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Thanasaiika
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Tasos Papaefstathiou started the match with the kick off. After having played for 3 minutes, Alexis Alexandridis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paok4Hellas's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alexis Alexandridis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dimitris Tsebelis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michalis Sapounidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dimitris Tsebelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexis Alexandridis, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 8th minute Alexis Alexandridis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitris Tsebelis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Paok4Hellas getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Iraklis Lazos hit a great ball. Vaggelis Kaloumenos hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Thanasaiika BC's zone, Alexis Alexandridis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Dimitris Tsebelis came out of the goal and Alexis Alexandridis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 17th minute, Vaggelis Kaloumenos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 23 minutes into the game, Alexis Alexandridis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Dimitris Tsebelis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th match minute, Paok4Hellas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Michalis Sapounidis to maneuver through the defense. Alexis Alexandridis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Dimitris Tsebelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 32nd minute, Tasos Papaefstathiou got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alexis Alexandridis in the 33rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Dimitris Tsebelis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 35th minute of play forced Thanasaiika BC's goalkeeper Dimitris Tsebelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 36th minute of play forced Thanasaiika BC's goalkeeper Dimitris Tsebelis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tasos Papaefstathiou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Dimitris Tsebelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Thanasaiika BC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Paok4Hellas were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Vaggelis Kaloumenos to make the kick off. 53 minutes in the game, Tasos Papaefstathiou fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Dimitris Tsebelis having to interfere. Thanasaiika BC's Dimitris Tsebelis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 56th minute of play. If Alexis Alexandridis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dimitris Tsebelis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 61st minute of the match. Dimitris Tsebelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tasos Papaefstathiou, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 66th minute, Alexis Alexandridis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 68 minutes into the match, Paok4Hellas's Tasos Papaefstathiou sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Dimitris Tsebelis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alexis Alexandridis scored 0-3 in the 72nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dimitris Tsebelis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Alexis Alexandridis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tasos Papaefstathiou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Dimitris Tsebelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tasos Papaefstathiou was extremely unlucky when he, in the 79th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Thanasaiika BC's Dimitris Tsebelis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 82nd minute of play. Dimitris Tsebelis was out of position in the 84 minute of play, and Tasos Papaefstathiou capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tasos Papaefstathiou really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. If Tasos Papaefstathiou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thanasaiika BC's Dimitris Tsebelis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 90th minute of play. If Tasos Papaefstathiou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexis Alexandridis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Dimitris Tsebelis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match was over Paok4Hellas could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Thanasaiika BC throughout the match.