League Play-Off

Gourzí
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Hyllos Arvanitoyannis got the match started through his kick off. Kroios Christou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michalis Kountouroudas in the 10th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 11th minute, Konstantinos Haritopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. ΑΠΟΕΛ FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Konstantinos Haritopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kroios Christou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Enzo Macchione hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. Gourzí's Kroios Christou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michalis Kountouroudas in the 14th minute of play. Michalis Kountouroudas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Kroios Christou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 23rd minute, Konstantinos Haritopoulos made a precise shot to the right of Kroios Christou. Gourzí's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Konstantinos Haritopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Kroios Christou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hyllos Arvanitoyannis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Konstantinos Haritopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kroios Christou having to interfere. In the 40th minute, Gourzí's Hyllos Arvanitoyannis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. Michalis Kountouroudas struck a weak shot in the 46th minute. Kroios Christou didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ΑΠΟΕΛ FC.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Michalis Kountouroudas was the one to do the kick off. Dimos Soukis charged in rather forcefully in the 52nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dimos Soukis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dimos Soukis hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. With 59 minutes on the clock, Helios Fitrakis commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. In the 62nd minute there was a penalty for Gourzí. Alfréd Lévay stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Alexandros Patrianakos. 2-1. After a defensive mix-up in ΑΠΟΕΛ FC's zone, Hyllos Arvanitoyannis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexandros Patrianakos came out of the goal and Hyllos Arvanitoyannis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in ΑΠΟΕΛ FC's zone, Alfréd Lévay stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexandros Patrianakos came out of the goal and Alfréd Lévay tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Hyllos Arvanitoyannis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hyllos Arvanitoyannis in the 74th minute of play forced ΑΠΟΕΛ FC's goalkeeper Alexandros Patrianakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Konstantinos Haritopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Hyllos Arvanitoyannis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexandros Patrianakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hyllos Arvanitoyannis in the 86th minute of the match. Alexandros Patrianakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enzo Macchione in the 87th minute of play. Konstantinos Haritopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Kroios Christou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Leonidas Lolos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After a rather tough play, Gourzí's Enzo Macchione got a free kick in the 95th minute. There was no doubt that Gourzí were the better team. Gourzí's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.