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Kravarιοka Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dimosthenis Pelekanos kicked off to start the match. Stamatis Papaevaggelou hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Nikitas Livathinos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Theagenis Kakratsas in the 5th minute. Nikitas Livathinos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dimosthenis Pelekanos's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Stergios Moustakalis's late challenge caught a ILISIAKOS AC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stergios Moustakalis helped the player get up and apologised. In a very dangerous position, a player in Kravarιοka FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! Kostas Katsimichas shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Marios Batakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Aggelos Kapodistrias might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Giorgos Peronidis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aggelos Kapodistrias ran back to his position shaking his head. Giorgos Peronidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aggelos Kapodistrias in the 28th minute of the match. With a little luck, ILISIAKOS AC's Nikitas Livathinos got control of the ball when Theagenis Kakratsas tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nikitas Livathinos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dimosthenis Pelekanos's shot from short distance in the 38th minute. Giorgos Chatzichristos kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Dimosthenis Pelekanos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nikitas Livathinos was relentless in the 47th minute of the game. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Aggelos Kapodistrias made the kick off in the second half. Giorgos Peronidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Argyris Belntekas in the 57th minute. 59 minutes into the game, ILISIAKOS AC's Argyris Belntekas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Giorgos Peronidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-1. After some careless play in the ILISIAKOS AC defense, Dimosthenis Pelekanos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikitas Livathinos. The ILISIAKOS AC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikitas Livathinos should have stopped the shot. Theagenis Kakratsas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Nikitas Livathinos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. The supporters of ILISIAKOS AC booed when Kravarιοka FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stergios Moustakalis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute, Argyris Belntekas made a precise shot to the right of Giorgos Peronidis. Kravarιοka FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. In the 81st minute Loukas Mantelis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikitas Livathinos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 83rd minute, Giannis Midas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 85th minute Kravarιοka FC were awarded a corner. Theofilos Tsantirakis went to the cornerflag to take it. Theofilos Tsantirakis made a great header on Kravarιοka FC's corner, it was just that ILISIAKOS AC's Nikitas Livathinos managed to reach the ball for a save. Nikitas Livathinos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theagenis Kakratsas in the 86th minute of play. Theagenis Kakratsas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikitas Livathinos having to interfere. In the 91st minute of the game, Theagenis Kakratsas landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. When Kostas Katsimichas fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ILISIAKOS AC's protests and gave Kostas Katsimichas a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to ILISIAKOS AC getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Kostas Katsimichas hit a great ball. After 96 minutes of play, Kravarιοka FC's Dimosthenis Pelekanos made it 4-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Nikitas Livathinos was left in no man's land by his defense there! For all the effort they put into the match, the ILISIAKOS AC players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Kravarιοka FC.