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Spectators: 7427 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 10) Spyros Stelakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Alexis Nikitaras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dimitris Poursalidis charged in rather forcefully in the 12th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dimitris Poursalidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Kothóni's Dimitris Poursalidis got a free kick in the 12th minute. Koulis Kastanidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Achilleas Papastergiou in the 17th minute. Sakis Kallitzakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. A collision led to Aik fc getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Ignatios Farmakis hit a great ball. Alexis Nikitaras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spyros Stelakis in the 23rd minute of the match. After 25 minutes, Sakis Kallitzakis made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Aik fc's Alexis Nikitaras tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Alexis Nikitaras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spyros Stelakis in the 37th minute of the match. Sakis Kallitzakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Spyros Stelakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alexis Nikitaras was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. In the 45th minute, Stefanos Bekos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After the first half Kothóni were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Eleftherios Makrigiannis made the kick off in the second half. Charis Papadimidis charged in rather forcefully in the 53rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Charis Papadimidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 54th match minute, Aik fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charis Papadimidis to maneuver through the defense. Ignatios Farmakis's late challenge caught a Kothóni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ignatios Farmakis helped the player get up and apologised. Ignatios Farmakis kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. 60 minutes into the match, Aik fc's goal looked a bit too open when Spyros Stelakis came free, but Alexis Nikitaras reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 61 minutes of play Aik fc's Ignatios Farmakis was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 61st minute, Ignatios Farmakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alexis Nikitaras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Spyros Stelakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th minute, Sakis Kallitzakis 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. Alexis Nikitaras made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Spyros Stelakis in the 65th minute of play. Spyros Stelakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexis Nikitaras having to interfere. Spyros Stelakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexis Nikitaras having to interfere. Aik fc's Alexis Nikitaras played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Spyros Stelakis in the 74th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spyros Stelakis in the 77th minute of play forced Aik fc's goalkeeper Alexis Nikitaras to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Andreas Anestis was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. Sakis Kallitzakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Alexis Nikitaras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 85 minutes into the match, Kothóni's Spyros Stelakis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Alexis Nikitaras narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Sakis Kallitzakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Alexis Nikitaras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 89th minute the ball was on its way in behind Aik fc's goalkeeper Alexis Nikitaras, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sakis Kallitzakiss short, quick shot in the 90thth minute got Alexis Nikitaras to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. When Sakis Kallitzakis came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Kothóni fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Sakis Kallitzakis couldn't finish the play. Alkinoos Pantazakis's late challenge caught a Kothóni's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alkinoos Pantazakis helped the player get up and apologised. Alkinoos Pantazakis hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match.