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Paradhνsia
Spectators: 7811 (Terracing: 5860, Seating: 1796, VIP seats: 155) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Spyros Perpelidis got the match started through his kick off. After 3 played minutes Trikala F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Veniamin Klotsidis. In the 5th minute, Lefteris Pikilidis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Trikala F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. With a little luck, Trikala F.C.'s Theofanis Abelas got control of the ball when Isidoros Kalantidis tried to sneak it across the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, Trikala F.C.'s goalkeeper Theofanis Abelas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Isidoros Kalantidis. After 17 minutes, Manos Katsios mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Trikala F.C. and the ΤαΧαΜαΤαΧαΛαΣα players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Trikala F.C.'s Manos Katsios got a free kick in the 17th minute. Trikala F.C.'s Theofanis Abelas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Trikala F.C. from getting a goal against them. Thanasis Souliopoulos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Vaggelis Karalis having to make a save. Vaggelis Karalis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Thanasis Souliopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. The Trikala F.C. fans' excitement grew in the 36th match minute when Trikala F.C.'s Thanasis Souliopoulos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The audience was convinced that Thanasis Souliopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vaggelis Karalis was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. When Panos Gabriilidis came up free with the goalie in the 41st minute, the Trikala F.C. 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 Panos Gabriilidis couldn't finish the play. Leonidas Rathosis hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The goalkeeper, Theofanis Abelas, was totally fooled by ΤαΧαΜαΤαΧαΛαΣα's Sotos Saravalakos, who 49 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thanasis Souliopoulos was the one to do the kick off. Nikos Ntounos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Theofanis Abelas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Thanasis Souliopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Trikala F.C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Thanasis Souliopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vaggelis Karalis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vaggelis Karalis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Thanasis Souliopoulos in the 65th minute. In the 66th minute, Manos Katsios got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Christos Kalakos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 70th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Vaggelis Karalis. ΤαΧαΜαΤαΧαΛαΣα's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Thanasis Souliopoulos in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vaggelis Karalis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Vaggelis Karalis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thanasis Souliopoulos's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. Vaggelis Karalis acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 84th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Veniamin Klotsidis. Thanasis Souliopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanasis Souliopoulos's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 94thth minute, Vaggelis Karalis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The supporters of Trikala F.C. booed when ΤαΧαΜαΤαΧαΛαΣα was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 96 match minutes in a wonderful position. Argyris Matsoukis didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the match was over Trikala F.C. could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than ΤαΧαΜαΤαΧαΛαΣα throughout the match.