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Spectators: 8099 (Terracing: 6084, Seating: 1865, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lazaros Chrisochoidis took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, Pablo Escobar Gaviria's Argyris Ligouris got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Arsenio Abarca showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lazaros Chrisochoidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 7thth minute of the game Pavlos Pantelis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but PANTHERS FC's Arsenio Abarca was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Lazaros Chrisochoidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Arsenio Abarca was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. If Sebastian Vermudo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. PANTHERS FC's Arsenio Abarca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomas Karathanasis in the 24th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Pablo Escobar Gaviria's Paris Koutsis got a free kick in the 29th minute. Manos Negris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of PANTHERS FC booed when Pablo Escobar Gaviria was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 35 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lazaros Chrisochoidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 39th minute, Lazaros Chrisochoidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manos Negris in the 41st minute of play forced Pablo Escobar Gaviria's goalkeeper Andreas Pantazos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 45 minutes of play, Pablo Escobar Gaviria's Lazaros Chrisochoidis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Arsenio Abarca was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Manos Negris was the one to do the kick off. When Ignatios Schizas fell near the penalty area in the 54th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PANTHERS FC's protests and gave Ignatios Schizas a yellow card for diving instead. After 54 played minutes PANTHERS FC got a freekick which was hit by Ignatios Schizas. Ignatios Schizas kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Lazaros Chrisochoidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Pablo Escobar Gaviria getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Lazaros Chrisochoidis hit a great ball. Andreas Pantazos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manos Negris in the 59th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 60 minutes, Arsenio Abarca successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. PANTHERS FC's Arsenio Abarca played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lazaros Chrisochoidis in the 61st minute of play. In the 61st minute, Lazaros Chrisochoidis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Arsenio Abarca was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. 67 minutes had been played when some careless play by PANTHERS FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Vassilis Makaronas was slow to take the kick. During this time Pablo Escobar Gaviria's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Pablo Escobar Gaviria's Nikos Koumarianos getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. In the 69th match minute, PANTHERS FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lakis Karasimos to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 71 minutes, Sebastian Vermudo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. PANTHERS FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sebastian Vermudo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg Arsenio Abarca managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when Pablo Escobar Gaviria's Pavlos Pantelis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 85th minute, Pablo Escobar Gaviria's Pavlos Pantelis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Arsenio Abarca. Arsenio Abarca yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pablo Escobar Gaviria's goalkeeper Andreas Pantazos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Pablo Escobar Gaviria's Andreas Pantazos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Manos Negris in the 92nd minute of play. Arsenio Abarca took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thomas Karathanasis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 95 minutes into the match, Pablo Escobar Gaviria's goal looked a bit too open when Sebastian Vermudo came free, but Andreas Pantazos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The PANTHERS FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Pablo Escobar Gaviria were clearly better and deserved to take the win.