ambrakikos 6 - 2 originalista (376798644)

Clear skies welcomed the 15508 spectators who had made their way to ambrakikos loutrou Arena. ambrakikos had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Cilóiz - Bonvicino, Mpakalopoulos, Chatzipetrou, Milonakos - Feijó, Miselli, Østby, Zaragozá, Petraroli - Sachinoglou.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for originalista. Lineup: Couto - Échard, Maruszewski, Schweinhauss - Lefkos, Fouriozos, Dhaoui, Elshof, Tillsjö - Kapelis, Akbaran.

ambrakikos were relying on their ability to counter-attack. originalista showed off their creative tactics. A. Zaragozá of ambrakikos was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A. Zaragozá gave ambrakikos the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Petraroli got himself booked. The manager of ambrakikos was not happy. With 44 minutes played, ambrakikos put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to P. Østby, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. ambrakikos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

After 46 minutes, originalista switched A. Dhaoui with M. Kontoulis, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, originalista's S. Akbaran was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. M. Miguel Valle was given a chance to change things around. With 52 minutes played, the originalista coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. R. Maschi came on, M. Tillsjö had to leave the fray. 56 minutes into the match, the visitors reduced the lead to 2 - 1 as a free kick by B. Maruszewski slunk past the home side's goalkeeper. ambrakikos's G. Petraroli placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but M. Feijó couldn't finish. After 79 minutes ambrakikos's G. Petraroli limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. ambrakikos managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when M. Feijó cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. ambrakikos's M. Chatzipetrou was shown a yellow card after 85 minutes for slicing down an opponent. originalista made it 3 - 2 as L. Kapelis got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to L. Fouriozos who whipped a low drive in off the far post. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. P. Sachinoglou squirmed through their central defence after 88 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 2. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, ambrakikos's G. Petraroli somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for P. Sachinoglou, who struck for 5 - 2. Things were deteriorating for the away team as ambrakikos scored another to make it 6 - 2 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for G. Petraroli after 89 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ambrakikos, with 58 percent of the ball.

Most important ambrakikos player was A. Zaragozá. On the other hand, Y. Mpakalopoulos's play was disheartening. originalista's top performer was clearly M. Miguel Valle. M. Elshof on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 2.