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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) pas.giannina's Isidoros Katsadramis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 3rd minute, Chrisostomos Pomonis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 4th minute Miltiadis Poursaitidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trifon Valassiou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Khalνkia booed when pas.giannina was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manos Kolitsidakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Iosif Papasotiriou took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Trifon Valassiou. pas.giannina's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 14th minute, Leonidas Protopapadakis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Khalνkia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Nikolas Kounelakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Isidoros Katsadramis in the 18th minute of the match. The attack was good, but when Miltiadis Poursaitidis in the 21st minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Leonidas Protopapadakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Trifon Valassiou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Anastasios Sakelaridis hit a great freekick 26 minutes into the match. In the 28thth minute of the game Miltiadis Poursaitidis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but pas.giannina's Trifon Valassiou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 30th minute, Miltiadis Poursaitidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Miltiadis Poursaitidis in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Trifon Valassiou saved pas.giannina from getting behind. Trifon Valassiou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leonidas Protopapadakis in the 33rd minute of the match. After some careless play in the pas.giannina defense, Leonidas Protopapadakis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Trifon Valassiou. The pas.giannina fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Trifon Valassiou should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The wind increased when Miltiadis Poursaitidis made the kick off in the second half. Manos Kolitsidakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Nikolas Kounelakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Trifon Valassiou stood somewhat misplaced when Miltiadis Poursaitidis came free in front of goal and shot 0-4 to the left of him in the 64 minute. Stefanos Karypidis kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. Miltiadis Poursaitidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 70th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trifon Valassiou having to interfere. Zinon Karastamatis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Trifon Valassiou made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Leonidas Protopapadakis sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the match, Khalνkia's Leonidas Protopapadakis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Trifon Valassiou narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Trifon Valassiou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltiadis Poursaitidis in the 92nd minute of play. Leonidas Protopapadakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Trifon Valassiou made a huge save.