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Spectators: 7698 (Terracing: 5775, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) OLYMPIAKOS SYROY F.C's Filippos Mendrinos 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. Pavlos Spiliotopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Kostas Gountelitsas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pavlos Spiliotopoulos in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kostas Gountelitsas saved ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ from getting behind. If Takis Saraliotis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 16 minutes into the match, Pavlos Spiliotopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kostas Gountelitsas. ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pavlos Spiliotopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Filippos Mendrinos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Nikos Riganopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 29 minutes, Pavlos Spiliotopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. OLYMPIAKOS SYROY F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pavlos Spiliotopoulos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Pavlos Spiliotopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Takis Kalergis fell near the penalty area in the 38th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored OLYMPIAKOS SYROY F.C's protests and gave Takis Kalergis a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ booed when OLYMPIAKOS SYROY F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Takis Kalergis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nikos Riganopoulos 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. In the 43rd minute Filippos Mendrinos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kostas Gountelitsas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Apostolis Fragakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Takis Saraliotis in the 45th minute of the match. If Takis Saraliotis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Takis Saraliotis to make the kick off. Kyriakos Sfakianakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 66thth minute of the game Filippos Mendrinos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's Kostas Gountelitsas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 67 played minutes OLYMPIAKOS SYROY F.C got a freekick which was hit by Vaios Balomenos. Kostas Gountelitsas was out of position in the 71 minute of play, and Filippos Mendrinos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Filippos Mendrinos really showed his touch with that goal: 0-2. OLYMPIAKOS SYROY F.C's Filippos Mendrinos got a good chance for a goal in the 76th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 77 played minutes ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ got a freekick which was hit by Alekos Meletoglou. 86 minutes into the match, ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's goal looked a bit too open when Filippos Mendrinos came free, but Kostas Gountelitsas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's Kostas Gountelitsas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Filippos Mendrinos in the 90th minute of play. Apostolis Fragakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Riganopoulos in the 93rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Takis Saraliotis in the 95th minute of play forced OLYMPIAKOS SYROY F.C's goalkeeper Apostolis Fragakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.