League Play-Off

Kariá Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Helios Preftokis got the match started through his kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Pavlos Pispinis during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 4 played minutes ROSTOV F.C got a freekick which was hit by Pavlos Pispinis. Anestis Kalogiannis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Asopos Manoukarakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Konstantinos Demopoulos in the 13th minute of the match. A hard shot 17 in the game by Aison Antipas from a close distance when the talented Dimitris Eliopoulos managed to make a qualified save. XANTHOS F.C's players were relieved. Aison Antipas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Dimitris Eliopoulos made a huge save. When Helios Preftokis, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 27 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Dimitris Eliopoulos was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Dimitris Eliopoulos made a fantastic save in the 29th minute, when Aison Antipas sent off a good shot on target. If Aison Antipas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Konstantinos Demopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Aison Antipas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimitris Eliopoulos having to interfere. Dimitris Eliopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Helios Preftokis in the 47th minute of play. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Konstantinos Demopoulos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 54th match minute, ROSTOV F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pavlos Pispinis to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of XANTHOS F.C booed when ROSTOV F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Pavlos Pispinis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anestis Kalogiannis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Asopos Manoukarakis having to interfere. In the 62nd minute, Helios Preftokis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Dimitris Eliopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aison Antipas, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Helios Preftokis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Dimitris Eliopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Aison Antipas came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the ROSTOV F.C 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 Aison Antipas couldn't finish the play. Anestis Kalogiannis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 72nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Anestis Kalogiannis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 73rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Konstantinos Demopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavlos Pispinis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dimitris Eliopoulos having to interfere. The supporters of ROSTOV F.C booed when XANTHOS F.C was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kelaino Rigopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Anestis Kalogiannis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pavlos Pispinis was shown his second yellow card after 87 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After 88 played minutes ROSTOV F.C got a freekick which was hit by Pavlos Pispinis.