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Spectators: 9364 (Terracing: 7025, Seating: 2153, VIP seats: 186) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Stavros Antzas started the match with the kick off. 7 minutes into the match, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goal looked a bit too open when Konstantinos Manikas came free, but José Sá reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 7 minutes into the match, tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goal looked a bit too open when Konstantinos Manikas came free, but José Sá reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ defense, Walter Giardino kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Omiros Ntounos. The ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Omiros Ntounos should have stopped the shot. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Konstantinos Manikas in the 13th minute of play. If Walter Giardino had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the match, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Alexandris came free, but Omiros Ntounos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. José Sá made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stavros Antzas in the 24th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos Manikas in the 25th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper José Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Grigoris Kornaros in the 32nd minute. After taking down the ball on tHe SOnS of rAGnar's corner Grigoris Kornaros fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Omiros Ntounos quite easily take care of the ball. 34 minutes into the match, ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's goalkeeper Omiros Ntounos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Walter Giardino. If Alexis Alexandris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 39 minutes into the game, Benjamin Mikolas threw the ball into play from the sideline. ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Thanasis Malioufas quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Alexis Alexandris could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Omiros Ntounos made a huge save. After 43 minutes ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Grigoris Kornaros who took care of the corner kick. Charis Leontiou made a great header on tHe SOnS of rAGnar's corner, it was just that ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's Omiros Ntounos managed to reach the ball for a save. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Walter Giardino stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute Paris Georgiadis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. tHe SOnS of rAGnar made a substitution. Kosmas Salaminiotis replaced Grigoris Kornaros. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's Giannis Papoutsakis was substituted for Charis Leontiou. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Giannis Papoutsakis in the 67th minute. Omiros Ntounos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Telis Ntasios in the 72nd minute of the match. In the 73rd minute Konstantinos Manikas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Sá saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Konstantinos Manikas in the 74th minute of play forced tHe SOnS of rAGnar's goalkeeper José Sá to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ were awarded a corner in the 77th minute after tHe SOnS of rAGnar's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Thanos Kalikis took the corner. Isidoros Zois made a great header on ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ's corner, it was just that tHe SOnS of rAGnar's José Sá managed to reach the ball for a save. Omiros Ntounos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Giardino in the 85th minute of play. Omiros Ntounos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexis Alexandris in the 89th minute of play. Stavros Antzas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 92nd minute of the match, but José Sá made a huge save. tHe SOnS of rAGnar's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.