League Play-Off

Néograd
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Charis Kutras started the match with the kick off. After a rather tough play, Néograd BC's Glauke Spyridis got a free kick in the 7th minute. Charis Kutras recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Néograd BC's Kerkops Antimisiaris got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Charis Kutras succeeded in the game's 18th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. In the 22nd minute Charis Kutras shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aiolos Arvanitoyannis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 26th minute Agix Tsardikos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patroklos Vamvakidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 27th minute Panos Glynatsis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patroklos Vamvakidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aiolos Arvanitoyannis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Charis Kutras's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. After a rather tough play, A.C OMONOIA's Anestis Georgenes got a free kick in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Charis Kutras in the 40th minute of play forced A.C OMONOIA's goalkeeper Aiolos Arvanitoyannis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 45 played minutes A.C OMONOIA got a freekick which was hit by Seleykos Triantafillou. Giannis Sakellaridis, 46 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Agix Tsardikos to strike the kick off in the second half. Patroklos Vamvakidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Agix Tsardikos in the 52nd minute of play. Panos Glynatsis did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Patroklos Vamvakidis 54 minutes into the match. Agix Tsardikos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 61st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A collision led to Néograd BC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Glauke Spyridis hit a great ball. 63 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when A.C OMONOIA's Agix Tsardikos fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in A.C OMONOIA's zone, Kerkops Antimisiaris stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Aiolos Arvanitoyannis came out of the goal and Kerkops Antimisiaris tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kerkops Antimisiaris in the 76th minute of play forced A.C OMONOIA's goalkeeper Aiolos Arvanitoyannis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kerkops Antimisiaris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Kerkops Antimisiaris came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Néograd BC 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 Kerkops Antimisiaris couldn't finish the play. A.C OMONOIA's Aiolos Arvanitoyannis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charis Kutras in the 84th minute of play. In the 87th minute Kerkops Antimisiaris shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aiolos Arvanitoyannis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Panos Glynatsis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Patroklos Vamvakidis having to interfere. After 92 played minutes Néograd BC got a freekick which was hit by Glaukos Mestas. The A.C OMONOIA players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Néograd BC from taking control. The game ends in a draw.