League Play-Off

Lippa
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nikos Galitsios got the match started through his kick off. Vassilis Valsamakis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a rather tough play, Lippa's Iordanis Martinakis got a free kick in the 7th minute. Iraklis Telemidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Zinon Orfaniotis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute, Iraklis Telemidis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zinon Orfaniotis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 20 minutes into the match, Lippa's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Vasiliadis came free, but Zinon Orfaniotis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Iordanis Martinakis hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Giorgos Kyriakos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vassilis Valsamakis in the 27th minute. Giorgos Kyriakos made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Vassilis Valsamakis sent off a good shot on target. In the 38th minute, Giannis Vasiliadis 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. Giannis Vasiliadis 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikos Mostratos in the 45th minute of play forced Lippa's goalkeeper Zinon Orfaniotis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Giannis Vasiliadis made the kick off in the second half. Iraklis Telemidis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Zinon Orfaniotis made a huge save. Iraklis Telemidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinon Orfaniotis having to interfere. The supporters of Lippa booed when Manteνo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavlos Tsanaklidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Giorgos Kyriakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nikos Galitsios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st minute of the match Stathis Negris shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Giorgos Kyriakos showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 72nd minute Nikos Galitsios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Giorgos Kyriakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 73 played minutes Manteνo got a freekick which was hit by Babbis Chatzievaggellou. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Vassilis Valsamakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lippa's supporters rose to their feet, but Vassilis Valsamakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Giorgos Kyriakos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lippa's Zinon Orfaniotis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Vasiliadis in the 77th minute of play. Lippa's Zinon Orfaniotis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giannis Vasiliadis in the 83rd minute of play. After 87 minutes, Iordanis Martinakis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lippa and the Manteνo players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 87th minute, Iordanis Martinakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Iraklis Telemidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinon Orfaniotis having to interfere. Giannis Vasiliadis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinon Orfaniotis having to interfere. When the match was over Manteνo could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Lippa throughout the match.