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Kazaklar Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kosmas Vakoufaris took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thalis Mavridis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Vaggelis Maladenis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Thanos Kourkouvelas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manolis Chatziioannou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marios Karpouzis, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Marios Karpouzis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 22nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 25th minute Marios Karpouzis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Manolis Chatziioannou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Manolis Chatziioannou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kosmas Vakoufaris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Konstantinos Babasakis kicked well hit freekick during the 28th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Marios Karpouzis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Manolis Chatziioannou was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. After some careless play in the NINAGIO FC defense, Vaggelis Maladenis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Thanos Kourkouvelas. The NINAGIO FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Thanos Kourkouvelas should have stopped the shot. In the 35th minute, Vaggelis Maladenis 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. After a defensive mix-up in KazaklarFC's zone, Kosmas Vakoufaris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Manolis Chatziioannou came out of the goal and Kosmas Vakoufaris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kosmas Vakoufaris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marios Karpouzis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Manolis Chatziioannou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 46 minutes into the match, KazaklarFC's goal looked a bit too open when Marios Karpouzis came free, but Manolis Chatziioannou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Thalis Mavridis was the one to do the kick off. Kosmas Vakoufaris did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-2 to the left of a surprised Manolis Chatziioannou 51 minutes into the match. If Kosmas Vakoufaris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. KazaklarFC's Manolis Chatziioannou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kosmas Vakoufaris in the 61st minute of play. A collision led to KazaklarFC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Nikos Vrakozonis hit a great ball. If Vaggelis Maladenis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Kosmas Vakoufaris managed to get in a good position for a shot. NINAGIO FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Kosmas Vakoufaris was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Manolis Chatziioannou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanos Kourkouvelas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thalis Mavridis in the 73rd minute of the match. If Vaggelis Maladenis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. NINAGIO FC's Thanos Kourkouvelas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vaggelis Maladenis in the 79th minute of play. In the 80th minute of the match Stratos Georgiadis sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Thanos Kourkouvelas skillfully saved the ball. When Ntinos Charalambakis fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored NINAGIO FC's protests and gave Ntinos Charalambakis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 91st minute, Ntinos Charalambakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When KazaklarFC's Thalis Mavridis in the 92nd minute got a chance for a shot 92nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye NINAGIO FC's goalie prevented a goal. When Kosmas Vakoufaris came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the NINAGIO 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 Kosmas Vakoufaris couldn't finish the play. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. NINAGIO FC had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.