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Calypso Estadio
Spectators: 7608 (Terracing: 5707, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 151) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stratos Kefalas made the kick off which started today's match. HANNIBAL's Dimitris Labetis got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 4 minutes into the match, Ntinos Koutsoulis notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of BrigadistesInternacionals's Dimos Matsoukas. Dimos Matsoukas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dimos Matsoukas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chatziioannou Pezikoglou in the 8th minute of the match. Dimos Matsoukas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ntinos Koutsoulis in the 9th minute of the match. 12 minutes into the match, BrigadistesInternacionals's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Labetis came free, but Dimos Matsoukas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 14 minutes into the game, BrigadistesInternacionals's Giannis Santamouris nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Sakis Tavlaridis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The supporters of HANNIBAL booed when BrigadistesInternacionals was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giannis Santamouris didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Themistoklis Giannikakis came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the HANNIBAL 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 Themistoklis Giannikakis couldn't finish the play. In the 20th minute Dimitris Labetis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimos Matsoukas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Chatziioannou Pezikoglou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimos Matsoukas having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Themistoklis Giannikakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dimos Matsoukas was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. 28 minutes into the match, BrigadistesInternacionals's goal looked a bit too open when Themistoklis Giannikakis came free, but Dimos Matsoukas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, BrigadistesInternacionals's Makis Georgakos got a free kick in the 29th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Themistoklis Giannikakis in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dimos Matsoukas prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Dimos Matsoukas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dimitris Labetis's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. If Giannis Santamouris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 38th match minute, HANNIBAL was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Loukas Ntasios to maneuver through the defense. Stefanos Palaviaris struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Dimos Matsoukas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for HANNIBAL. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dimitris Labetis to make the kick off. With an all-out effort, HANNIBAL's Dimos Matsoukas threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Themistoklis Giannikakis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. 57 minutes into the game, HANNIBAL's Ntinos Koutsoulis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Dimos Matsoukas made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Dimos Matsoukas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitris Labetis in the 64th minute of play. Themistoklis Giannikakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 65th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimos Matsoukas having to interfere. After having played for 66 minutes, Errikos Solakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BrigadistesInternacionals's supporters crossed their fingers, but Errikos Solakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 68 minutes, Giannis Santamouris managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. BrigadistesInternacionals's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giannis Santamouris was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 73 minutes, Dimitris Labetis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the HANNIBAL and the BrigadistesInternacionals players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 73rd minute, Dimitris Labetis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexandros Valsamakis took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 74th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sakis Tavlaridis. HANNIBAL's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Stefanos Palaviaris kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. After 77 played minutes, BrigadistesInternacionals's Alexandros Valsamakis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Sakis Tavlaridis 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 BrigadistesInternacionals reached it. After having played for 80 minutes, Themistoklis Giannikakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. HANNIBAL's supporters crossed their fingers, but Themistoklis Giannikakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the last second Dimos Matsoukas throw himself and got hold of the ball when Dimitris Labetis in the 82ndth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Themistoklis Giannikakis had several of the BrigadistesInternacionals's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 83 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-3 score and a disappointed Dimos Matsoukas as he didn't even see the shot coming. HANNIBAL's Themistoklis Giannikakis got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The supporters of HANNIBAL booed when BrigadistesInternacionals was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Demis Panagopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 95th match minute, BrigadistesInternacionals was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eustratios Christopoulos to maneuver through the defense. HANNIBAL played a much better game than BrigadistesInternacionals and deserved their victory. The BrigadistesInternacionals players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.