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MACEDONIA ARENA
Spectators: 7659 (Terracing: 5746, Seating: 1761, VIP seats: 152) Orestis Giotidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Sakallieros in the 4th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Nikos Sakallieros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Orestis Giotidis was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. In the 6th minute Kyriakos Stavrakas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orestis Giotidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 10 minutes into the match, Dimitris Tsagarakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Orestis Giotidis. CONSTANTINOPLE C.F's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimitris Tsagarakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Tsagarakis in the 13th minute of play forced CONSTANTINOPLE C.F's goalkeeper Orestis Giotidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Kharavyν's goalkeeper Sotos Tatsidis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Minas Poulianitis. Basílio Henriques received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Sotos Tatsidis came out and tried to block the shot, but Basílio Henriques slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 18th minute. Basílio Henriques who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 22ndth minute tested the skills of Sotos Tatsidis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. The long shot by Valerios Plexidas in the 26th minute really tested Sotos Tatsidis's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. In the 29th minute Basílio Henriques shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sotos Tatsidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Dimitris Tsagarakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Orestis Giotidis. CONSTANTINOPLE C.F's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dimitris Tsagarakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Sotos Tatsidis was a little too slow when Basílio Henriques got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 34th minute. The score was now 2-2. Minas Poulianitis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 39th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Christian Carrios could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Sotos Tatsidis made a huge save. The supporters of CONSTANTINOPLE C.F booed when Kharavyν was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Menios Perdikouris didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Kharavyν's Sotos Tatsidis got control of the ball when Basílio Henriques tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sotos Tatsidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Minas Poulianitis in the 47th minute of play. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Sotos Tatsidis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Basílio Henriques's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. In the 65th minute Kyriakos Stavrakas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Orestis Giotidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Minas Poulianitis in the 68th minute of play forced Kharavyν's goalkeeper Sotos Tatsidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 71 minutes of play, CONSTANTINOPLE C.F's Christian Carrios made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sotos Tatsidis was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, CONSTANTINOPLE C.F's Thanasis Kaladamis got a free kick in the 74th minute. With his leg Orestis Giotidis managed to avoid a goal in the 77thth minute, when Kharavyν's Dimitris Tsagarakis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Orestis Giotidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dimitris Tsagarakis in the 78th minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Dimitris Tsagarakis kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Orestis Giotidis. That made the score 4-3 in the 81 minute of play. Sotos Tatsidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Basílio Henriques in the 85th minute of play. A collision led to CONSTANTINOPLE C.F getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Stamatis Kalafatakis hit a great ball. Nektarios Koubouris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The supporters of Kharavyν booed when CONSTANTINOPLE C.F was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thanasis Kaladamis didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Dimitris Sardanis fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kharavyν's protests and gave Dimitris Sardanis a yellow card for diving instead. Dimitris Sardanis hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match.