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Santorini
Spectators: 7560 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Fondas Platakidis started the match with the kick off. Pipis Karaindros hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Thanos Michailidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 5th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sotos Katevatis having to interfere. After 6 minutes, Pipis Karaindros mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Santorini and the Constantinople Royal Club players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Constantinople Royal Club booed when Santorini was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pipis Karaindros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Panagiotis Stravocheris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Anestis Kladas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Fondas Platakidis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anestis Kladas was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Santorini's Minas Lazaridis got a free kick in the 18th minute. 27 minutes had been played when some careless play by Constantinople Royal Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Apostolis Darlas was slow to take the kick. During this time Santorini's players had a chance to rest. If Panagiotis Stravocheris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The supporters of Santorini booed when Constantinople Royal Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aimilios Gountelitsas didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fondas Platakidis in the 32nd minute of play forced Constantinople Royal Club's goalkeeper Anestis Kladas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanos Michailidis struck a weak shot in the 36th minute. Sotos Katevatis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Constantinople Royal Club. Dimitris Kortzidis hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fondas Platakidis in the 44th minute of play forced Constantinople Royal Club's goalkeeper Anestis Kladas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Panagiotis Stravocheris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

54 minutes into the match, Constantinople Royal Club's Thanos Michailidis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sotos Katevatis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 57th play minute Argyris Loukakis came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Sotos Katevatis. 0-1. Thanos Michailidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sotos Katevatis having to interfere. Sotos Katevatis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thanos Michailidis in the 62nd minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 63rd minute of the game. One of Santorini:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Constantinople Royal Club:s goal. Valerios Apostolakis struck a weak shot in the 69th minute. Sotos Katevatis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Constantinople Royal Club. Valerios Apostolakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 77 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Santorini! After a defensive mix-up in Constantinople Royal Club's zone, Panagiotis Stravocheris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anestis Kladas came out of the goal and Panagiotis Stravocheris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thanos Michailidis in the 87th minute of play forced Santorini's goalkeeper Sotos Katevatis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 96th minute Panagiotis Stravocheris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anestis Kladas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Anestis Kladas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panagiotis Stravocheris, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. Panagiotis Stravocheris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Anestis Kladas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 100th minute, Savas Tsagarakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Constantinople Royal Club's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.