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Pappadαtai
Spectators: 7508 (Terracing: 5735, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 15) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kleon Mersinias made the kick off which started today's match. Theagenis Proedropoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. After having played for 6 minutes, Vaggelis Tsioridis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pappadαtai's supporters crossed their fingers, but Vaggelis Tsioridis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg Vladimiros Papanastasiou managed to avoid a goal in the 10thth minute, when Pappadαtai's Vaggelis Tsioridis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Efthimis Prichtis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pappadαtai's supporters rose to their feet, but Efthimis Prichtis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vladimiros Papanastasiou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Vaggelis Tsioridis who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 14thth minute tested the skills of Vladimiros Papanastasiou when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Kleanthis Chatzigeorgiou's late challenge caught a Pappadαtai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kleanthis Chatzigeorgiou helped the player get up and apologised. Kleanthis Chatzigeorgiou kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Petros Michalakis made in the 20th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Pappadαtai's Ntinos Veropoulos. Nikitas Tsatsarelis made in the 24th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's Menios Lagoudakis. In the 27th minute, Theagenis Proedropoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wim Van den Driesch was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Theagenis Proedropoulos in the 32nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Wim Van den Driesch prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wim Van den Driesch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kleon Mersinias in the 33rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theagenis Proedropoulos in the 37th minute of play forced Pappadαtai's goalkeeper Wim Van den Driesch to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pappadαtai's Wim Van den Driesch played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theagenis Proedropoulos in the 46th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The wind increased when Vaggelis Tsioridis made the kick off in the second half. Wim Van den Driesch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kleon Mersinias in the 53rd minute of the match. The supporters of Pappadαtai booed when ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antonis Orfanos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 67th minute the ball was on its way in behind ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's goalkeeper Vladimiros Papanastasiou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kleanthis Chatzigeorgiou hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. After 69 minutes, Vaggelis Tsioridis made it 1-1 with a short kick to the right side. ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's Vladimiros Papanastasiou tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Kleon Mersinias's late challenge caught a Pappadαtai's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kleon Mersinias helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Pappadαtai booed when ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kleon Mersinias didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vladimiros Papanastasiou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vaggelis Tsioridis's shot from short distance in the 74th minute. Nikolas Ligdas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimiros Papanastasiou having to interfere. Pappadαtai's Efthimis Prichtis quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Menios Lagoudakis, made in the 77th minute of the game. In the 82ndth minute of the game Kleon Mersinias who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pappadαtai's Wim Van den Driesch was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pappadαtai's attentive Efthimis Prichtis managed to snatch the ball when Petros Michalakis made a throw-in in the 90th minute of the game. In the 91stth minute of the game Vaggelis Tsioridis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΑΟ ΘΗΒΑ's Vladimiros Papanastasiou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Nikolas Ligdas might have been able to make a better finish in the 92nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Vladimiros Papanastasiou. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikolas Ligdas ran back to his position shaking his head. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.