League Play-Off

Kúrsovon Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nektarios Stratas kicked off to start the match. 8 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Kúrsovon's Nektarios Stratas fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. If Alexis Alexiou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Nektarios Stratas came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Kúrsovon 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 Nektarios Stratas couldn't finish the play. Fivos Chatzakis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Alexis Alexiou in the 14th minute. Alexis Alexiou who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 14thth minute tested the skills of Fivos Chatzakis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Alexis Alexiou's late challenge caught a Raftanaνoi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alexis Alexiou helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Raftanaνoi booed when Kúrsovon was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alexis Alexiou didn't get a good kick on the ball. 17 minutes into the match, Panos Katsouranis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Petros Kanavopoulos. Kúrsovon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Panos Katsouranis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 19th minute, Alexis Alexiou 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. 25 minutes into the game, Miltos Katsanevas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kúrsovon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Raftanaνoi the free kick. When Aris Stratoulis fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Raftanaνoi's protests and gave Aris Stratoulis a yellow card for diving instead. After 30 played minutes Raftanaνoi got a freekick which was hit by Aris Stratoulis. Fivos Chatzakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nikos Nikoloudis went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. In the 46th minute Nektarios Stratas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fivos Chatzakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Panos Katsouranis to make the kick off. Panos Katsouranis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Alexis Alexiou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fivos Chatzakis having to interfere. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of Kúrsovon:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Raftanaνoi:s goal. When the match had been going on for 62 minutes, Raftanaνoi's Thodoris Livathinos got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Petros Kanavopoulos. Fivos Chatzakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nektarios Stratas, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. In the 73rd minute, Alexis Alexiou ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Fivos Chatzakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Nikos Nikoloudis's late challenge caught a Raftanaνoi's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nikos Nikoloudis helped the player get up and apologised. Nikos Nikoloudis kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. If Nektarios Stratas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pavlos Pechlivanidis charged in rather forcefully in the 93rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pavlos Pechlivanidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 93rd match minute, Raftanaνoi was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavlos Pechlivanidis to maneuver through the defense. 99 minutes into the match, Raftanaνoi's goal looked a bit too open when Alexis Alexiou came free, but Fivos Chatzakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.