League

Sinνkhovon Stadium
Spectators: 7511 (Terracing: 5749, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 0) Giotis Pantelis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Vrasidas Skalakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Charalambos Agathakoglou tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gösta Lund sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Apollonνa's Charalambos Agathakoglou proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Apollonνa from getting a goal against them. Marios Nassiakos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thalis Chiloudakis in the 24th minute of play. After 25 played minutes Sinνkhovon got a freekick which was hit by Nikos Fragakos. Marios Nassiakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Orestis Iakovakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Marios Nassiakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thalis Chiloudakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 30th minute Thodoris Sachinidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marios Nassiakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 32 minutes into the match, Nikos Fragakos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Charalambos Agathakoglou, 2-0. Marios Nassiakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theofilos Telemakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. 40 minutes into the game, Orestis Iakovakos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Marios Nassiakos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 45 minutes of play, Apollonνa's Notis Toufekas made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marios Nassiakos was left in no man's land by his defense there!

In the 52nd minute, Orestis Iakovakos reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Marios Nassiakos. The goal made the score 2-4. After 64 minutes of play, Sinνkhovon's Giotis Pantelis made it 3-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Charalambos Agathakoglou was left in no man's land by his defense there! Marios Nassiakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thalis Chiloudakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute Orestis Iakovakos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marios Nassiakos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Orestis Iakovakos in the 76th minute of play forced Sinνkhovon's goalkeeper Marios Nassiakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Apollonνa's Theofilos Telemakis pulled a muscle in his back after 78 minutes and couldn't finish the game. After 78 minutes, Nikos Fragakos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sinνkhovon and the Apollonνa players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 79 played minutes Sinνkhovon got a freekick which was hit by Nikos Fragakos. When Notis Toufekas fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Apollonνa's protests and gave Notis Toufekas a yellow card for diving instead. After 80 played minutes Apollonνa got a freekick which was hit by Notis Toufekas. With a little luck, Sinνkhovon's Marios Nassiakos got control of the ball when Orestis Iakovakos tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 84 played minutes Sinνkhovon got a freekick which was hit by Stelios Tassioglou. A hard shot by Giannis Xenidis from long distance, 86 minutes into the match, got Marios Nassiakos's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Marios Nassiakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thalis Chiloudakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kaido Nisu hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Marios Nassiakos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Giannis Xenidis in the 95th minute. The Apollonνa supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Apollonνa would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.