League Play-Off

Muthimna Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lefteris Koutroutsos took the kick off in the first half of the match. Charalambos Pachopoulos was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Alberigo Zisser showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 5 minute of play. In the 10th minute, Sotiris Karagiannis 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. In the 11th minute, Palaiográtsanon's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sotiris Karagiannis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. César Portalier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alkaios Bekos in the 14th minute of play. A hard shot 20 in the game by Stavros Parathirakis from a close distance when the talented Charalambos Pachopoulos managed to make a qualified save. Palaiográtsanon's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nikitas Batatoudis in the 25th minute of play forced AIOLIKOS.FC's goalkeeper César Portalier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 30 played minutes Palaiográtsanon got a freekick which was hit by Alkaios Bekos. Kostas Filaretos was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 36 minutes into the match. In the 36th minute, one of AIOLIKOS.FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AIOLIKOS.FC. In the 38th minute there was a penalty for Palaiográtsanon. Babbis Priovolos stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving César Portalier. 1-1. After 42 minutes of play, Palaiográtsanon's Nikitas Batatoudis made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. César Portalier was left in no man's land by his defense there! Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Nikitas Batatoudis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but César Portalier made a huge save. César Portalier made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Thanasis Periadis sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alberigo Zisser in the 56th minute of play forced Palaiográtsanon's goalkeeper Charalambos Pachopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 69 minutes, Alberigo Zisser mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AIOLIKOS.FC and the Palaiográtsanon players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 69 played minutes AIOLIKOS.FC got a freekick which was hit by Alberigo Zisser. Thomas Arabatzis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charalambos Pachopoulos having to interfere. AIOLIKOS.FC's Thomas Arabatzis got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Sotiris Karagiannis managed to get in a good position for a shot. AIOLIKOS.FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Sotiris Karagiannis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Charalambos Pachopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 87th minute, Thomas Arabatzis 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. Thomas Arabatzis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charalambos Pachopoulos having to interfere. When the final whistle went the supporters of Palaiográtsanon were delighted that their team had defeated the much more dominant AIOLIKOS.FC side.