League

Pastida Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Antonis Darlas started the match with the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Pastida Fc's zone, Themis Kostis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Savas Papantoniou came out of the goal and Themis Kostis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. xaidari2010's Christodoulos Pantrianakos got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Themis Kostis came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the xaidari2010 fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Themis Kostis couldn't finish the play. After 21 minutes of play, xaidari2010's Themis Kostis made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Savas Papantoniou was left in no man's land by his defense there! Savas Papantoniou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Themis Kostis in the 32nd minute of the match. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind xaidari2010's goalkeeper Kostas Sinetopoulos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Kostas Sinetopoulos was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Antonis Darlas capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Antonis Darlas really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Savas Papantoniou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Themis Kostis in the 41st minute of play. In the 48th minute, Themis Kostis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Themis Kostis to make the kick off. Themis Kostis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Savas Papantoniou having to interfere. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Pastida Fc's goalkeeper Savas Papantoniou, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Antonis Darlas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lambros Makaronas charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lambros Makaronas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 61st match minute, Pastida Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lambros Makaronas to maneuver through the defense. Zacharias Mostratos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 71 minutes into the match, xaidari2010's goal looked a bit too open when Antonis Darlas came free, but Kostas Sinetopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Themis Kostis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Themis Kostis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Savas Papantoniou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Zacharias Mostratos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Kostas Sinetopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antonis Darlas in the 82nd minute of play. 88 minutes into the match, Pastida Fc's goal looked a bit too open when Themis Kostis came free, but Savas Papantoniou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kostas Sinetopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zacharias Mostratos in the 92nd minute of the match. A collision led to xaidari2010 getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Kleon Koutsomitras hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in xaidari2010's zone, Antonis Darlas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Kostas Sinetopoulos came out of the goal and Antonis Darlas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Pastida Fc were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of xaidari2010 for a fine match.