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Lekhσnia
Spectators: 6758 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 0) Lekhσnia's Aris Kalivitis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kleon Mersinias in the 4th minute of play. Thodoris Nanos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Vladimiros Papanastasiou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vladimiros Papanastasiou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thodoris Nanos's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. After 9 minutes, Stavros Akrivoulis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lekhσnia and the ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Lekhσnia's Stavros Akrivoulis got a free kick in the 9th minute. After 14 minutes of play, Lekhσnia's Leonidas Kakogiannis made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vladimiros Papanastasiou was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 16 played minutes Lekhσnia got a freekick which was hit by Stavros Akrivoulis. Aris Kalivitis came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's Kleon Mersinias. But to his dismay, Kleon Mersinias quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. In the 22nd minute, Makis Katelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lekhσnia's Leonidas Kakogiannis got a good chance for a goal in the 27th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 30 minutes into the match, ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's goal looked a bit too open when Thodoris Nanos came free, but Vladimiros Papanastasiou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 32 minutes of play, ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's Makis Katelis made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aris Kalivitis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Theagenis Proedropoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Aris Kalivitis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thodoris Nanos hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. Theagenis Proedropoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Kleon Mersinias was the one to do the kick off. 55 minutes into the game, Theagenis Proedropoulos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-3. Aris Kalivitis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 59 minutes, Thodoris Nanos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lekhσnia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Thodoris Nanos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Theagenis Proedropoulos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Aris Kalivitis firmly grabbed it by the left post. Aris Kalivitis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kleon Mersinias in the 75th minute of play. If Kleon Mersinias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kleanthis Chatzigeorgiou kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. In the 82nd minute Thodoris Nanos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vladimiros Papanastasiou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Theagenis Proedropoulos in the 84thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aris Kalivitis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. A hard shot 85 in the game by Theagenis Proedropoulos from a close distance when the talented Aris Kalivitis managed to make a qualified save. Lekhσnia's players were relieved. When ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's Kleon Mersinias in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Lekhσnia's goalie prevented a goal. Aris Kalivitis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kleon Mersinias in the 88th minute of the match. After 88 minutes, Tilemachos Pagitis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lekhσnia and the ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Lekhσnia's Tilemachos Pagitis got a free kick in the 88th minute. Theagenis Proedropoulos scored 1-5 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Aris Kalivitis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 95 minutes of play, Lekhσnia's Leonidas Kakogiannis made it 2-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Vladimiros Papanastasiou was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.