League Play-Off

Katsilimaνika Stadiu
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Alexis Giaourtas started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikitas Kefallinos in the 9th minute of play forced Mesóyion FC's goalkeeper Stamatis Aggelatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikitas Kefallinos in the 16th minute of play forced Mesóyion FC's goalkeeper Stamatis Aggelatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Stamatis Kabotsis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 21st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Alexis Giaourtas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Alekos Dimopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 25 played minutes, Mesóyion FC's Lazaros Eleftheriou shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Alekos Dimopoulos 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 Mesóyion FC reached it. In the 31st minute, Katsilimaνika's Nikitas Kefallinos dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Theagenis Poursalidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Mesóyion FC getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Vlassis Stavropodis hit a great ball. Mesóyion FC's Stamatis Aggelatos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 44th minute of the match, managed to save Mesóyion FC from getting a goal against them. 45 minutes into the game, Ntinos Kazanidis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mesóyion FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Katsilimaνika the free kick. In the 45th minute, Ntinos Kazanidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 2-0 became the score in the 48th minute when Theagenis Poursalidis elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nikitas Kefallinos was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the game, Charis Kikidakis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mesóyion FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Katsilimaνika the free kick. Charis Kikidakis kicked well hit freekick during the 53rd minute of the match. Charis Kikidakis was shown his second yellow card after 55 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to Mesóyion FC getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Charis Kikidakis hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 57th minute, Nikitas Kefallinos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Katsilimaνika's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikitas Kefallinos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stamatis Aggelatos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alexis Giaourtas hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Ntinos Kazanidis kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. A collision led to Mesóyion FC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Vassilis Giannakopoulos hit a great ball. If Nikitas Kefallinos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 79 played minutes Mesóyion FC got a freekick which was hit by Vlassis Stavropodis. In the 81st minute Theagenis Poursalidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stamatis Aggelatos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Stamatis Kabotsis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Vlassis Stavropodis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theagenis Poursalidis in the 89th minute of play forced Mesóyion FC's goalkeeper Stamatis Aggelatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, Katsilimaνika's Alekos Dimopoulos got control of the ball when Stamatis Kabotsis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Theagenis Poursalidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stamatis Aggelatos having to interfere. Mesóyion FC's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.