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Psychν Stadium
Spectators: 6736 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1736, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Giannis Patselas kicked off to start the match. The supporters of Psychν booed when Pαnaina BC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexandros Kakalos didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Giannis Patselas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The crowd rose to their feet as Evaggelos Kesaris kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Theofilos Aggeloulis. That made the score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. Fotis Tzoumaris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 13 minutes into the match, Psychν's goal looked a bit too open when Achilleas Bekos came free, but Alekos Gaitanopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute, Fotis Tzoumaris made a precise shot to the right of Alekos Gaitanopoulos. Psychν's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. In the 22nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Psychν's goalkeeper Alekos Gaitanopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alekos Gaitanopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Achilleas Bekos in the 24th minute of the match. After having played for 26 minutes, Giannis Patselas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Psychν's supporters crossed their fingers, but Giannis Patselas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Theofilos Aggeloulis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giannis Patselas, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Pαnaina BC's Theofilos Aggeloulis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Patselas in the 33rd minute of play. Theofilos Aggeloulis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giannis Patselas in the 34th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Psychν's Fotis Karataidis got a free kick in the 36th minute. Pαnaina BC's Louis Kalkitsas couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 37th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Psychν. 41 minutes into the match, Pαnaina BC's Fotis Tzoumaris sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alekos Gaitanopoulos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 48th match minute, Pαnaina BC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alexandros Kakalos to maneuver through the defense. 49 minutes into the match, Psychν's Charis Nikolakopoulos broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Achilleas Bekos made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Psychν's Alekos Gaitanopoulos got control of the ball when Fotis Tzoumaris tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, Psychν's Konstantinos Farmakidis got a free kick in the 55th minute. Alekos Gaitanopoulos made a fantastic save in the 62nd minute, when Fotis Tzoumaris sent off a good shot on target. After 63rd play minutes Achilleas Bekos shot 2-3, a short shot which went by Alekos Gaitanopoulos and just under the crossbar into goal. If Achilleas Bekos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Theofilos Aggeloulis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Psychν's Evaggelos Kesaris shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-3 in the ordered_time% minute. After 88 minutes of play, Pαnaina BC's Vladimiros Galinos made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alekos Gaitanopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Pαnaina BC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.