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Spectators: 7786 (Terracing: 5844, Seating: 1792, VIP seats: 150) University of Pennsylvani's Nikos Papageorgas started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Panathinaikos's Charilaos Kritikopoulos got a good chance for a goal in the 2nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thomas Valkanas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lazaros Ntokas having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Panathinaikos's zone, Nikos Papageorgas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dionysis Boulas came out of the goal and Nikos Papageorgas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 12 played minutes University of Pennsylvani got a freekick which was hit by Stefanos Ntaloukas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomas Valkanas in the 13th minute of play forced University of Pennsylvani's goalkeeper Lazaros Ntokas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With 18 minutes on the clock, Markos Tassatos commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee gave University of Pennsylvani a penalty, 20 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Panos Gabriilidis, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Panathinaikos's Dionysis Boulas. 1-0. Adamantios Mitrofanis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Dionysis Boulas firmly grabbed it by the left post. Charilaos Kritikopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lazaros Ntokas having to interfere. After some careless play in the University of Pennsylvani defense, Achilleas Nikolaou kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Lazaros Ntokas. The University of Pennsylvani fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Lazaros Ntokas should have stopped the shot. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Charilaos Kritikopoulos to strike the kick off in the second half. 54 minutes into the match, University of Pennsylvani's goalkeeper Lazaros Ntokas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Charilaos Kritikopoulos. The crowd rose to their feet as Panathinaikos's Charilaos Kritikopoulos slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Lazaros Ntokas. That made the score 1-2 after 54 minutes of play. The supporters of Panathinaikos booed when University of Pennsylvani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thomas Pelekanos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 60 played minutes, Panathinaikos's Antonis Fytanidis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Lazaros Ntokas came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Panathinaikos reached it. Charilaos Kritikopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lazaros Ntokas having to interfere. Lazaros Ntokas made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Charilaos Kritikopoulos sent off a good shot on target. In the 72nd minute, Achilleas Nikolaou made a precise shot to the right of Lazaros Ntokas. University of Pennsylvani's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. 75 minutes into the game, Achilleas Nikolaou was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Panathinaikos's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave University of Pennsylvani the free kick. In the 75th minute, Achilleas Nikolaou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 78th minute, Nikos Papageorgas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dionysis Boulas was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. When Charilaos Kritikopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Panathinaikos 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 Charilaos Kritikopoulos couldn't finish the play. If Notis Kazazis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Charilaos Kritikopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 87th minute of the match, but Lazaros Ntokas made a huge save. If Notis Kazazis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panathinaikos's Charilaos Kritikopoulos got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.