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Killer Arena
Spectators: 7152 (Terracing: 5250, Seating: 1750, VIP seats: 152) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paschalis Xenopoulos got the match started through his kick off. Zinon Kapsokefalos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Zinon Kapsokefalos got the audience’s attention when, from a short distance, he fired away a great shot in the 3rd minute of the game. The shot hit the left post and bounced out. Zinon Kapsokefalos's late challenge caught a Elataria's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zinon Kapsokefalos helped the player get up and apologised. Adamantios Tsakiris, 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. Stelios Kolitiris didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Paschalis Xenopoulos went, in the 10th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Stelios Kolitiris showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexis Adamos, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. 16 minutes into the game, one of Killer Instinct FC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Paschalis Xenopoulos's late challenge caught a Killer Instinct FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Paschalis Xenopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. In the 24th minute, Paschalis Xenopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Paschalis Xenopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexis Adamos in the 30th minute of play forced Killer Instinct FC's goalkeeper Stelios Kolitiris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Stavros Bounias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Babbis Kanatopoulos having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stavros Bounias in the 37th minute of play forced Elataria's goalkeeper Babbis Kanatopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sofoklis Papakonstantinou was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 42nd minute. Killer Instinct FC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. In the 44th minute, Killer Instinct FC's Stavros Bounias dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

Babbis Kanatopoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sofoklis Papakonstantinou's shot from short distance in the 52nd minute. In the 54th minute, Sofoklis Papakonstantinou left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Killer Instinct FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. After a rather tough play, Elataria's Grigoris Pantelis got a free kick in the 57th minute. In the 59th match minute, Elataria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chrisostomos Spathas to maneuver through the defense. Stelios Kolitiris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eutichios Perdikakis in the 67th minute of play. In the 70th minute Stavros Bounias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Babbis Kanatopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexis Adamos succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 3-3 in the 77th playminute. A hard shot 80 in the game by Achilleas Bozonis from a close distance when the talented Stelios Kolitiris managed to make a qualified save. Killer Instinct FC's players were relieved. Stelios Kolitiris made an important save on a dangerous shot by Achilleas Bozonis in the 84th minute. Stelios Kolitiris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eutichios Perdikakis in the 85th minute of play. After 86 minutes of play, Elataria's Paschalis Xenopoulos made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stelios Kolitiris was left in no man's land by his defense there! Through an outstanding action, after 91 minutes, Stelios Kolitiris successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Thomas Tsilikos charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Thomas Tsilikos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 93rd match minute, Killer Instinct FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Thomas Tsilikos to maneuver through the defense. When Adamantios Tsakiris came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the Elataria 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 Adamantios Tsakiris couldn't finish the play. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Elataria walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.