League Play-Off

Skαrfia
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Giannis Maltezakis started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the match, Real Madrid's goalkeeper Menelaos Papaloukas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stamatis Koutsos. In the 11thth minute of the game Giannis Maltezakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Real Madrid's Menelaos Papaloukas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 20th match minute, Skαrfia FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lambis Iliopoulos to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Loukianos Skinas in the 26th minute of play forced Skαrfia FC's goalkeeper Panagiotis Pantrianakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Loukianos Skinas's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Panagiotis Pantrianakos read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th minute Fivos Giantzis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panagiotis Pantrianakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fivos Giantzis in the 37th minute of play forced Skαrfia FC's goalkeeper Panagiotis Pantrianakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Giannis Maltezakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Menelaos Papaloukas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Giannis Maltezakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fivos Giantzis was the one to do the kick off. 74 minutes into the match, Real Madrid's Loukianos Skinas sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Panagiotis Pantrianakos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 76th minute of the match Dimitris Nestorakoglou shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Panagiotis Pantrianakos showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Menelaos Papaloukas didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Skαrfia FC's Giannis Maltezakis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Loukianos Skinas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real Madrid's supporters rose to their feet, but Loukianos Skinas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Panagiotis Pantrianakos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Stamatis Koutsos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 91st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Menelaos Papaloukas having to interfere. Takis Pantos hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 93rd minute, Giannis Maltezakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Skαrfia FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Giannis Maltezakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Menelaos Papaloukas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. There was no doubt that Skαrfia FC were the better team. Skαrfia FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.