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Gortynia Arena
Spectators: 7702 (Terracing: 5778, Seating: 1771, VIP seats: 153) Anastasios Babasakos placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out! Anastasios Babasakos's late challenge caught a Gortynia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anastasios Babasakos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 11th minute, one of Red Elikon Dragons:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Red Elikon Dragons. In the 13th minute there was a penalty for Gortynia. Prodromos Perdikakis stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Kostas Giotoulis. 1-0. Thomas Stavrou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Kostas Giotoulis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anestis Fanakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Tsigos in the 34th minute of the match. Giorgos Voulgaris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kostas Giotoulis having to interfere. Anestis Fanakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Tsigos in the 37th minute of play. A collision led to Gortynia getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Michalis Skandalidis hit a great ball. Anestis Fanakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Tsigos in the 47th minute of play.

The wind increased when Panos Tsigos made the kick off in the second half. Anestis Fanakos made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Sotiris Mitropoulos sent off a good shot on target. During the 53rd minute of the match Michalis Skandalidis completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Michalis Skandalidis a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Gortynia getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Michalis Skandalidis hit a great ball. With a little luck, Gortynia's Anestis Fanakos got control of the ball when Sotiris Mitropoulos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Panos Tsigos's late challenge caught a Gortynia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Panos Tsigos helped the player get up and apologised. With his leg Anestis Fanakos managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Red Elikon Dragons's Sotiris Mitropoulos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Sotiris Mitropoulos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 60th playminute. In the 63rd match minute, Gortynia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veniamin Leanis to maneuver through the defense. Panos Tsigos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 68th minute, Thomas Stavrou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 70 minutes into the game, Giorgos Voulgaris was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Gortynia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Red Elikon Dragons the free kick. Giorgos Voulgaris kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. In the 71st minute, Anastasios Babasakos sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Gortynia's Anestis Fanakos didn't even have to move. Gortynia were furious when Veniamin Leanis was red carded, 73 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 73rd minute of the game. One of Gortynia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Red Elikon Dragons:s goal. In the 75th minute there was a penalty for Red Elikon Dragons. Anastasios Babasakos stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Anestis Fanakos. 1-2. Anestis Fanakos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sotiris Mitropoulos in the 78th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panos Tsigos in the 79th minute of play forced Gortynia's goalkeeper Anestis Fanakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fotis Stergallas hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. In the 90th minute Dimos Chiotis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anestis Fanakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Red Elikon Dragons's zone, Efthimis Charopoulos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kostas Giotoulis came out of the goal and Efthimis Charopoulos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Red Elikon Dragons's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.