League Play-Off

Neapoli Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Christos Tsirimonakis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Argyris Stokas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 3rd minute of the match, but Tolis Mantouvalos made a huge save. Tolis Mantouvalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Barbagiannis in the 4th minute of the match. Argyris Stokas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tolis Mantouvalos came out and tried to block the shot, but Argyris Stokas slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 5th minute. Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Toutourouki f.c. from getting a goal against them. Tolis Mantouvalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panagiotis Psaris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Tolis Mantouvalos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Barbagiannis in the 12th minute of the match. Tolis Mantouvalos came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by PaoK Neapoleos's Argyris Stokas. But to his dismay, Argyris Stokas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. 19 minutes into the game, PaoK Neapoleos's Argyris Stokas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tolis Mantouvalos made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panos Barbagiannis in the 22nd minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tolis Mantouvalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panos Barbagiannis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vladimiros Stiliaras took the ball and in the 27 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Tolis Mantouvalos. Tolis Mantouvalos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. In the 30th minute, Panagiotis Psaris made a precise shot to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos. Toutourouki f.c.'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Tolis Mantouvalos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Panos Barbagiannis in the 33rd minute. 35 minutes into the match, Toutourouki f.c.'s goal looked a bit too open when Panos Barbagiannis came free, but Tolis Mantouvalos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 37 minutes of play, PaoK Neapoleos's Panagiotis Psaris made it 6-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tolis Mantouvalos was left in no man's land by his defense there! The supporters of PaoK Neapoleos booed when Toutourouki f.c. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Argyris Kazantzas didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Toutourouki f.c.'s Tolis Mantouvalos got control of the ball when Argyris Stokas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 42nd match minute, PaoK Neapoleos was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pars Uluç to maneuver through the defense. 44 minutes into the game, Stefanos Periou was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Toutourouki f.c.'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave PaoK Neapoleos the free kick. In the 44th match minute, Toutourouki f.c. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Stefanos Periou to maneuver through the defense. Tolis Mantouvalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panos Barbagiannis, who was totally free with the ball in the 46th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 6-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Argyris Stokas to make the kick off. Tolis Mantouvalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Barbagiannis in the 52nd minute of play. Tolis Mantouvalos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Urbano Txanton in the 53rd minute of play. In the 55th minute, Vladimiros Stiliaras ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tolis Mantouvalos was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-0. PaoK Neapoleos's Andreas Giakoumis was substituted for Thalis Skinas. In the 60th minute Panos Barbagiannis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute Dawid Kosakowski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tolis Mantouvalos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Panagiotis Psaris went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 8-0 was the resulting score. PaoK Neapoleos made a substitution. Vassilis Kyriakas replaced Panagiotis Psaris. Panos Barbagiannis scored 9-0 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of PaoK Neapoleos booed when Toutourouki f.c. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vrasidas Liouras didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panos Barbagiannis in the 72nd minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Tolis Mantouvalos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tolis Mantouvalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Panos Barbagiannis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute Panos Barbagiannis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 81st minute Panos Barbagiannis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tolis Mantouvalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 83 minutes into the match, Panos Barbagiannis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos. Toutourouki f.c.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Panos Barbagiannis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 11-0. 86 minutes into the match, Dawid Kosakowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tolis Mantouvalos. Toutourouki f.c.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dawid Kosakowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 12-0. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Giannis Arabatzis in the 90th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tolis Mantouvalos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. PaoK Neapoleos fully deserved thier win.