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Spectators: 8505 (Terracing: 6379, Seating: 1956, VIP seats: 170) Abdulvahit Muhteşem was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 3 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, ntemis's Abdulvahit Muhteşem got a free kick in the 4th minute. 5 minutes into the match, Amfithea Hotspur's Konstantinos Psiloglou broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Valerios Paboulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Raich in the 9th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marinos Valassakos in the 15th minute of play forced ntemis's goalkeeper Kyriakos Romanidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 20 minutes into the match, ntemis's goal looked a bit too open when Charilaos Dimitrakis came free, but Kyriakos Romanidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oliver Raich in the 26th minute of play forced Amfithea Hotspur's goalkeeper Valerios Paboulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind ntemis's goalkeeper Kyriakos Romanidis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 36 minutes into the match, ntemis's goal looked a bit too open when Konstantinos Psiloglou came free, but Kyriakos Romanidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Mata hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Marinos Valassakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valerios Paboulis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kleon Miriounis in the 43rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marinos Valassakos in the 46th minute of play forced ntemis's goalkeeper Kyriakos Romanidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Oliver Raich to make the kick off. Valerios Paboulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oliver Raich in the 51st minute of the match. Dionysis Stamatiou's late challenge caught a ntemis's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dionysis Stamatiou helped the player get up and apologised. In the 52nd minute, Dionysis Stamatiou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valerios Paboulis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sven Ahlstedt, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute, Oliver Raich ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valerios Paboulis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Amfithea Hotspur's Valerios Paboulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kleon Miriounis in the 65th minute of play. Valerios Paboulis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kleon Miriounis went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. After 68 played minutes Amfithea Hotspur got a freekick which was hit by Babbis Theocharis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kleon Miriounis in the 71st minute of play forced Amfithea Hotspur's goalkeeper Valerios Paboulis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kyriakos Romanidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dionysis Stamatiou in the 76th minute. Kyriakos Romanidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marinos Valassakos in the 80th minute. Valerios Paboulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pavel Rogalev in the 86th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Amfithea Hotspur's zone, Kleon Miriounis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Valerios Paboulis came out of the goal and Kleon Miriounis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Amfithea Hotspur's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.