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Zαrka Stadium
Spectators: 7691 (Terracing: 5769, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Giannis Sagionaridis got the match started through his kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Eutichios Droumalias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Zαrka's supporters rose to their feet, but Eutichios Droumalias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anthimos Laganas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Anthimos Laganas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eutichios Droumalias in the 9th minute of the match. Eutichios Droumalias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Eutichios Droumalias sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nestoras Giannakoglou charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nestoras Giannakoglou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 20 played minutes Zαrka got a freekick which was hit by Nestoras Giannakoglou. Giannis Sagionaridis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Giannis Sagionaridis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Stratos Charalambakis having to make a save. Paris Giannakopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Stratos Charalambakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Panagiotis Boukouvalas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Eutichios Droumalias to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Panagiotis Boukouvalas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anthimos Laganas was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. 61 minutes into the match, Aristoi FC's Paris Giannakopoulos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stratos Charalambakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in Zαrka's zone, Giannis Sagionaridis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stratos Charalambakis came out of the goal and Giannis Sagionaridis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paris Giannakopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Stratos Charalambakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eutichios Droumalias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Anthimos Laganas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Nestoras Giannakoglou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paris Giannakopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stratos Charalambakis having to interfere. Stratos Charalambakis was out of position in the 89 minute of play, and Giannis Sagionaridis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Giannis Sagionaridis really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Paris Giannakopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Aristoi FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Zαrka from taking control. The game ends in a draw.