League Play-Off

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Spectators: 39 (Terracing: 30, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Christos Vidalis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Tasos Sikalias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Christos Vidalis, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Christos Vidalis scored 0-1 in the 2nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tasos Sikalias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Michalis Savouras hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Olympiacos FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Matei Ciulei in the 12th minute. Miltiadis Panagoulias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Henri Valentič in the 18th minute. Leonidas Doulkeroglou made in the 22nd minute of the game a quick throw-in and Demis Livaditis immediately put the ball in play. 24 minutes into the match, Christos Vidalis notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of ael 1964's Tasos Sikalias. Tasos Sikalias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 28thth minute of the game Kyriakos Mavratos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Olympiacos FC's Miltiadis Panagoulias was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 35th minute, Christos Vidalis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Olympiacos FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. After 38 minutes, Leonidas Doulkeroglou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ael 1964 and the Olympiacos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Olympiacos FC booed when ael 1964 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leonidas Doulkeroglou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Christos Vidalis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 44 played minutes ael 1964 got a freekick which was hit by Jean-Michel Hajs. When Matei Ciulei came up free with the goalie in the 44th minute, the Olympiacos 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 Matei Ciulei couldn't finish the play. Tasos Sikalias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michalis Savouras in the 48th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-4 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dimitris Frantzeskos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. A collision led to ael 1964 getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Argyris Boulas hit a great ball. Christos Vidalis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Tasos Sikalias made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Demis Livaditis in the 60th minute of play forced Olympiacos FC's goalkeeper Miltiadis Panagoulias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Miltiadis Panagoulias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitris Frantzeskos in the 62nd minute of the match. 63 minutes into the match, Christos Vidalis notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of ael 1964's Tasos Sikalias. Tasos Sikalias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 67th minute, Michalis Savouras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ael 1964's Tasos Sikalias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 70th minute of the match, managed to save ael 1964 from getting a goal against them. Christos Vidalis might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Tasos Sikalias. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Christos Vidalis ran back to his position shaking his head. After 75 minutes, Stefanos Tsogas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the ael 1964 and the Olympiacos FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. 75 minutes into the game, one of ael 1964:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. When the match had been going on for 77 minutes, Olympiacos FC's Matei Ciulei got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Tasos Sikalias. In the 80th minute Kyriakos Mavratos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miltiadis Panagoulias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christos Vidalis's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Tasos Sikalias read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. ael 1964's Tasos Sikalias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save ael 1964 from getting a goal against them. Chatziantoniou Kesoglou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tasos Sikalias having to interfere. The throw-in from Leonidas Doulkeroglou in the 86th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Olympiacos FC's Chatziantoniou Kesoglou. In the 89th minute, Michalis Savouras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Michalis Savouras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tasos Sikalias having to interfere. The ael 1964 fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Olympiacos FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.