League Play-Off

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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Panos Giotoulis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 3rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anestis Seferlis having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Apostolis Papazisis during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Apostolis Papazisis hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. 11 minutes into the game, Fanis Pittarakis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave kAvALa GrAnn1es the free kick. In the 11th match minute, ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fanis Pittarakis to maneuver through the defense. In the 26th minute, Stamatis Saltiris left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 28th minute, Fanis Pittarakis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Anestis Seferlis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Giotoulis in the 31st minute of the match. Anestis Seferlis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamatis Saltiris in the 36th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

If Stamatis Saltiris had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 58th minute of the game. One of ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of kAvALa GrAnn1es:s goal. The referee gave kAvALa GrAnn1es a penalty, 61 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Alexandros Kounoupis, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's Ignatios Baltimas. 3-1. Stratos Toutsidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Stratos Toutsidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. kAvALa GrAnn1es's supporters rose to their feet, but Stratos Toutsidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ignatios Baltimas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Stathis Papadimoulis charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stathis Papadimoulis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Stathis Papadimoulis hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. 77 minutes into the match, kAvALa GrAnn1es's Alexandros Kounoupis broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Stamatis Saltiris fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anestis Seferlis having to interfere. 80 minutes into the match, Stamatis Saltiris had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anestis Seferlis. kAvALa GrAnn1es's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Stamatis Saltiris was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. After a rather tough play, ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's Stathis Papadimoulis got a free kick in the 86th minute. Stratos Toutsidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Stratos Toutsidis came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the kAvALa GrAnn1es 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 Stratos Toutsidis couldn't finish the play. In the 91st minute the ball was on its way in behind ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ's goalkeeper Ignatios Baltimas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 93 played minutes ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ got a freekick which was hit by Savas Myroforidis. In the 95th minute Alexandros Kounoupis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ignatios Baltimas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The kAvALa GrAnn1es fans cheered their team off the field, for while ΕΡΥΘΡΟΣ ΑΣΤΕΡΑΣ had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.