If Louis Lazaris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 57 minutes into the match, AO BEKIANIKA's goal looked a bit too open when Thanasis Kavoukis came free, but Tolek Turek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thanasis Kavoukis in the 59th minute of play forced AO BEKIANIKA's goalkeeper Tolek Turek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in AO BEKIANIKA's zone, Thanasis Kavoukis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tolek Turek came out of the goal and Thanasis Kavoukis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Briakos in the 65th minute of play forced AO BEKIANIKA's goalkeeper Tolek Turek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AO BEKIANIKA's Tolek Turek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fotis Briakos in the 70th minute of play. If Thanasis Kavoukis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 77 minutes into the match, AO BEKIANIKA's goal looked a bit too open when Thanasis Kavoukis came free, but Tolek Turek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanasis Kavoukis might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tolek Turek. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Thanasis Kavoukis ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Marios Likouris in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Minas Labiris saved Trifiliakos A.O. from getting behind. Thanasis Kavoukis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavlos Tzanabetis lost his temper 84 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Fotis Briakos did an outstanding performance 87 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 2-0 to the right of an irritated Tolek Turek in the goal. Aris Seletopoulos hit a great freekick 90 minutes into the match. Gong Song Xing kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. When Thanasis Kavoukis came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Trifiliakos A.O. fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Thanasis Kavoukis couldn't finish the play.