League

Rizovoϊni Stadium
Spectators: 7709 (Terracing: 5783, Seating: 1773, VIP seats: 153) Manos Anastasis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Through an outstanding action, after 3 minutes, Ntinos Zachalios successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 9th match minute, Prinilas Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evripidis Tsoukalas to maneuver through the defense. Paraskevas Ipsilantis, 10 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Thrasivoulos Gletsos during the 12th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 12 played minutes Thiva got a freekick which was hit by Thrasivoulos Gletsos. Nikos Chatzipetrou stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ignatios Metaxas's shot from short distance in the 15th minute. Nikos Chatzipetrou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kyriakos Kantas, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. 21 minutes into the match, Thiva's goal looked a bit too open when Kyriakos Kantas came free, but Nikos Chatzipetrou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ignatios Metaxas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 26 minutes into the game, Thiva's Manos Anastasis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ntinos Zachalios made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. Kyriakos Kantas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nikos Chatzipetrou having to interfere. Nikos Chatzipetrou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kyriakos Kantas in the 33rd minute of the match. If Kyriakos Kantas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ignatios Metaxas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Nikos Chatzipetrou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alexis Aggelakos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Ntinos Zachalios made a huge save. After 43 minutes, Stergios Tirovolas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Prinilas Utd and the Thiva players grew even worse after the yellow card. Stergios Tirovolas kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Kyriakos Kantas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giorgos Villas in the 55th minute of play forced Prinilas Utd's goalkeeper Ntinos Zachalios to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th minute, Manos Anastasis 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. Manos Anastasis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Alexis Aggelakos came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Thiva 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 Alexis Aggelakos couldn't finish the play. Ignatios Metaxas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kyriakos Kantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 72nd minute Kyriakos Kantas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nikos Chatzipetrou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ntinos Zachalios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manos Anastasis in the 80th minute of the match. Ntinos Zachalios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Manos Anastasis, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. 93 minutes into the match, Ignatios Metaxas notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Thiva's Nikos Chatzipetrou. Nikos Chatzipetrou was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.