League Play-Off

Kotetsi
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nial Peyton started the match with the kick off. In the 15th minute, Panos Tsabis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kolopetinitsa fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Alekos Papaggelis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nial Peyton in the 18th minute. After a rather tough play, Kolopetinitsa's Thymios Antoniadis got a free kick in the 22nd minute. Güralp Uğurtan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merexildo Raimundo, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Güralp Uğurtan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Peredo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alekos Papaggelis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panos Tsabis, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Alekos Papaggelis made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Nial Peyton sent off a good shot on target. Güralp Uğurtan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Peredo in the 33rd minute of play. Alekos Papaggelis was out of position in the 35 minute of play, and Panagiotis Kaliasis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Panagiotis Kaliasis really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Kolopetinitsa's Güralp Uğurtan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Merexildo Raimundo in the 38th minute of play. Alekos Papaggelis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Tsabis in the 41st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Kolopetinitsa defense, Lambis Talitsikas kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Güralp Uğurtan. The Kolopetinitsa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Güralp Uğurtan should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, GREEN LIONS's Merexildo Raimundo got a free kick in the 45th minute. After 47 minutes, Nial Peyton made it 3-1 with a short kick to the right side. GREEN LIONS's Alekos Papaggelis tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot.

Patryk Jazowski made in the 52nd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Iker Muniain however managed to control. Kolopetinitsa's Güralp Uğurtan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 59th minute of the match, managed to save Kolopetinitsa from getting a goal against them. Güralp Uğurtan was a little too slow when Jorge Peredo got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 61st minute. The score was now 3-2. GREEN LIONS made a substitution. Igor Fortun replaced Nikitas Galanos. Kolopetinitsa made a substitution. Konstantinos Tsitsanis replaced Luk Pieters. 69 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kolopetinitsa's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iker Muniain was slow to take the kick. During this time GREEN LIONS's players had a chance to rest. The supporters of Kolopetinitsa booed when GREEN LIONS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 69 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Fortun didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 77th minute, Faruk Nafiz Yadigar hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Jorge Peredo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Güralp Uğurtan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorge Peredo in the 80th minute of play. Alekos Papaggelis came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by Kolopetinitsa's Nial Peyton. But to his dismay, Nial Peyton quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-2. 84 minutes into the match, GREEN LIONS's goal looked a bit too open when Panagiotis Kaliasis came free, but Alekos Papaggelis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jorge Peredo blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Güralp Uğurtan having to make a save. After 88 played minutes Kolopetinitsa got a freekick which was hit by Panos Tsabis. Jorge Peredo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Güralp Uğurtan made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Kolopetinitsa's zone, Jorge Peredo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Güralp Uğurtan came out of the goal and Jorge Peredo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. GREEN LIONS's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.