League

Nea Smyrni Stadium
Spectators: 7720 (Terracing: 5794, Seating: 1776, VIP seats: 150) Christos Karagiannopoulos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 4 minutes into the match, S.S.C. Napoli's goalkeeper Takis Krezias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Giannis Persias. Takis Krezias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giannis Persias in the 5th minute of the match. Anastasios Kounadis was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 13 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in S.S.C. Napoli fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 13th minute. Penalty! S.S.C. Napoli:s Takis Krezias showed great skill when he stopped Christos Karagiannopoulos:s penalty. S.S.C. Napoli's Emmanouil Fragidis managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Kleanthis Valassis in the 17 minute of the game. Anastasios Diamantidis kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. In the 23rd minute Christos Karagiannopoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Takis Krezias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 25 minutes, Kleanthis Valassis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panionios FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kleanthis Valassis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Themis Aslanidis kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. S.S.C. Napoli's Theofilos Argyriou got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kleanthis Valassis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 33rd minute of the match, but Takis Krezias made a huge save. Takis Krezias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kleanthis Valassis in the 42nd minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stamatis Savouridis to strike the kick off in the second half. Takis Krezias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giannis Persias in the 51st minute of the match. Minas Kakavos didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 79th minute, which inside left pole to 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giannis Persias in the 84th minute of play forced S.S.C. Napoli's goalkeeper Takis Krezias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched S.S.C. Napoli eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.