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OAKA
Spectators: 5769 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nikolas Gaitanidis kicked off to start the match. Nikos Stratzalis scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christos Zervoudakis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 8 minutes of play, GALISSAS FC's Dimos Balafoutis made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christos Zervoudakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Nikos Stratzalis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Dimos Balafoutis came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the GALISSAS FC 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 Dimos Balafoutis couldn't finish the play. Alexandros Seretis succeeded in the game's 17th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-2. Miltos Karanasios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikolas Gaitanidis in the 21st minute of the match. When Nikos Stratzalis came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the GALISSAS FC 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 Nikos Stratzalis couldn't finish the play. Christos Zervoudakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Stratzalis in the 29th minute of the match. Christos Zervoudakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Stratzalis in the 31st minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, Nikos Stratzalis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Christos Zervoudakis. Deviliakos FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nikos Stratzalis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 2-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Christos Zervoudakis was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Nikos Stratzalis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Nikos Stratzalis really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. In the 58th minute, Deviliakos FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Dimos Balafoutis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. When Alexandros Seretis came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Deviliakos FC 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 Alexandros Seretis couldn't finish the play. Nikos Stratzalis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 75th minute, Nikos Stratzalis 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. The audience was convinced that Nikos Stratzalis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christos Zervoudakis was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Nikos Stratzalis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christos Zervoudakis having to interfere. Nikos Sousanis charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nikos Sousanis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Deviliakos FC getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Nikos Sousanis hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Deviliakos FC's Alketas Mantouvalos got a free kick in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute, Petros Likouriotis fired a really elegant long shot, but Christos Zervoudakis threw himself and managed to get hold of the ball just in front of the right post. Dimos Balafoutis in the 93rdth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Christos Zervoudakis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Dimos Balafoutis was extremely unlucky when he, in the 95th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Christos Zervoudakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikos Stratzalis's shot from short distance in the 97th minute. The Deviliakos FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. GALISSAS FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.