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Skafi Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dhrimon's Pantelis Portokaloglou 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. Petros Mitsopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Nikiforos Thamnidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikiforos Thamnidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Manos Vardopoulos in the 12th minute of play. Argyris Katsapopoulos came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Dhrimon's Pantelis Portokaloglou. But to his dismay, Pantelis Portokaloglou quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Petros Mitsopoulos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Nikiforos Thamnidis made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Telis Karoubalis during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 19th match minute, Skafi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Telis Karoubalis to maneuver through the defense. In the 24th minute, Pantelis Portokaloglou 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, Skafi's Apostolikas Gouziotis got a free kick in the 29th minute. In the 31st minute Nikos Kortselis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Argyris Katsapopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute, Pantelis Portokaloglou made a precise shot to the right of Argyris Katsapopoulos. Skafi's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Nikos Kortselis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 42nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nikiforos Thamnidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Petros Mitsopoulos in the 45th minute. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Manos Vardopoulos to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute, Christos Karagiorgas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Dhrimon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-3. After 57 minutes, Zinon Farmakopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Skafi and the Dhrimon players grew even worse after the yellow card. Zinon Farmakopoulos hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute, Nikos Kortselis 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. In the 59th minute Zinon Farmakopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikiforos Thamnidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Dhrimon defense, Manos Vardopoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Nikiforos Thamnidis. The Dhrimon fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Nikiforos Thamnidis should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manos Vardopoulos in the 66th minute of play forced Dhrimon's goalkeeper Nikiforos Thamnidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 67 minutes, Nikos Kortselis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Dhrimon's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nikos Kortselis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Skafi's Argyris Katsapopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pantelis Portokaloglou in the 69th minute of play. 70 minutes into the match, Dhrimon's goal looked a bit too open when Apostolikas Gouziotis came free, but Nikiforos Thamnidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nikos Kortselis during the 71st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 71st minute, Nikos Kortselis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikiforos Thamnidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petros Mitsopoulos in the 74th minute of play. A collision led to Dhrimon getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Panagiotis Meraklis hit a great ball. Dhrimon's Nikiforos Thamnidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petros Mitsopoulos in the 81st minute of play. Nikiforos Thamnidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zinon Farmakopoulos, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After a rather tough play, Dhrimon's Panagiotis Meraklis got a free kick in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute, Manos Vardopoulos 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. In the 87th minute Petros Mitsopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikiforos Thamnidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nikiforos Thamnidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manos Vardopoulos in the 91st minute of the match. 93 minutes into the match, Dhrimon's goal looked a bit too open when Petros Mitsopoulos came free, but Nikiforos Thamnidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikiforos Thamnidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zinon Farmakopoulos in the 95th minute of the match. 96 minutes into the match, Dhrimon's goal looked a bit too open when Telis Karoubalis came free, but Nikiforos Thamnidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 98th match minute, Dhrimon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panagiotis Meraklis to maneuver through the defense.