League Play-Off

Gr.Labrakhs Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th match minute, Asteras Zwgrafou was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fanis Valianatos to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of ROUFAIKOS booed when Asteras Zwgrafou was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Louis Papakostis didn't get a good kick on the ball. After recieving a nice pass, ROUFAIKOS's Tolis Kavalekas tried to score from far away in the 6th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 9 minutes into the match, ROUFAIKOS's goalkeeper Boruc Marczyniec had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fondas Grigoros. In the 10th minute, Thanasis Stergiadis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thomas Semertzis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. A hard shot 14 in the game by Nikiforos Papakrivas from a close distance when the talented Boruc Marczyniec managed to make a qualified save. ROUFAIKOS's players were relieved. Thomas Kalpadakis came out of the goal in the 16th minute to try and stop a shot by ROUFAIKOS's Thanasis Stergiadis. But to his dismay, Thanasis Stergiadis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 19 minutes into the match, Rickard Gerdberg had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thomas Kalpadakis. Asteras Zwgrafou's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Rickard Gerdberg was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Boruc Marczyniec showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikiforos Papakrivas in the 25th minute of the match. Asteras Zwgrafou's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Louis Papakostis in the 30th minute. In the 33rd minute, Nikiforos Papakrivas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Boruc Marczyniec. The goal made the score 1-2. Nikiforos Papakrivas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fondas Grigoros who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 39thth minute tested the skills of Boruc Marczyniec when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Asteras Zwgrafou's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Louis Papakostis in the 41st minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Renos Antoniou during the 44th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Renos Antoniou hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. If Fondas Grigoros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

In the 52nd minute the ball was on its way in behind ROUFAIKOS's goalkeeper Boruc Marczyniec, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Boruc Marczyniec made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikiforos Papakrivas in the 61st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikiforos Papakrivas in the 64th minute of play forced ROUFAIKOS's goalkeeper Boruc Marczyniec to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Nikiforos Papakrivas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Asteras Zwgrafou fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Boruc Marczyniec took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fondas Grigoros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fanis Valianatos kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. Thomas Kalpadakis was out of position in the 86 minute of play, and Konstantinos Kapetanoglou capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Konstantinos Kapetanoglou really showed his touch with that goal: 3-3. Nikiforos Papakrivas succeeded in the game's 94th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-3. Asteras Zwgrafou's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.