League Play-Off

Estádio da Luz
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Skhoineus Roros got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the match, SL Benfica's Dardanos Papoutsis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Aipytos Honjas narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 13 minutes into the match, Flórina FC's goal looked a bit too open when Thanasis Panayiotopoulos came free, but Aipytos Honjas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14thth minute of the game Dardanos Papoutsis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Flórina FC's Aipytos Honjas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 16th minute, Telis Giannakos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Flórina FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Telis Giannakos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Toni Lozano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 18 minutes into the match, Aglauros Koutsoubos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Aipytos Honjas, 1-0. Dardanos Papoutsis took the ball and in the 22 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Aipytos Honjas. Aipytos Honjas 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. When Vaggelis Totolos came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the SL Benfica 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 Vaggelis Totolos couldn't finish the play. Aipytos Honjas stood somewhat misplaced when Dardanos Papoutsis came free in front of goal and shot 3-0 to the left of him in the 29 minute. In the 39th minute Skhoineus Roros shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Toni Lozano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Toni Lozano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Skhoineus Roros, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. After 42 minutes SL Benfica's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tolis Adamou who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, Flórina FC's Nicias Georgenes got a free kick in the 44th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dardanos Papoutsis in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aipytos Honjas saved Flórina FC from getting behind. Myrtilos Mersinias came free with the goalkeeper in the 47th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Aipytos Honjas could save by the left post. 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 SL Benfica's Dardanos Papoutsis in the 55th minute got a chance for a shot 55th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Flórina FC's goalie prevented a goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dardanos Papoutsis in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aipytos Honjas saved Flórina FC from getting behind. In the 62nd minute, Thanasis Panayiotopoulos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Aipytos Honjas was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dardanos Papoutsis in the 67th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Aipytos Honjas saved Flórina FC from getting behind. 72 minutes into the match, Dardanos Papoutsis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aipytos Honjas. Flórina FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dardanos Papoutsis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. After 77 minutes of play, SL Benfica's Dardanos Papoutsis made it 7-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Aipytos Honjas was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaggelis Totolos in the 80th minute of play forced Flórina FC's goalkeeper Aipytos Honjas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 81stth minute of the game Dardanos Papoutsis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Flórina FC's Aipytos Honjas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aipytos Honjas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaggelis Totolos in the 83rd minute of the match. After 85th play minutes Dardanos Papoutsis shot 8-0, a short shot which went by Aipytos Honjas and just under the crossbar into goal. When Dardanos Papoutsis came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the SL Benfica 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 Dardanos Papoutsis couldn't finish the play. 94 minutes into the game, Vaggelis Totolos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 9-0. Aipytos Honjas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.