The Greens started the match looking for the quick goal and had two chances with Yiannis Goumas and Miltos Sapanis who could not find the target. Everything seemed to be going smoothly until the dreaded 10'. Poulopoulos, with an unprofessional tackle, clipped Seitaridis ripping his cleat open and injuring his toe. First reports are that the 22 year old defender will be out three weeks. Jian Michaelsen without much warm up was substituted in to replace the injured Seitaridis. With that tackle, the Greens woke up and in the 15', Raimondas Zutautas swung the ball into the box and Vlaovic all alone headed it past Kalamakis to open up the score.

Despite holding Proodeftiki in their own end, the "maroons" answered back on the half hour mark. Vilanakis took a free kick, the ball deflected off of Aggelos Basinas to Poulopoulos, who with a header leveled for Proodeftiki. The Greens quickly responded three minutes later to take the lead and never look back. Basinas took the corner kick from the left and Sapanis headed the go-ahead goal to make it 2-1. Two minutes later, Michalis Konstantinou missed an opportunity to add to the total. In the 42', Basinas swung in a pin point cross to Konstantinou, who one timed the shot past Kalamakis to make it 3-1 and to give Panathinaikos a comfortable lead going into the half.