Trifylliakos 7 - 0 stivara (381301285)

35468 spectators had found their way to Polydroso Arena, despite the heavy rain. Francisco Llamllam was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Diego Felder and Ger Baselmans. Trifylliakos decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Kastrinakis - Krähenberg, Pillon, van der Geer - Vester, Cotozzolo, Gülsim, Maetel, de Veer - Moraitelis, Deranja.

A 4-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for stivara. The following players had been chosen: Midson - Kantas, Goundoulakis, Schröppel, Dimatos - Sutor, Gomes, Vincent - Kaprivourkos, Angelov.

Thighs bulging, A. Kantas charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. Trifylliakos took the lead 32 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as F. Maetel elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. 33 minutes into the game, stivara seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. E. van der Geer was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. 40 minutes in, stivara appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. Trifylliakos managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when B. de Veer cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Cheers filled the stadium as Z. Deranja broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Trifylliakos. Unfortunately for stivara, A. Goundoulakis suffered a concussion after 43 minutes and had to be taken for tests. The coach had his head in his hands after realising he could not send a replacement onto the pitch, and the team had to continue a man short. S. Midson became the new stivara captain. Coming from the right, E. van der Geer almost managed to score another goal for Trifylliakos, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. H. Vester squirmed through their central defence after 44 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of Trifylliakos were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Trifylliakos had most of the ball, with 82 percent of possession.

The stivara players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. It was a bad day for the usually speedy M. Krähenberg. The mud seemed to slow him down. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Trifylliakos's E. Cotozzolo increasing the lead to 5 - 0. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 61 minutes, Trifylliakos tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. Trifylliakos almost scored after a swift counterattack 64 minutes into the game, but Z. Deranja put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. After 67 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as stivara found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. 71 minutes into the game, stivara had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to poor. Trifylliakos's B. de Veer struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 6 - 0 after 74 minutes. With 78 minutes played, Trifylliakos put themselves up 7 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Z. Deranja, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Trifylliakos's L. Moraitelis was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 82 minutes. Trifylliakos had to make a substitution after 84 minutes. E. Cotozzolo limped off the field and was replaced by M. Glugla. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Trifylliakos, with 80 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Trifylliakos player was without a doubt L. Moraitelis. However, S. Kastrinakis made a disastrous appearance. stivara's best player was L. Kaprivourkos. T. Dimatos on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 0.