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Lions Stadium
Spectators: 6059 (Terracing: 4450, Seating: 1450, VIP seats: 159) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Christos Vasakis got the match started through his kick off. When Giannis Patrinos fell near the penalty area in the 4th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ΘΥΕΛΛΑ ΧΑΛΚΕΙΟΥ's protests and gave Giannis Patrinos a yellow card for diving instead. In the 4th match minute, ΘΥΕΛΛΑ ΧΑΛΚΕΙΟΥ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giannis Patrinos to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the match, ΘΥΕΛΛΑ ΧΑΛΚΕΙΟΥ's goal looked a bit too open when Aris Nioplias came free, but Giorgos Makrikostas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Themos Politis came free with the goalkeeper in the 11th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Giorgos Makrikostas could save by the left post. In the 11th minute, LIONS's Themos Politis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Themos Politis scored 2-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giorgos Makrikostas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 19 minutes, Aris Nioplias mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LIONS and the ΘΥΕΛΛΑ ΧΑΛΚΕΙΟΥ players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christos Vasakis in the 22nd minute of play forced LIONS's goalkeeper Giannis Ifantidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Giannis Ifantidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charis Papaikonomou, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christos Vasakis in the 26th minute of play forced LIONS's goalkeeper Giannis Ifantidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 28 minutes into the match, Charis Papaikonomou notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of LIONS's Giannis Ifantidis. Giannis Ifantidis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Giorgos Makrikostas made a fantastic save in the 32nd minute, when Themos Politis sent off a good shot on target. LIONS's Giannis Ifantidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Patrinos in the 38th minute of play. Christos Vasakis scored 2-2 in the 41st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Giannis Ifantidis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 45 minutes into the match, LIONS's goal looked a bit too open when Christos Vasakis came free, but Giannis Ifantidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Giannis Ifantidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Christos Vasakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Themos Politis made the kick off in the second half. Charis Papaikonomou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Christos Vasakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Giannis Ifantidis made a fantastic save in the 58th minute, when Charis Papaikonomou sent off a good shot on target. LIONS's Giannis Ifantidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Patrinos in the 63rd minute of play. Giannis Ifantidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christos Vasakis in the 70th minute of the match. LIONS's Giannis Ifantidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christos Vasakis in the 73rd minute of play. Giannis Ifantidis made a fantastic save in the 79th minute, when Giannis Patrinos sent off a good shot on target. Charis Papaikonomou's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Giannis Ifantidis firmly grabbed it by the left post. Giannis Ifantidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christos Vasakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. In the 85th minute Giannis Patrinos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giannis Ifantidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Themos Politis struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Giorgos Makrikostas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for LIONS. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giannis Patrinos in the 97th minute of play forced LIONS's goalkeeper Giannis Ifantidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ΘΥΕΛΛΑ ΧΑΛΚΕΙΟΥ played a much better game than LIONS and deserved their victory. The LIONS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.