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Mesopirgos
Spectators: 6826 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 100) Prodromos Kotopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Prodromos Kotopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Paris Sarantos, 5 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Marinos Kechagioglou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 13 minutes of play, Tsitsos F.C.'s Sokratis Mesiakaris made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Iason Anastasakos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sokratis Mesiakaris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Iason Anastasakos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute, Marinos Kechagioglou left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Mesopirgos BC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Mesopirgos BC's Pavlos Mitras slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Christos Koumaditis. That made the score 2-1 after 22 minutes of play. Iason Anastasakos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sokratis Mesiakaris's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. Stratos Pispinis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iason Anastasakos having to interfere. A collision led to Mesopirgos BC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Errikos Ikonomakis hit a great ball. When Sokratis Mesiakaris came up free with the goalie in the 32nd minute, the Tsitsos F.C. 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 Sokratis Mesiakaris couldn't finish the play. Iason Anastasakos came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Tsitsos F.C.'s Stelios Moukeas. But to his dismay, Stelios Moukeas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Stelios Moukeas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iason Anastasakos having to interfere. Sokratis Mesiakaris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iason Anastasakos having to interfere. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Sokratis Mesiakaris to strike the kick off in the second half. Christos Koumaditis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pavlos Mitras, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Stelios Moukeas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Iason Anastasakos having to interfere. Stelios Moukeas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Iason Anastasakos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. 68 minutes into the match, Mesopirgos BC's Pavlos Mitras sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Christos Koumaditis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Tsitsos F.C.'s Stratos Pispinis got a free kick in the 70th minute. After some careless play in the Mesopirgos BC defense, Sokratis Mesiakaris kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iason Anastasakos. The Mesopirgos BC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iason Anastasakos should have stopped the shot. If Marinos Kechagioglou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sokratis Mesiakaris struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Iason Anastasakos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tsitsos F.C.. Stelios Moukeas struck a weak shot in the 87th minute. Iason Anastasakos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Tsitsos F.C.. Sokratis Mesiakariss short, quick shot in the 89thth minute got Iason Anastasakos to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. If Sokratis Mesiakaris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 92 played minutes Mesopirgos BC got a freekick which was hit by Errikos Ikonomakis. After a rather tough play, Tsitsos F.C.'s Stelios Moukeas got a free kick in the 94th minute. Pavlos Mitras struck a weak shot in the 96th minute. Christos Koumaditis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Mesopirgos BC. After a rather tough play, Tsitsos F.C.'s Stratos Pispinis got a free kick in the 97th minute. After a rather tough play, Mesopirgos BC's Errikos Ikonomakis got a free kick in the 99th minute.