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Castle Of Pain
Spectators: 7706 (Terracing: 5781, Seating: 1772, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Pavlos Portoulas started the match with the kick off. In the 4th minute, Pavlos Portoulas 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. Soulis Papadimitriou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Kapataidakis having to interfere. Pavlos Portoulas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Charalambos Christopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fragiskos Markonis having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Konstantinos Preftokis got free with Fragiskos Markonis in the 13th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Charalambos Christopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 17 minutes, Pavlos Portoulas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ynwa FC and the ReD KnIgHtS oF PoRt players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pavlos Portoulas hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. Konstantinos Preftokis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Fragiskos Markonis made a huge save. Panagiotis Kapataidakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavlos Portoulas in the 25th minute of play. If Soulis Papadimitriou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Pavlos Portoulas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Panagiotis Kapataidakis was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. 36 minutes into the match, ReD KnIgHtS oF PoRt's goal looked a bit too open when Pavlos Portoulas came free, but Panagiotis Kapataidakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iakovos Kafetzis might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Panagiotis Kapataidakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Iakovos Kafetzis ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 42nd minute Soulis Papadimitriou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panagiotis Kapataidakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 46th minute, Ynwa FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Konstantinos Preftokis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post.

The wind increased when Charalambos Christopoulos made the kick off in the second half. In the 51stth minute of the game Konstantinos Preftokis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ynwa FC's Fragiskos Markonis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Soulis Papadimitriou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Kapataidakis having to interfere. Panagiotis Kapataidakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pavlos Portoulas in the 57th minute of play. 57 minutes into the game, Ynwa FC's Pavlos Portoulas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Panagiotis Kapataidakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. Vlassis Prinianakis hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. Nikos Nasiakos's late challenge caught a ReD KnIgHtS oF PoRt's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nikos Nasiakos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 68th minute, Nikos Nasiakos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 69th minute, Konstantinos Preftokis made a precise shot to the right of Fragiskos Markonis. Ynwa FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Konstantinos Preftokis might have been able to make a better finish in the 74th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fragiskos Markonis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Konstantinos Preftokis ran back to his position shaking his head. Paris Valassidis charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paris Valassidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of ReD KnIgHtS oF PoRt booed when Ynwa FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paris Valassidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Charalambos Christopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Fragiskos Markonis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 78 minutes of play Ynwa FC's Vlassis Prinianakis was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Vlassis Prinianakis hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Charalambos Christopoulos in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fragiskos Markonis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nikos Nasiakos hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. Fragiskos Markonis came out of the goal in the 86th minute to try and stop a shot by ReD KnIgHtS oF PoRt's Charalambos Christopoulos. But to his dismay, Charalambos Christopoulos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Konstantinos Preftokis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 92 minutes into the match, ReD KnIgHtS oF PoRt's Konstantinos Preftokis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fragiskos Markonis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. ReD KnIgHtS oF PoRt's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.