League Play-Off

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Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) meteora 1929's Chatziantoniou Xanthos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Chatziantoniou Xanthos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Stamatis Bountos made a huge save. Stamatis Bountos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aris Kasnaferis, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. meteora 1929's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Nasos Venetidis in the 14th minute. The corner ended in Nasos Venetidis almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but FC Bad Company's Stamatis Bountos did a great save. Prodromos Kabourakis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 16th minute of the match, but Stamatis Bountos made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Spyros Dimitriou in the 19th minute of play forced meteora 1929's goalkeeper Soulis Vamvakousis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Soulis Vamvakousis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theodosis Katsikas, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Stamatis Bountos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 23rd minute of play. Soulis Vamvakousis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Spyros Dimitriou in the 28th minute of the match. Stamatis Bountos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chatziantoniou Xanthos in the 31st minute. FC Bad Company's Theodosis Katsikas got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 32 minutes into the match, meteora 1929's goal looked a bit too open when Theodosis Katsikas came free, but Soulis Vamvakousis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the match, FC Bad Company's goalkeeper Stamatis Bountos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nikos Sarkanis. Chatziantoniou Xanthos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Stamatis Bountos made a huge save. FC Bad Company's Stamatis Bountos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Prodromos Kabourakis in the 45th minute of play. In the 46th minute, Giorgos Raftis made a precise shot to the right of Soulis Vamvakousis. meteora 1929's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-2. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 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 Spyros Dimitriou stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Theodosis Katsikas received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Soulis Vamvakousis came out and tried to block the shot, but Theodosis Katsikas slotted it home off the left post making it 0-3 in the 51st minute. Spyros Dimitrious short, quick shot in the 54thth minute got Soulis Vamvakousis to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Stamatis Bountos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chatziantoniou Xanthos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Stamatis Bountos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitris Fragou in the 63rd minute of the match. meteora 1929's defense didn't have a chance, in the 65th minute, when Spyros Dimitriou scored to the left of an out of position Soulis Vamvakousis, making the score, 1-4. 68 minutes into the match, FC Bad Company's goal looked a bit too open when Nikos Sarkanis came free, but Stamatis Bountos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute, Chatziantoniou Xanthos ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Stamatis Bountos was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dimitris Fragou in the 73rd minute of play forced FC Bad Company's goalkeeper Stamatis Bountos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. meteora 1929's Nikos Sarkanis managed to work through FC Bad Company's defense and was going for an easy goal, but he hit the shot with his toe and the ball flew outside the goal. Nikos Sarkanis dejectedly held out his arms as if to ask why the ball hadn't gone in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nikos Sarkanis in the 75th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Stamatis Bountos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 75 minutes in the game, Nikos Sarkanis dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Stamatis Bountos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Fragou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Alexandros Semos kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, FC Bad Company's goal looked a bit too open when Dimitris Fragou came free, but Stamatis Bountos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to meteora 1929 getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Theofilos Bozidis hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 95th minute, Spyros Dimitriou managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Bad Company's supporters rose to their feet, but Spyros Dimitriou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Soulis Vamvakousis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The FC Bad Company supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing FC Bad Company would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.