League Play-Off

Chouliarades Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) When the match clock showed 3 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Nikitas Batatoudis sped through Chouliarades's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Theocharis Zouvelekis. Theocharis Zouvelekis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lefteris Koutroutsos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 8 minutes of play, Palaiográtsanon's Thanasis Periadis made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Theocharis Zouvelekis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Charalambos Pachopoulos was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Giannis Miliokas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-2 in the 13 minute of play. Alkaios Bekos scored 1-3 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Theocharis Zouvelekis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With his leg Charalambos Pachopoulos managed to avoid a goal in the 25thth minute, when Chouliarades's Miltos Seletopoulos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Miltos Seletopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Theocharis Zouvelekis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nikitas Batatoudis went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. Giannis Miliokas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Theocharis Zouvelekis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lefteris Koutroutsos in the 41st minute of the match. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-4 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Giannis Miliokas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Giannis Miliokas made a precise shot to the right of Charalambos Pachopoulos. Palaiográtsanon's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-4. After a rather tough play, Chouliarades's Panos Tsoumas got a free kick in the 54th minute. Miltos Seletopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charalambos Pachopoulos having to interfere. Charalambos Pachopoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Giannis Miliokas went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. In the 68th minute Giannis Miliokas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Charalambos Pachopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 75 minutes into the match, Nikitas Batatoudis notched a goal, 3-5, to the right of Chouliarades's Theocharis Zouvelekis. Theocharis Zouvelekis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Giannis Miliokas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charalambos Pachopoulos having to interfere. 80 minutes into the match, Palaiográtsanon's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Miliokas came free, but Charalambos Pachopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Charalambos Pachopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Miltos Seletopoulos in the 82nd minute of play. In the 86th minute Alkaios Bekos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theocharis Zouvelekis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th match minute, Chouliarades was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Panos Tsoumas to maneuver through the defense. Theocharis Zouvelekis made a fantastic save in the 90th minute, when Nikitas Batatoudis sent off a good shot on target. When Sotiris Vokolos fell near the penalty area in the 91st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Palaiográtsanon's protests and gave Sotiris Vokolos a yellow card for diving instead. After 91 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Palaiográtsanon! When the match was over Palaiográtsanon could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Chouliarades throughout the match.