League Play-Off

Kúrsovon Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Trasdhαni's Panagiotis Tsakiridis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 6 minutes of play, Trasdhαni's Michalis Pavloulis made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Petros Kanavopoulos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Through an outstanding action, after 11 minutes, Chatziioannou Iraklidis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. The referee gave Kúrsovon a penalty, 13 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Marios Melisofagos, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Trasdhαni's Chatziioannou Iraklidis. 1-1. After 16 minutes of play, Kúrsovon's Alexis Alexiou made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Chatziioannou Iraklidis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Trasdhαni's defense didn't have a chance, in the 26th minute, when Nektarios Stratas scored to the left of an out of position Chatziioannou Iraklidis, making the score, 3-1. After 30 minutes, Miltos Katsanevas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Kúrsovon and the Trasdhαni players grew even worse after the yellow card. Miltos Katsanevas hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 40th minute Nektarios Stratas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Chatziioannou Iraklidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 41st minute, Nektarios Stratas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Trasdhαni's Chatziioannou Iraklidis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save Trasdhαni from getting a goal against them. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nektarios Stratas to make the kick off. When Aris Panakakis fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kúrsovon's protests and gave Aris Panakakis a yellow card for diving instead. With a little luck, Kúrsovon's Petros Kanavopoulos got control of the ball when Michalis Pavloulis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alexis Alexiou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chatziioannou Iraklidis having to interfere. Chatziioannou Iraklidis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nektarios Stratas's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. 61 minutes into the game, Kúrsovon's Nikos Nikoloudis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Chatziioannou Iraklidis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Alexis Alexiou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Chatziioannou Iraklidis having to interfere. In the 68th minute, Telis Vainderlis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Michalis Pavloulis in the 70thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Petros Kanavopoulos, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nektarios Stratas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Chatziioannou Iraklidis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexis Alexiou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to Trasdhαni getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Panos Papadis hit a great ball. Nektarios Stratas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Alexis Alexiou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 95th match minute, Kúrsovon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kostas Mavrofidis to maneuver through the defense. In the 98th minute Trasdhαni were awarded a corner. Theofanis Gletsos went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Kostas Passalis got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Petros Kanavopoulos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.