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Spectators: 7998 (Terracing: 6007, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 150) Fotis Raptopoulos made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute Petros Stratos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Arsenio Abarca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 4 minutes, Stamatis Xenitias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Prσsnik and the PANTHERS FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 4th minute, Stamatis Xenitias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. PANTHERS FC's Arsenio Abarca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giorgos Nikopolidis in the 8th minute of play. With 10 minutes on the clock, Thanos Kamateros commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The supporters of PANTHERS FC booed when Prσsnik was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thanos Kamateros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dimitris Bochonis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fotis Raptopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Ignatios Schizas kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dimitris Bochonis. That made the score 1-0 in the 12 minute of play. Giorgos Nikopolidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arsenio Abarca having to interfere. Fotis Raptopoulos's late challenge caught a Prσsnik's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fotis Raptopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Prσsnik booed when PANTHERS FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fotis Raptopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dimitris Bochonis was a little too slow when Nontas Vidalis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 23rd minute. The score was now 2-0. Arsenio Abarca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamatis Xenitias in the 26th minute of play. Sebastian Vermudo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimitris Bochonis having to interfere. Giorgos Nikopolidis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Arsenio Abarca having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Giorgos Nikopolidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Prσsnik's supporters rose to their feet, but Giorgos Nikopolidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Arsenio Abarca breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 42 minutes into the match, Prσsnik's goalkeeper Dimitris Bochonis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignatios Schizas. When Fotis Raptopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the PANTHERS FC 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 Fotis Raptopoulos couldn't finish the play. After having played for 47 minutes, Giorgos Nikopolidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Prσsnik's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giorgos Nikopolidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Giorgos Nikopolidis to strike the kick off in the second half. The crowd rose to their feet as Prσsnik's Themistoklis Lissaridis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Arsenio Abarca. That made the score 3-2 after 52 minutes of play. After some careless play in the Prσsnik defense, Sebastian Vermudo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Dimitris Bochonis. The Prσsnik fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Dimitris Bochonis should have stopped the shot. After 64 played minutes Prσsnik got a freekick which was hit by Nektarios Michalitsios. In the 68th minute Fotis Raptopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitris Bochonis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arsenio Abarca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giorgos Nikopolidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. With his leg Arsenio Abarca managed to avoid a goal in the 76thth minute, when Prσsnik's Giorgos Nikopolidis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Ignatios Schizas got free in front of the goal in the 78th minute he wasn't very focused and chipped the ball just over the goal. Dimitris Bochonis was delighted since he was out of position and the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. In the 79th match minute, PANTHERS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lakis Karasimos to maneuver through the defense. Nontas Vidalis hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Nektarios Roubakis kicked well hit freekick during the 88th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignatios Schizas in the 90th minute of play forced Prσsnik's goalkeeper Dimitris Bochonis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Giorgos Nikopolidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but Arsenio Abarca made a huge save. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The PANTHERS FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Prσsnik had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.