League

Rodhotopion Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikos Tziortzopoulos started the match with the kick off. Dimitris Papatsakalos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Nikos Tziortzopoulos's shot from short distance in the 11th minute. In the 15th minute, Konstantinos Persidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tsirkoskila's Dimitris Papatsakalos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Tziortzopoulos in the 25th minute of play. AIANTAS A.O.N.P.'s attack was well implemented in the 27th minute, but when Nikos Tziortzopoulos was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. When Petros Saveris came up free with the goalie in the 29th minute, the Tsirkoskila 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 Petros Saveris couldn't finish the play. Alexis Kotsovolos charged in rather forcefully in the 32nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Alexis Kotsovolos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 32nd minute, Alexis Kotsovolos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pantelis Verikokos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Aggelos Kaliris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 38th minute, Renos Markogiannakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Aggelos Kaliris acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 42nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Koulis Travlos. After 46 played minutes, AIANTAS A.O.N.P.'s Kostas Moustakalis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Dimitris Papatsakalos 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 AIANTAS A.O.N.P. reached it. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Petros Saveris stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Aggelos Kaliris made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Petros Saveris in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pantelis Verikokos in the 56th minute of play forced AIANTAS A.O.N.P.'s goalkeeper Aggelos Kaliris to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ilias Kanellidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 62nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 64th match minute, Tsirkoskila was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ntinos Staboulidis to maneuver through the defense. Petros Saveris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 70th minute, Nikiforos Mendrinos managed to get in a good position for a shot. AIANTAS A.O.N.P.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Nikiforos Mendrinos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dimitris Papatsakalos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Nikiforos Mendrinos managed to get in a good position for a shot. AIANTAS A.O.N.P.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Nikiforos Mendrinos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dimitris Papatsakalos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Nikos Tziortzopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Dimitris Papatsakalos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nikos Tziortzopoulos who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 85thth minute tested the skills of Dimitris Papatsakalos when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 89th minute, Zinon Savouras 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 96th minute Nikos Tziortzopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dimitris Papatsakalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.