League Play-Off

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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ntinos Koumarianos started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, Sarisa F.C.'s Ntinos Koumarianos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Markos Mazarakis narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 7 minutes into the match, PONTOS F.K VOR's goal looked a bit too open when Giannis Orfanos came free, but Markos Mazarakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sarisa F.C.'s Christos Kefalogiannis got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 15th minute, Marinos Semos fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Sakis Skounas, passed just outside the right post. Ntinos Koumarianos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 34 minutes of play, Sarisa F.C.'s Giannis Orfanos made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Markos Mazarakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ntinos Koumarianos struck a weak shot in the 38th minute. Markos Mazarakis didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Sarisa F.C.. Ntinos Koumarianos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lazaros Tzouroudis was the one to do the kick off. With his leg Markos Mazarakis managed to avoid a goal in the 58thth minute, when Sarisa F.C.'s Giannis Orfanos fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Giannis Orfanos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Giannis Orfanos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Markos Mazarakis having to make a save. The long shot by Stelios Panopoulos in the 65th minute really tested Markos Mazarakis's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. If Ntinos Koumarianos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the last second Markos Mazarakis throw himself and got hold of the ball when Ntinos Koumarianos in the 72ndth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. If Lazaros Tzouroudis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ntinos Koumarianos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Markos Mazarakis having to interfere. The supporters of PONTOS F.K VOR booed when Sarisa F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vassilis Michopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Sarisa F.C.'s goalkeeper Sakis Skounas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Lazaros Tzouroudis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 87th minute, Marinos Semos 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 89th minute Lazaros Tzouroudis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sakis Skounas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Giannis Orfanos came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Sarisa 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 Giannis Orfanos couldn't finish the play. Markos Mazarakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ntinos Koumarianos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, PONTOS F.K VOR's Markos Mazarakis got control of the ball when Giannis Orfanos tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, PONTOS F.K VOR's Markos Mazarakis got control of the ball when Giannis Orfanos tried to sneak it across the goal line.