League

Kalotá Stadium
Spectators: 7743 (Terracing: 5809, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Nektarios Boulougouris made the kick off which started today's match. A collision led to Oxford University getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Nikos Liberiou hit a great ball. 7 minutes into the game, AEK THESS's Apostolos Iordanopoulos nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Valentinos Kyriakakoglou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. When Nikos Liberiou fell near the penalty area in the 12th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Oxford University's protests and gave Nikos Liberiou a yellow card for diving instead. In the 12th minute, Nikos Liberiou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. AEK THESS's Eustratios Konstantinou couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 12th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Oxford University. After having played for 18 minutes, Soulis Kounadakis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. AEK THESS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Soulis Kounadakis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the AEK THESS defense, Dimitris Kisemlis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ilias Panopoulos. The AEK THESS fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ilias Panopoulos should have stopped the shot. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nektarios Boulougouris during the 28th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th minute, Nektarios Boulougouris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikos Tevekelis charged in rather forcefully in the 35th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nikos Tevekelis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nikos Tevekelis hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. 38 minutes into the match, Apostolos Iordanopoulos notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Oxford University's Valentinos Kyriakakoglou. Valentinos Kyriakakoglou was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Soulis Kounadakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 44 minutes into the match, Oxford University's goal looked a bit too open when Apostolos Iordanopoulos came free, but Valentinos Kyriakakoglou reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Disappointed in the 1-4 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

In the 50th match minute, Oxford University was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nikos Tevekelis to maneuver through the defense. Nektarios Boulougouris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilias Panopoulos having to interfere. When Apostolos Iordanopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the AEK THESS 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 Apostolos Iordanopoulos couldn't finish the play. Soulis Kounadakis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Valentinos Kyriakakoglou read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 62nd minute of play. In the 62nd minute, Nikos Tevekelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65thth minute of the game Apostolos Iordanopoulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Oxford University's Valentinos Kyriakakoglou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 66 played minutes AEK THESS got a freekick which was hit by Nikos Kasidokostas. Dimitris Kisemlis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ilias Panopoulos having to interfere. Apostolos Iordanopoulos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Valentinos Kyriakakoglou came out and tried to block the shot, but Apostolos Iordanopoulos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-5 in the 73rd minute. A collision led to AEK THESS getting a freekick after 80 minutes play. Akakios Antonakis hit a great ball. Aris Chronoulis charged in rather forcefully in the 82nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Aris Chronoulis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 82nd minute, Aris Chronoulis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Oxford University's Dimitris Kisemlis got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Ilias Panopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Tevekelis in the 87th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Kisemlis in the 88th minute of play forced AEK THESS's goalkeeper Ilias Panopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. AEK THESS's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.