League Play-Off

Tsakonaiika Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Argyris Akrivatos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 3rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marios Panopoulos. Tsakonaiika's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 4th match minute, Tsakonaiika was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anastasios Kalamaras to maneuver through the defense. Marios Panopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dionysis Alevizos in the 5th minute of the match. Marios Panopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dionysis Alevizos in the 6th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 8th minute, Nikos Ververis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Keramarió's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikos Ververis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marios Panopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marios Panopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Nikos Ververis in the 10th minute of play. In the 12th minute of the match Panagiotis Tragas shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marios Panopoulos showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 14th minute, Nikos Ververis 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. Lakis Sakelaridis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Isidoros Drytsakos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 28th minute, Lakis Sakelaridis 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. Isidoros Drytsakos who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 32ndth minute tested the skills of Kleon Valkanis when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Tsakonaiika's Vassilis Tsorlinis got a free kick in the 33rd minute. After a rather tough play, Keramarió's Errikos Kofidis got a free kick in the 36th minute. After 39 minutes, Thymios Violopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Keramarió and the Tsakonaiika players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Tsakonaiika booed when Keramarió was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 39 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thymios Violopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Isidoros Drytsakos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Tsakonaiika's supporters rose to their feet, but Isidoros Drytsakos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kleon Valkanis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thymios Violopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Kleon Valkanis was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Panos Zabetakis. Kleon Valkanis was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Lakis Sakelaridis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lakis Sakelaridis really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nikos Ververis to make the kick off. Dionysis Alevizos 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. Marios Panopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nikos Ververis, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. 63 minutes into the match, Nikos Ververis notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Tsakonaiika's Marios Panopoulos. Marios Panopoulos was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Dionysis Alevizos scored 1-2 in the 71st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marios Panopoulos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lakis Sakelaridis in the 76th minute of play forced Keramarió's goalkeeper Kleon Valkanis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Anastasios Kalamaras kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. In the 84th minute of the match Keramarió got a corner. Tsakonaiika's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Errikos Kofidis ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 87th minute Nikos Ververis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marios Panopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Keramarió supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Keramarió would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.