League

Veltsísta Stadium
Spectators: 7260 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1450, VIP seats: 50) Panos Polymerou made the kick off and thus started the match. 4 minutes into the match, Emmanouil Papachristoulis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Vassilis Philipopoulos. ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emmanouil Papachristoulis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Thomas Mitropoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Panos Polymerou's shot from short distance in the 7th minute. Vassilis Philipopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emmanouil Papachristoulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Vassilis Philipopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anestis Trilofos in the 12th minute of the match. In the 14th minute, Panos Polymerou made a precise shot to the right of Thomas Mitropoulos. Malounion's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michalis Tzanetakos in the 18th minute of play forced ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ's goalkeeper Vassilis Philipopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 2-1 when Panos Polymerou sped through Malounion's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Thomas Mitropoulos. Panos Polymerou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Michalis Tzanetakos came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Malounion 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 Michalis Tzanetakos couldn't finish the play. Panos Polymerou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Thomas Mitropoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 42 minutes, Ermis Ziogas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ and the Malounion players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Malounion's zone, Panos Polymerou stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomas Mitropoulos came out of the goal and Panos Polymerou tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nikos Loukanidis lost his temper 47 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. After 46 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Malounion! All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Michalis Tzanetakos made a kick off. In the 63rdth minute of the game Panos Polymerou who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Malounion's Thomas Mitropoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The audience was convinced that Panos Polymerou's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thomas Mitropoulos was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. A collision led to Malounion getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Achilleas Stavroulis hit a great ball. If Alekos Kapatais had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Thomas Mitropoulos had in the 84thth minute some difficulties stopping Alekos Kapatais's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Michalis Tzanetakos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vassilis Philipopoulos having to interfere. The supporters of Malounion booed when ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 90 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ermis Ziogas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 92ndth minute of the game Akis Varakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Malounion's Thomas Mitropoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The supporters of Malounion booed when ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 95 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alekos Kapatais didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Akis Varakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thomas Mitropoulos was relentless in the 98th minute of the game. There was no doubt that ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ were the better team. ΦΟΙΝΙΚΑΣ's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.