League Play-Off

Nerantziaí Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos made the kick off which started today's match. Dardanos Sortras made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zethos Varvitsiotes in the 17th minute. Lambros Liatos's late challenge caught a Nerantziaí FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lambros Liatos helped the player get up and apologised. After having played for 20 minutes, Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Nerantziaí FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Agesilaus Kefalas charged in rather forcefully in the 23rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Agesilaus Kefalas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 23rd match minute, Nerantziaí FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agesilaus Kefalas to maneuver through the defense. If Agix Vlahos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adrastos Demakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agix Vlahos in the 30th minute of the match. In the 32nd minute, Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos 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. In the 33rd match minute, ELLAS F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Skhoineus Fitrakis to maneuver through the defense. Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos was extremely unlucky when he, in the 35th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Dardanos Sortras took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 37 minutes into the game, Iphiklos Sakelaris was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nerantziaí FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ELLAS F.C. the free kick. In the 39th minute Agix Vlahos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adrastos Demakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Nerantziaí FC's Iphiklos Sakelaris got a free kick in the 40th minute. Zethos Varvitsiotes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dardanos Sortras having to interfere. In the 47th match minute, ELLAS F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lambros Liatos to maneuver through the defense.

The wind increased when Alkinoos Strilakos made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of ELLAS F.C. booed when Nerantziaí FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kapaneus Demas didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nerantziaí FC's Adrastos Demakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alkinoos Strilakos in the 55th minute of play. After a rather tough play, ELLAS F.C.'s Skhoineus Fitrakis got a free kick in the 57th minute. Dardanos Sortras showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zethos Varvitsiotes in the 59th minute of the match. When Zethos Varvitsiotes came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Nerantziaí FC 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 Zethos Varvitsiotes couldn't finish the play. Nerantziaí FC's Zethos Varvitsiotes got a good chance for a goal in the 64th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Nerantziaí FC 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 Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos couldn't finish the play. Zethos Varvitsiotes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 76th minute. Dardanos Sortras tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Adrastos Demakis was out of position in the 80 minute of play, and Alkinoos Strilakos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alkinoos Strilakos really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Agix Vlahos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Adrastos Demakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ELLAS F.C. getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Agix Vlahos hit a great ball. When Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Nerantziaí FC 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 Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos couldn't finish the play. In the 89th minute Zethos Varvitsiotes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dardanos Sortras saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 92 minutes, Lambros Liatos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ELLAS F.C.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Lambros Liatos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Zethos Varvitsiotes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 97 minutes, Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nerantziaí FC and the ELLAS F.C. players grew even worse after the yellow card. Pasxalis Gavrilopoulos hit a great freekick 97 minutes into the match. Despite being the better team, Nerantziaí FC failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.