League Play-Off

The Holy Grail Arena
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. Hermenegildo Kaimakis started the match with the kick off. Constantinople Royal Club's Thanos Papagrigoriou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hermenegildo Kaimakis in the 5th minute of play. Hermenegildo Kaimakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Thanos Papagrigoriou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fanis Farmakidis struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Thanos Papagrigoriou didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for INTER FC. Argyris Loukakis charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Argyris Loukakis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of INTER FC booed when Constantinople Royal Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Argyris Loukakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermenegildo Kaimakis in the 12th minute of play forced Constantinople Royal Club's goalkeeper Thanos Papagrigoriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes into the match, Hermenegildo Kaimakis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thanos Papagrigoriou. Constantinople Royal Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hermenegildo Kaimakis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Hermenegildo Kaimakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. INTER FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hermenegildo Kaimakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thanos Papagrigoriou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanos Papagrigoriou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hermenegildo Kaimakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Thanos Papagrigoriou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michalis Kaliris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 31 played minutes Constantinople Royal Club got a freekick which was hit by Anestis Kladas. After 32 played minutes, INTER FC's Stamatis Tsirkos shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Thanos Papagrigoriou came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in INTER FC reached it. Hermenegildo Kaimakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thanos Papagrigoriou having to interfere. Thanos Papagrigoriou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hermenegildo Kaimakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanos Papagrigoriou took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Hermenegildo Kaimakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fanis Farmakidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 43rd minute, Hermenegildo Kaimakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. INTER FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Hermenegildo Kaimakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thanos Papagrigoriou breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

INTER FC's Fanis Farmakidis got a good chance for a goal in the 51st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Thanos Papagrigoriou was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Hermenegildo Kaimakis showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-2 in the 54 minute of play. In the 58th minute Hermenegildo Kaimakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thanos Papagrigoriou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th of the match, Hermenegildo Kaimakis tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Thanos Papagrigoriou got in the way and made a wonderful save. INTER FC's Michalis Kaliris got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hermenegildo Kaimakis received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Thanos Papagrigoriou came out and tried to block the shot, but Hermenegildo Kaimakis slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 68th minute. 71 minutes into the match, Constantinople Royal Club's goal looked a bit too open when Hermenegildo Kaimakis came free, but Thanos Papagrigoriou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Hermenegildo Kaimakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stamatis Tsirkos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hermenegildo Kaimakis in the 77th minute of play forced Constantinople Royal Club's goalkeeper Thanos Papagrigoriou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 78th minute, Hermenegildo Kaimakis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 83rd minute, Stamatis Tsirkos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The INTER FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. The supporters of Constantinople Royal Club booed when INTER FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gilbert Månsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Thanos Papagrigoriou was out of position in the 90 minute of play, and Hermenegildo Kaimakis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Hermenegildo Kaimakis really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5.