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Spectators: 7720 (Terracing: 5791, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Iraklis Vasiliou started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Bνsia FC's goal looked a bit too open when Marin Calboreanu came free, but Isidoros Antonopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the match had gone on for 9 minutes, Nikos Lefkopoulos put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Sotiris Vlachoudis. ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS's Sotiris Vlachoudis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Lefkopoulos in the 12th minute of play. Marin Calboreanu sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Marin Calboreanu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Isidoros Antonopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Isidoros Antonopoulos made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Prokopis Kourkoulos sent off a good shot on target. In the 20th minute, Marin Calboreanu 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. Sotiris Vlachoudis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Lefkopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. After some careless play in the ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS defense, Nikos Lefkopoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Sotiris Vlachoudis. The ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Sotiris Vlachoudis should have stopped the shot. Sotiris Vlachoudis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Iraklis Vasiliou, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 31 minutes into the game, Teofil Ranowiecki was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Bνsia FC the free kick. After 31 played minutes ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS got a freekick which was hit by Teofil Ranowiecki. After 39 played minutes ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS got a freekick which was hit by 江梁轩.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marin Calboreanu to make the kick off. During the 51st minute of the match Teofil Ranowiecki completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Teofil Ranowiecki a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 52nd match minute, ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Teofil Ranowiecki to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS booed when Bνsia FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Soulis Leonardos didn't get a good kick on the ball. 55 minutes into the game, ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS's Prokopis Kourkoulos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Isidoros Antonopoulos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS's Sotiris Vlachoudis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 62nd minute of the match, managed to save ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS from getting a goal against them. In the 65th minute of the match Alexis Vasilakopoulos shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Sotiris Vlachoudis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Nikos Lefkopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sotiris Vlachoudis having to interfere. 77 minutes into the match, ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS's goal looked a bit too open when Iraklis Vasiliou came free, but Sotiris Vlachoudis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 江梁轩 charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed 江梁轩 the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. 江梁轩 hit a great ball. If Nikos Lefkopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sotiris Vlachoudis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Iraklis Vasiliou in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Prokopis Kourkoulos in the 87th minute of play forced Bνsia FC's goalkeeper Isidoros Antonopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When 江梁轩 was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 90 minutes had been played. After a rather tough play, ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS's 江梁轩 got a free kick in the 90th minute. It was beautiful to see Bνsia FC's Alexis Vasilakopoulos in action when he in the 92nd minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! The ETHNIKOS ALEX-POLIS fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Bνsia FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.