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Palaiográtsanon
Spectators: 6783 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1783, VIP seats: 0) Achilleas Notas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Andreas Sourounis managed to get in a good position for a shot. EnDeLeXEiA F.C's supporters rose to their feet, but Andreas Sourounis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Charalambos Pachopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alkaios Bekos hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute, Lefteris Koutroutsos 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. Palaiográtsanon's Nikitas Batatoudis got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nikitas Batatoudis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Babbis Benakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 24 played minutes EnDeLeXEiA F.C got a freekick which was hit by Viktoras Lelopoulos. In the 26th minute, Alkaios Bekos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lefteris Koutroutsos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Babbis Benakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Lefteris Koutroutsos came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Palaiográtsanon 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 Lefteris Koutroutsos couldn't finish the play. After having played for 32 minutes, Nikitas Batatoudis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Palaiográtsanon's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nikitas Batatoudis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. EnDeLeXEiA F.C's Babbis Benakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lefteris Koutroutsos in the 36th minute of play. Charalambos Pachopoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andreas Sourounis went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Palaiográtsanon's goalkeeper Charalambos Pachopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Anestis Karnoupakis's late challenge caught a EnDeLeXEiA F.C's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anestis Karnoupakis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd minute, Anestis Karnoupakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Lefteris Koutroutsos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. If Lefteris Koutroutsos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Theofilos Alexakis fell near the penalty area in the 59th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored EnDeLeXEiA F.C's protests and gave Theofilos Alexakis a yellow card for diving instead. Theofilos Alexakis hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 66th match minute, Palaiográtsanon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sotiris Vokolos to maneuver through the defense. It was beautiful to see EnDeLeXEiA F.C's Nestoras Kalfakis in action when he in the 68th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Charalambos Pachopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Achilleas Notas in the 79th minute of play. Nikitas Batatoudis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Andreas Sourounis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Charalambos Pachopoulos made a huge save. Andreas Sourounis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Charalambos Pachopoulos firmly grabbed it by the left post. Lefteris Koutroutsos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Babbis Benakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lefteris Koutroutsos in the 98th minute of play forced EnDeLeXEiA F.C's goalkeeper Babbis Benakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. EnDeLeXEiA F.C were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over Palaiográtsanon's much stronger midfield.