League

The Nest of the Crow
Spectators: 8439 (Terracing: 6330, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dimitris Miriounis got the match started through his kick off. In the 9th minute of the match Crow got a corner. Απόλλων Λάρισας's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Makis Giotatos ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Antonis Bekos heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. In the 12th minute, Odysseas Athanasiadis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fokas Thanos made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Makis Giotatos sent off a good shot on target. In the 14th minute, Crow's Dimitris Miriounis dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Fotis Mantzouranas had several of the Απόλλων Λάρισας's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 17 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-0 score and a disappointed Fokas Thanos as he didn't even see the shot coming. Giorgos Meletopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaggelis Lemonis in the 26th minute of the match. Fokas Thanos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitris Miriounis in the 31st minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Απόλλων Λάρισας's zone, Dimitris Miriounis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fokas Thanos came out of the goal and Dimitris Miriounis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 40 minutes into the game, Dimitris Miriounis recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Fokas Thanos. Dimitris Miriounis showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vaggelis Lemonis to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, Crow was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimitris Miriounis to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vaggelis Lemonis got free with Giorgos Meletopoulos in the 57th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 63 minutes, Dimitris Miriounis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Crow and the Απόλλων Λάρισας players grew even worse after the yellow card. Απόλλων Λάρισας made a substitution. Theocharis Theofanidis replaced Panos Votsis. If Dimitris Miriounis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 68th match minute, Απόλλων Λάρισας was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theocharis Theofanidis to maneuver through the defense. Dimitris Miriounis blasted a shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fokas Thanos having to make a save. Paraskevas Tabakos kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. Paraskevas Tabakos kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. If Peder Kvarnström had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Dimitris Miriounis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 83rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Crow fully deserved thier win.