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River Stadium
Spectators: 6610 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1100, VIP seats: 10) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nikos Bolirakis made the kick off which started today's match. After 3 played minutes Riverpool got a freekick which was hit by Aggelos Staramopoulos. In the 4th minute, Nikos Bolirakis 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. A collision led to FC UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Thodoris Chatzigiannis hit a great ball. Cleto Dalmu's late challenge caught a Riverpool's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cleto Dalmu helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, FC UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA's Cleto Dalmu got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 13th minute Kyriakos Vasiliadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kostas Batiris saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marcelinho do Valle scored 1-0 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tasos Petras, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. FC UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after Riverpool's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Akis Alamanos took the corner. The corner ended in Akis Alamanos almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Riverpool's Kostas Batiris did a great save. 27 minutes in the game Dionysis Zafiriou did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Marcelinho do Valle. After a rather tough play, Riverpool's Dionysis Zafiriou got a free kick in the 27th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nikos Bolirakis in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Kostas Batiris prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 46 minutes into the game, FC UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA's Kyriakos Vasiliadis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Kostas Batiris made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. 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 players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Charalambos Keratomenos was the one to do the kick off. Tasos Petras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charalambos Keratomenos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute, Kyriakos Vasiliadis 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charalambos Keratomenos in the 68th minute of play forced FC UNIVERSITATEA CRAIOVA's goalkeeper Tasos Petras to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kostas Batiris made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Kyriakos Vasiliadis sent off a good shot on target. Kyriakos Vasiliadis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Kostas Batiris made a huge save. In the 73rd minute, Nikos Bolirakis 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kyriakos Vasiliadis got free with Kostas Batiris in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. A collision led to Riverpool getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Spyros Rapsopodis hit a great ball. In the 88th minute, Aggelos Staramopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 91st minute, Nikos Bolirakis fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Kostas Batiris, passed just outside the right post. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.