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KARDISTAN-ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Tasos Nothos's late challenge caught a Fitσkon BC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tasos Nothos helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to KARDISTAN getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Tasos Nothos hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Thanos Meletiou 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. Renos Parmenidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panagiotis Laliotis having to interfere. Fitσkon BC's Panagiotis Laliotis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renos Parmenidis in the 12th minute of play. Eutichios Iosifidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aggelos Papoulias, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. In the 16th minute Eleftherios Stathas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eutichios Iosifidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 28 minutes KARDISTAN's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Christos Kalikis who took care of the corner kick. If Renos Parmenidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fitσkon BC's Panagiotis Laliotis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Renos Parmenidis in the 37th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aris Tsolakopoulos in the 40th minute of play forced KARDISTAN's goalkeeper Eutichios Iosifidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 43 minutes, Christos Kalikis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Fitσkon BC and the KARDISTAN players grew even worse after the yellow card.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Konstantinos Botsaris was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, KARDISTAN's goal looked a bit too open when Aris Tsolakopoulos came free, but Eutichios Iosifidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. KARDISTAN's Eutichios Iosifidis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save KARDISTAN from getting a goal against them. 54 minutes into the game, Eleftherios Stathas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eutichios Iosifidis. Eleftherios Stathas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-1. Eleftherios Stathas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Eutichios Iosifidis made a huge save. In the 62nd minute, Eleftherios Stathas ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Eutichios Iosifidis was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Aggelos Papoulias in the 65th minute of play forced KARDISTAN's goalkeeper Eutichios Iosifidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Eutichios Iosifidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aris Tsolakopoulos in the 67th minute of play. 71 minutes into the match, Fitσkon BC's goal looked a bit too open when Renos Parmenidis came free, but Panagiotis Laliotis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vaggelis Bitsikeas's late challenge caught a KARDISTAN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vaggelis Bitsikeas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 76th minute, Vaggelis Bitsikeas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, KARDISTAN's Thanos Meletiou got a free kick in the 78th minute. Charis Stelakis's late challenge caught a KARDISTAN's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Charis Stelakis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 79th minute, Charis Stelakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aris Tsolakopoulos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Eutichios Iosifidis came out and tried to block the shot, but Aris Tsolakopoulos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-4 in the 86th minute. Eutichios Iosifidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Eleftherios Stathas in the 90th minute. In the 93rd minute, Fitσkon BC's Konstantinos Botsaris dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-5. Fitσkon BC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.