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Akinjalν
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filippos Thomopoulos started the match with the kick off. HEMP's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Thanos Sioulas 5 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Fivos Thomas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theofanis Serifis in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute Thanos Sioulas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hipólito Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the game, Nasos Sklavenitis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Hipólito Ramalho. Nasos Sklavenitis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. 15 minutes into the game, Akinjalν BC's Nasos Sklavenitis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hipólito Ramalho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Giannis Tachtsidis's late challenge caught a HEMP's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Giannis Tachtsidis helped the player get up and apologised. When Filippos Thomopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the HEMP 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 Filippos Thomopoulos couldn't finish the play. Fivos Thomas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filippos Thomopoulos in the 20th minute of play. In the 22nd match minute, Akinjalν BC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Aris Kogas to maneuver through the defense. Hipólito Ramalho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renos Pefanis, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 29th minute, Renos Pefanis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanos Sioulas succeeded in the game's 35th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. Filippos Thomopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fivos Thomas having to interfere. In the 40th minute, Giannis Tachtsidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 45th minute Aires Fabeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fivos Thomas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Renos Pefanis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hipólito Ramalho having to interfere. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Thanos Sioulas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Emil Škarpa charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emil Škarpa the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 52nd minute, Emil Škarpa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 57th minute, Argyris Karantonis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fivos Thomas was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. In the 60th minute Giannis Tachtsidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hipólito Ramalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. HEMP's Hipólito Ramalho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renos Pefanis in the 66th minute of play. Fivos Thomas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filippos Thomopoulos in the 73rd minute of play. Theofanis Serifis hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 77th minute, Theofanis Serifis fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Fivos Thomas, passed just outside the right post. 79 minutes into the match, Argyris Karantonis dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Fivos Thomas, 4-2. Thanos Sioulas 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. When Giannis Tachtsidis was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 85 minutes had been played. Giannis Tachtsidis kicked well hit freekick during the 86th minute of the match. Fivos Thomas acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 87th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Artemio Mambru. Nasos Sklavenitis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hipólito Ramalho having to interfere. Hipólito Ramalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renos Pefanis in the 96th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renos Pefanis in the 97th minute of play forced HEMP's goalkeeper Hipólito Ramalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.