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Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stratos Kalantas got the match started through his kick off. Takis Stratis made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Panos Pavlos sent off a good shot on target. Takis Stratis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stiliyan Drangazhov, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. After 13 minutes, Stiliyan Drangazhov mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Recreativo de Huelva and the Panathinaikos players grew even worse after the yellow card. Omiros Stamatelopoulos 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. In the 19th minute, Stratos Kalantas 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. After a rather tough play, Recreativo de Huelva's Demis Vamvakaris got a free kick in the 27th minute. Ermis Tsilikas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lazaros Farmakis having to interfere. If Kostas Chloros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stathis Latousakis's late challenge caught a Panathinaikos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Stathis Latousakis helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Recreativo de Huelva getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Stathis Latousakis hit a great ball. Panathinaikos's Ermis Tsilikas quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Zinon Argyriadis, made in the 41st minute of the game. Stratos Kalantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Stiliyan Drangazhov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute Stiliyan Drangazhov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Takis Stratis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stratos Kalantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. If Stratos Kalantas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Recreativo de Huelva's Lazaros Farmakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 56th minute of the match, managed to save Recreativo de Huelva from getting a goal against them. Stratos Kalantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 61 minutes into the game, Menios Stefanopoulos threw the ball into play from the sideline. Panathinaikos's Giorgos Kavogiannis quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Panathinaikos's Giorgos Kavogiannis got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lazaros Farmakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stratos Kalantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 64th match minute, Recreativo de Huelva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stathis Latousakis to maneuver through the defense. Panathinaikos's Takis Stratis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stiliyan Drangazhov in the 66th minute of play. Panos Kaligeros's late challenge caught a Panathinaikos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Panos Kaligeros helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th match minute, Recreativo de Huelva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panos Kaligeros to maneuver through the defense. Kostas Chloros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 75 minutes, Stratos Kalantas made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Recreativo de Huelva's Lazaros Farmakis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Recreativo de Huelva's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Stratos Kalantas 85 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-2. Lazaros Farmakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stratos Kalantas in the 90th minute of play. After 92 minutes, Giorgos Kavogiannis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Panathinaikos and the Recreativo de Huelva players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 92 played minutes Panathinaikos got a freekick which was hit by Giorgos Kavogiannis. Sofoklis Karaoulanis made in the 95th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Stathis Latousakis. Takis Stratis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stiliyan Drangazhov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the final whistle sounded Panathinaikos left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Recreativo de Huelva.