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Pestani
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fanis Mantarinopoulos kicked off to start the match. When Fanis Mantarinopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Pestani 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 Fanis Mantarinopoulos couldn't finish the play. In the 7th minute, Vaggelis Tsioridis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pappadαtai fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Argyris Chatzas stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vaggelis Tsioridis's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. After 23 played minutes Pestani got a freekick which was hit by Giorgos Moustakis. Thodoris Pelidis made in the 24th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Nikolas Kaltsidis. Efthimis Prichtis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Argyris Chatzas having to interfere. After 29 minutes of play Pestani's Dimitris Skliros was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Pestani's Dimitris Skliros got a free kick in the 29th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Pestani's goal looked a bit too open when Vaggelis Tsioridis came free, but Argyris Chatzas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, Pappadαtai's goalkeeper Wim Van den Driesch had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Thodoris Pantazakos. Argyris Chatzas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaggelis Tsioridis, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Wim Van den Driesch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grigoris Sartzetakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Vaggelis Tsioridis made the kick off in the second half. Wim Van den Driesch took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thodoris Pantazakos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Grigoris Sartzetakis made in the 56th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Pappadαtai's Nikolas Ligdas. 57 minutes into the game, Vaggelis Tsioridis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Argyris Chatzas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Nikolas Kaltsidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Wim Van den Driesch tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Giorgos Moustakis hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Argyris Chatzas acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 70th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Efthimis Prichtis. Vaggelis Tsioridis's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 72ndth minute, Argyris Chatzas skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After a rather tough play, Pappadαtai's Nikolas Ligdas got a free kick in the 74th minute. After 77 minutes, Fanis Mantarinopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pestani and the Pappadαtai players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Pappadαtai booed when Pestani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fanis Mantarinopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Giorgos Moustakis was shown his second yellow card after 81 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Pestani getting a freekick after 81 minutes play. Giorgos Moustakis hit a great ball. Pappadαtai's Nikolas Ligdas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Christodoulos Nestorakis, made in the 90th minute of the game. If Fanis Mantarinopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thodoris Pantazakos in the 96th minute of play forced Pappadαtai's goalkeeper Wim Van den Driesch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The Pappadαtai supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Pappadαtai would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.