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Spectators: 8439 (Terracing: 6330, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Thodoris Anagnostopoulos took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marios Kounetas's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Iosif Tsoleridis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some careless play in the ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ defense, Anastasios Koupepes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iosif Tsoleridis. The ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iosif Tsoleridis should have stopped the shot. 9 minutes into the game, Charis Ouzounis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ARTA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ the free kick. In the 12th minute, Davi Lendaa made a precise shot to the right of Alexis Benetatos. ARTA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. 17 minutes into the match, ARTA's goal looked a bit too open when Davi Lendaa came free, but Alexis Benetatos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Davi Lendaa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alexis Benetatos was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Alexis Benetatos came out of the goal in the 29th minute to try and stop a shot by ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Davi Lendaa. But to his dismay, Davi Lendaa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. 32 minutes into the match, Thodoris Anagnostopoulos notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Iosif Tsoleridis. Iosif Tsoleridis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Alexis Benetatos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Giorgos Kounenakis went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. ARTA's Alexis Benetatos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Davi Lendaa in the 44th minute of play. Anastasios Koupepes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Iosif Tsoleridis made a huge save. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 2-4 lead.

Christos Tzolis kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. With his leg Alexis Benetatos managed to avoid a goal in the 52ndth minute, when ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Giorgos Kounenakis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a rather tough play, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Valerios Kalioras got a free kick in the 53rd minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Davi Lendaa got free with Alexis Benetatos in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 56 minutes into the match, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's goal looked a bit too open when Anastasios Koupepes came free, but Iosif Tsoleridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Davi Lendaa came free with the goalkeeper in the 61st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Alexis Benetatos could save by the left post. The crowd rose to their feet as Davi Lendaa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alexis Benetatos. That made the score 2-5 in the 62 minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's goal looked a bit too open when Anastasios Koupepes came free, but Iosif Tsoleridis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 68th minute Anastasios Koupepes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Tsoleridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Iosif Tsoleridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thodoris Anagnostopoulos in the 69th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Giorgos Kounenakis got free with Alexis Benetatos in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Iosif Tsoleridis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thodoris Anagnostopoulos in the 74th minute of the match. ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Iosif Tsoleridis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thodoris Anagnostopoulos in the 76th minute of play. In the 77th minute Anastasios Koupepes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Iosif Tsoleridis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 79th minute, Kleanthis Lianos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alexis Benetatos. The goal made the score 2-6. In the 85th minute, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Davi Lendaa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Alexis Benetatos. Alexis Benetatos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-7. After a rather tough play, ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ's Giorgos Kounenakis got a free kick in the 92nd minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched ΑΣΤΡΑΧΑΝ eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.