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Kranokhóri
Spectators: 7762 (Terracing: 5823, Seating: 1785, VIP seats: 154) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Christodoulos Drakos kicked off to start the match. The audience was convinced that Christodoulos Drakos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leonidas Plevritis was relentless in the 3rd minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 4th minute, Christodoulos Drakos managed to get in a good position for a shot. 575TΠ's supporters rose to their feet, but Christodoulos Drakos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonidas Plevritis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With an all-out effort, Kranokhóri FC's Fanis Veziropoulos threw himself towards the right post 8 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tasos Papaggelopoulos, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Simos Schinas took the ball and in the 13 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leonidas Plevritis. Leonidas Plevritis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 21 minutes of play, 575TΠ's Christodoulos Drakos made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Leonidas Plevritis was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 27th match minute, Kranokhóri FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marios Fakiridis to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Simos Schinas managed to get in a good position for a shot. 575TΠ's supporters rose to their feet, but Simos Schinas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Leonidas Plevritis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 29th minute the ball was on its way in behind Kranokhóri FC's goalkeeper Leonidas Plevritis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 29 minutes, Marios Fakiridis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kranokhóri FC and the 575TΠ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 30 played minutes Kranokhóri FC got a freekick which was hit by Marios Fakiridis. In the 31st minute Stratos Kountouratzis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leonidas Plevritis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Alkaios Alexis got free with Fanis Veziropoulos in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Christodoulos Drakos's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Leonidas Plevritis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. Akakios Stavratos struck a weak shot in the 37th minute. Leonidas Plevritis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for 575TΠ. Simos Schinas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Simos Schinas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leonidas Plevritis having to interfere. In the 42nd minute, Giorgos Sifakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Takis Zouboulakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Leonidas Plevritis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christodoulos Drakos in the 46th minute of play forced Kranokhóri FC's goalkeeper Leonidas Plevritis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Christodoulos Drakos in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Leonidas Plevritis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Kranokhóri FC's Leonidas Plevritis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 58th minute of the match, managed to save Kranokhóri FC from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Kranokhóri FC's zone, Simos Schinas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leonidas Plevritis came out of the goal and Simos Schinas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Leonidas Plevritis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Christodoulos Drakos in the 72nd minute of the match. With his leg Leonidas Plevritis managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when 575TΠ's Simos Schinas fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After a defensive mix-up in Kranokhóri FC's zone, Simos Schinas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leonidas Plevritis came out of the goal and Simos Schinas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 78th minute, Christodoulos Drakos fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. After 79 minutes, Achilleas Kosmakos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kranokhóri FC and the 575TΠ players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th match minute, Kranokhóri FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Achilleas Kosmakos to maneuver through the defense. In the 80th minute Giorgos Sifakis suffered a thigh injury and had to be helped off the field. Stratos Kountouratzis's late challenge caught a Kranokhóri FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stratos Kountouratzis helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Kranokhóri FC booed when 575TΠ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stratos Kountouratzis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Stratos Kountouratzis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Leonidas Plevritis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kranokhóri FC's Leonidas Plevritis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Kranokhóri FC from getting a goal against them. When Stratos Kountouratzis came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the 575TΠ 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 Stratos Kountouratzis couldn't finish the play. Leonidas Plevritis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Simos Schinas went, in the 91st minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. If Christodoulos Drakos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.