League Play-Off

Pélla Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stavros Triantis took the kick off in the first half of the match. When Stelios Mentis came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Achilleas Kaimakliou 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 Stelios Mentis couldn't finish the play. Stavros Triantis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Poias Katsiavrias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dimitris Sklavenitis's late challenge caught a Achilleas Kaimakliou's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dimitris Sklavenitis helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th minute, Dimitris Sklavenitis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 13th minute Stavros Triantis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Poias Katsiavrias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 15 minutes into the match, Giannis Potamianos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Poias Katsiavrias, 1-0. In the 18th minute Seilenos Milionis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haides Kouropoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Achilleas Kaimakliou's Haides Kouropoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alekos Villas in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th match minute, Achilleas Kaimakliou was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giannis Potamianos to maneuver through the defense. Dioskouroi Calpis might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Haides Kouropoulos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dioskouroi Calpis ran back to his position shaking his head. Pasxalis Giannopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Pasxalis Giannopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd minute, Pasxalis Giannopoulos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haides Kouropoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alekos Villas, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. OCEAN F.C's Poias Katsiavrias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aktaion Papadimitriou in the 31st minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, Stelios Mentis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Poias Katsiavrias. OCEAN F.C's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stelios Mentis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Poias Katsiavrias stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Stavros Triantis's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. After 46 minutes, Dimos Vlahos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the OCEAN F.C and the Achilleas Kaimakliou players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 47th match minute, OCEAN F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dimos Vlahos to maneuver through the defense. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Haides Kouropoulos made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Seilenos Milionis sent off a good shot on target. Achilleas Kaimakliou's Haides Kouropoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dioskouroi Calpis in the 57th minute of play. Giannis Potamianos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Poias Katsiavrias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giannis Potamianos in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 65th minute, Kimon Forakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see OCEAN F.C's Dimitris Sklavenitis in action when he in the 66th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Stelios Mentis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Achilleas Kaimakliou's supporters rose to their feet, but Stelios Mentis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Poias Katsiavrias breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Poias Katsiavrias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stavros Triantis, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Stelios Mentis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Poias Katsiavrias read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 75th minute of play. Poias Katsiavrias came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by Achilleas Kaimakliou's Stelios Mentis. But to his dismay, Stelios Mentis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. Seilenos Milionis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Haides Kouropoulos having to interfere. In the 84th minute, Giannis Potamianos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Achilleas Kaimakliou fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Poias Katsiavrias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stelios Mentis in the 90th minute of the match. After having played for 92 minutes, Stavros Triantis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Achilleas Kaimakliou's supporters crossed their fingers, but Stavros Triantis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Achilleas Kaimakliou's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.