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Kandsνkon Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After 2 minutes, Zézinho de Alcântara mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atletico de Madrid and the Bιrnitsa FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 6 minutes into the match, Atletico de Madrid's goal looked a bit too open when Lucio Katalinic came free, but Marcelo Frans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 9 minutes into the game, Giorgos Fytanidis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Atletico de Madrid's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bιrnitsa FC the free kick. After 9 played minutes Atletico de Madrid got a freekick which was hit by Giorgos Fytanidis. In the 13th minute Atletico de Madrid were awarded a corner. Segundo Maule went to the cornerflag to take it. Marcelo Frans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vrasidas Traganos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bιrnitsa FC's Zisis Makris managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Giannis Barbikas in the 18 minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charalambos Vrotsos in the 22nd minute of play forced Atletico de Madrid's goalkeeper Marcelo Frans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bιrnitsa FC's Pipis Liaros played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charis Sakalakis in the 25th minute of play. Segundo Maule made in the 30th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Bιrnitsa FC's Bruno Boezeman. Bιrnitsa FC's Nontas Kaounas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Aadam Aaabel, made in the 31st minute of the game. A sloppy throw-in by Segundo Maule in the 35th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Bιrnitsa FC's Bruno Boezeman. Marcelo Frans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charalambos Vrotsos in the 36th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Charis Sakalakis in the 40th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Pipis Liaros prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Pipis Liaros stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Omiros Simos's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. Vrasidas Traganos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Marcelo Frans tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikiforos Kallioras recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Omiros Simos to make the kick off. Bruno Boezeman kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Pipis Liaros stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Giannis Dimitropoulos's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. In the 53rd minute, Lucio Katalinic left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bιrnitsa FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Zézinho de Alcântara hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 67th minute Omiros Simos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pipis Liaros saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bιrnitsa FC's Víktor Tepedino was substituted for Zisis Makris. Bιrnitsa FC made a substitution. Pipis Chytos replaced Bruno Boezeman. After 76 played minutes Bιrnitsa FC got a freekick which was hit by Bruno Boezeman. A collision led to Bιrnitsa FC getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Conrado Dayam hit a great ball. Segundo Maule took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 81st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Pipis Liaros. Bιrnitsa FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After 85 minutes of play, Bιrnitsa FC's Vrasidas Traganos made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marcelo Frans was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marcelo Frans made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Charalambos Vrotsos sent off a good shot on target. After 90 minutes, Omiros Simos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atletico de Madrid and the Bιrnitsa FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 90 played minutes Atletico de Madrid got a freekick which was hit by Omiros Simos. Pipis Liaros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Omiros Simos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The Bιrnitsa FC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Bιrnitsa FC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.