League Play-Off

Arena Elbląg
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Lakis Tsakoumis made the kick off and thus started the match. With a little luck, Ijéki's Haimon Mandrapilias got control of the ball when Jerzy Duda tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 7th match minute, Ijéki was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Danaos Angelis to maneuver through the defense. Iphiklos Adamou kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. After 14 minutes of play, F.C. Elbląg POLAND™'s Marco Aparecido made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Haimon Mandrapilias was left in no man's land by his defense there! Haimon Mandrapilias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Romulo Gaur in the 19th minute. Bertus Busch could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Haimon Mandrapilias made a huge save. Marco Aparecido received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Haimon Mandrapilias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Agesilaus Belesis fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ijéki's protests and gave Agesilaus Belesis a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of F.C. Elbląg POLAND™ booed when Ijéki was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agesilaus Belesis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Haimon Mandrapilias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bertus Busch in the 32nd minute of the match. F.C. Elbląg POLAND™ were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Ijéki's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jerzy Duda took the corner. After a defensive mix-up in Ijéki's zone, Romulo Gaur stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Haimon Mandrapilias came out of the goal and Romulo Gaur tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marco Aparecido fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haimon Mandrapilias having to interfere. The supporters of Ijéki booed when F.C. Elbląg POLAND™ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guðfreður Valbjörnsson didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 43rd match minute, Ijéki was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agesilaus Belesis to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Ijéki's Iphiklos Adamou got a free kick in the 44th minute. 45 minutes into the match, Ijéki's goalkeeper Haimon Mandrapilias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Romulo Gaur. Marco Aparecido took the ball and in the 47 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Haimon Mandrapilias. Haimon Mandrapilias dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0.

The wind increased when Romulo Gaur made the kick off in the second half. Marco Aparecido might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Haimon Mandrapilias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Marco Aparecido ran back to his position shaking his head. Romulo Gaur sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the match, Romulo Gaur notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Ijéki's Haimon Mandrapilias. Haimon Mandrapilias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 62nd minute, Iphiklos Adamou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Romulo Gaur came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the F.C. Elbląg POLAND™ 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 Romulo Gaur couldn't finish the play. Haimon Mandrapilias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romulo Gaur's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Haimon Mandrapilias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Romulo Gaur's shot from short distance in the 66th minute. If Phoibos Hadjiyianakies had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Priamos Kaisaris scored 5-0 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Haimon Mandrapilias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. F.C. Elbląg POLAND™'s Antonio Zuccarini was substituted for Jerzy Duda. Haimon Mandrapilias came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by F.C. Elbląg POLAND™'s Romulo Gaur. But to his dismay, Romulo Gaur quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-0. 87 minutes into the match, Priamos Kaisaris notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of Ijéki's Haimon Mandrapilias. Haimon Mandrapilias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Romulo Gaur's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Haimon Mandrapilias was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Aparecido in the 92nd minute of play forced Ijéki's goalkeeper Haimon Mandrapilias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. F.C. Elbląg POLAND™'s Priamos Kaisaris got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 95th minute, Priamos Kaisaris ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Haimon Mandrapilias was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. F.C. Elbląg POLAND™ walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.