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Fthína
Spectators: 6747 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1747, VIP seats: 0) Vrasidas Skalakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Sinνkhovon's Marios Nassiakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nasos Tsiaris in the 9th minute of play. Sinνkhovon's Marios Nassiakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nasos Tsiaris in the 9th minute of play. 10 minutes into the match, Sinνkhovon's goalkeeper Marios Nassiakos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Charis Sagionaridis. 18 minutes into the game, Giotis Pantelis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ilias Thomakoglou was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Charis Sagionaridis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 26thth minute tested the skills of Marios Nassiakos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Christos Papanikolopoulos was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 29th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 34 minutes into the match, Giotis Pantelis notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Fthína FC's Ilias Thomakoglou. Ilias Thomakoglou was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 0-3 became the score in the 39th minute when Vrasidas Skalakis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. 42 minutes into the match, Vrasidas Skalakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ilias Thomakoglou. Fthína FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vrasidas Skalakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Giotis Pantelis struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Ilias Thomakoglou didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sinνkhovon. Vrasidas Skalakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilias Thomakoglou having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nasos Tsiaris to make the kick off. When the match clock showed 60 minutes, the score became 0-5 when Giotis Pantelis sped through Fthína FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ilias Thomakoglou. Marios Nassiakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nasos Tsiaris, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Ilias Thomakoglou was a little too slow when Giotis Pantelis got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 73rd minute. The score was now 0-6. Vrasidas Skalakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Giotis Pantelis came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Sinνkhovon 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 Giotis Pantelis couldn't finish the play. If Vrasidas Skalakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ilias Thomakoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giotis Pantelis in the 86th minute of play. After 89 minutes, Zisis Papachronakos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fthína FC and the Sinνkhovon players grew even worse after the yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Fthína FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 88th minute. Penalty! Christos Papanikolopoulos shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. In the 92nd minute Giotis Pantelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ilias Thomakoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the game, Sinνkhovon's Giotis Pantelis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ilias Thomakoglou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-7. Sinνkhovon played a much better game than Fthína FC and deserved their victory. The Fthína FC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.