League

Leningrad
Spectators: 8442 (Terracing: 6333, Seating: 1941, VIP seats: 168) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ciriaco Piarres kicked off to start the match. Pavlos Bourekas hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Penyo Strelyov in the 9th minute of play forced Internationale's goalkeeper Teo Otsoko to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, Internationale's Theagenis Pountos got a free kick in the 11th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Penyo Strelyov in the 15th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Teo Otsoko prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Evaggelos Kapetanidis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ciriaco Piarres in the 18th minute of the match. Teo Otsoko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Penyo Strelyov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Internationale's Teo Otsoko played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paris Karaindros in the 22nd minute of play. After 23 minutes Internationale's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Paris Karaindros who took care of the corner kick. Αστέρας Δερβενίου's Paris Karaindros was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Teo Otsoko in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Teo Otsoko didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Αστέρας Δερβενίου's Penyo Strelyov shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Paris Karaindros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Teo Otsoko having to interfere. 29 minutes into the match, Internationale's goal looked a bit too open when Penyo Strelyov came free, but Teo Otsoko reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Αστέρας Δερβενίου booed when Internationale was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciriaco Piarres didn't get a good kick on the ball. Αστέρας Δερβενίου's Evaggelos Kapetanidis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Αστέρας Δερβενίου from getting a goal against them. Teo Otsoko took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Penyo Strelyov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

When Alexandros Plessas fell near the penalty area in the 51st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Αστέρας Δερβενίου's protests and gave Alexandros Plessas a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Αστέρας Δερβενίου's Alexandros Plessas got a free kick in the 52nd minute. After 52 played minutes, Internationale's Dimitris Saltsidis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Evaggelos Kapetanidis came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Internationale reached it. Penyo Strelyov hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. Paris Karaindros hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Ciriaco Piarres fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Evaggelos Kapetanidis having to interfere. Paris Karaindros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Teo Otsoko tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Teo Otsoko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Penyo Strelyov in the 66th minute. The audience was convinced that Ciriaco Piarres's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Evaggelos Kapetanidis was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Ciriaco Piarres received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Evaggelos Kapetanidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paris Karaindros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Teo Otsoko made a huge save. 74 minutes had been played when some careless play by Internationale's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Paris Karaindros was slow to take the kick. During this time Αστέρας Δερβενίου's players had a chance to rest. Teo Otsoko made an important save on a dangerous shot by Penyo Strelyov in the 76th minute. Teo Otsoko stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Penyo Strelyov's shot from short distance in the 77th minute. When the match had gone on for 78 minutes, Penyo Strelyov put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Teo Otsoko. Penyo Strelyov took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Teo Otsoko. Teo Otsoko dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. The supporters of Internationale booed when Αστέρας Δερβενίου was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Paris Karaindros didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Christos Theodorakos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Jerzy Zbikowski came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Αστέρας Δερβενίου fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jerzy Zbikowski couldn't finish the play. In the 97th minute, Penyo Strelyov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Αστέρας Δερβενίου fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. The Internationale fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Αστέρας Δερβενίου were clearly better and deserved to take the win.