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Vathύlakkos
Spectators: 8451 (Terracing: 6339, Seating: 1943, VIP seats: 169) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paraskevas Theofanidis got the match started through his kick off. In the 4th minute, Sakis Kosmiadis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The VARDA F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nico Williams in the 9th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Panos Panagoulias prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Panos Panagoulias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nico Williams in the 16th minute of play. Panos Panagoulias was out of position in the 18 minute of play, and Sakis Kosmiadis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sakis Kosmiadis really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. In the 21st play minute Nico Williams came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Panos Panagoulias. 4-0. Luisão Fernandes could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Panos Panagoulias made a huge save. Panos Panagoulias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luisão Fernandes in the 26th minute of play. Panos Panagoulias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nico Williams, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Panos Panagoulias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sakis Kosmiadis in the 31st minute of play. In the 40th minute, Nico Williams ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Panos Panagoulias was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Nico Williams made a kick off. If Nico Williams had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 52 minutes into the game, VARDA F.C.'s Luisão Fernandes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Panos Panagoulias made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Nico Williams sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Panos Panagoulias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sakis Kosmiadis, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. Alekos Kopanaras kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. In the 64th minute of the game Vassilis Sismanidis made a throw-in which Giorgos Bochonis played forward. After 69 minutes of play, VARDA F.C.'s Dalmo Braga made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Panos Panagoulias was left in no man's land by his defense there! Dalmo Braga scored 11-0 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Panos Panagoulias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sakis Kosmiadis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Panos Panagoulias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nico Williams in the 82nd minute of play. Panos Panagoulias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dalmo Braga in the 85th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sakis Kosmiadis in the 87th minute of play forced Leondαqwki's goalkeeper Panos Panagoulias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 92 minutes into the match, Leondαqwki's goal looked a bit too open when Dalmo Braga came free, but Panos Panagoulias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the Leondαqwki defense, Luisão Fernandes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Panos Panagoulias. The Leondαqwki fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Panos Panagoulias should have stopped the shot. VARDA F.C.'s supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.