League Play-Off

Semιli
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. Charilaos Likouris started the match with the kick off. Ntinos Diamantidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Akis Samiamidis in the 3rd minute of play. Trifon Vintras kicked well hit freekick during the 4th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Nikos Vasilakopoulos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Andreas Panagiotou was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. In the 11thth minute of the game Charilaos Likouris who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Semιli's Andreas Panagiotou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 13th minute Nikos Vasilakopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Andreas Panagiotou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 15th minute, Nikos Vasilakopoulos made a precise shot to the right of Andreas Panagiotou. Semιli's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Charilaos Likouris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Andreas Panagiotou having to interfere. Nikos Vasilakopoulos took the ball and in the 26 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Andreas Panagiotou. Andreas Panagiotou dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-2. Ntinos Diamantidis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Akis Samiamidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. When Trifon Vintras came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Semιli 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 Trifon Vintras couldn't finish the play. Andreas Panagiotou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charilaos Likouris in the 37th minute of play. Nicchia FC's Ntinos Diamantidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Akis Samiamidis in the 39th minute of play. Charis Karpouzis hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Andreas Panagiotou didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Charilaos Likouris went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Akis Samiamidis to strike the kick off in the second half. After having played for 52 minutes, Nikos Vasilakopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nicchia FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Nikos Vasilakopoulos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 53 played minutes Nicchia FC got a freekick which was hit by Charis Karpouzis. Semιli's Trifon Vintras got a good chance for a goal in the 55th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andreas Panagiotou made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nikos Vasilakopoulos in the 60th minute. Charilaos Likouris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Andreas Panagiotou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 65th minute, Achilleas Kesanopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Akis Samiamidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Semιli's Babbis Leotsakos got a free kick in the 78th minute. Nikos Vasilakopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 84 minutes into the match, Akis Samiamidis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ntinos Diamantidis. Nicchia FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Akis Samiamidis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Trifon Vintras's late challenge caught a Nicchia FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Trifon Vintras helped the player get up and apologised. Trifon Vintras hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. After having played for 93 minutes, Dimitris Charatos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nicchia FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dimitris Charatos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 95th minute, Sakis Kleftokotakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimitris Charatos was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 96th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. The Semιli supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Nicchia FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Nicchia FC.