League

MEACA
Spectators: 7690 (Terracing: 5768, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Marios Petaloudas started the match with the kick off. Dimitris Sarafis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Apostolikas Stelidis in the 6th minute of the match. Dimitris Sarafis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sakis Karageorgiou in the 11th minute of the match. In the 12th minute of the match Spyros Tachtatzis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dimitris Sarafis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Sakis Karageorgiou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Dimitris Sarafis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fokas Kakkos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Miltos Stroggilos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th minute, Theodosis Iakovakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dimitris Sarafis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Apostolikas Stelidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. In the 38th match minute, NERAXHURI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Renos Kotsolis to maneuver through the defense. NERAXHURI's Dimitris Sarafis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sakis Karageorgiou in the 41st minute of play. Menios Vlastos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 47th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Dimitris Sarafis. NERAXHURI's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Apostolikas Stelidis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 51 played minutes Zacharias Stafidas rounded NERAXHURI's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-1. With a little luck, NERAXHURI's Dimitris Sarafis got control of the ball when Sakis Karageorgiou tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to NERAXHURI getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Marios Petaloudas hit a great ball. The supporters of NERAXHURI booed when ROMANOS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Theodosis Iakovakis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 64 minutes, Dimitris Sarafis successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After a rather tough play, ROMANOS's Spyros Tachtatzis got a free kick in the 68th minute. Filippos Vyntras took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 74th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Miltos Stroggilos. ROMANOS's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 75th minute Marios Petaloudas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miltos Stroggilos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marios Petaloudas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 77th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 79 minutes into the game, Fokas Kakkos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. NERAXHURI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ROMANOS the free kick. In the 82nd minute, Apostolikas Stelidis reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Dimitris Sarafis. The goal made the score 0-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marios Petaloudas in the 89th minute of play forced ROMANOS's goalkeeper Miltos Stroggilos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Marios Petaloudas came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the NERAXHURI 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 Marios Petaloudas couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 97th minute, Marios Petaloudas managed to get in a good position for a shot. NERAXHURI's supporters rose to their feet, but Marios Petaloudas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Miltos Stroggilos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.