League Play-Off

Kúrsovon Stadium
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Nektarios Stratas got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Nektarios Stratas 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. Alexis Alexiou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Loukianos Vaitsis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marios Melisofagos hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Miltos Katsanevas's late challenge caught a Sevasti's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Miltos Katsanevas helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd minute, Alexis Alexiou 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. After 24 played minutes Sevasti got a freekick which was hit by Kyriakos Terzis. Petros Kanavopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Petros Stravelakis in the 27th minute of the match. Christos Pallis made a fantastic save in the 28th minute, when Alexis Alexiou sent off a good shot on target. Petros Kanavopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loukianos Vaitsis, who was totally free with the ball in the 35th minute. Nektarios Stratas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Alexis Alexiou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Petros Stravelakis to make the kick off. In the 52nd minute, Alexis Alexiou left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Kúrsovon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Alexis Alexiou recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 58th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nektarios Stratas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Christos Pallis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christos Pallis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Nikoloudis in the 63rd minute of the match. Petros Kanavopoulos made a fantastic save in the 66th minute, when Loukianos Vaitsis sent off a good shot on target. Loukianos Vaitsis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute, Loukianos Vaitsis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With his leg Petros Kanavopoulos managed to avoid a goal in the 73rdth minute, when Sevasti's Loukianos Vaitsis fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Kúrsovon's Nektarios Stratas got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Petros Stravelakis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sevasti's supporters rose to their feet, but Petros Stravelakis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Petros Kanavopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alexis Alexiou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kúrsovon's Petros Kanavopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Petros Stravelakis in the 84th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nektarios Stratas in the 86th minute of play forced Sevasti's goalkeeper Christos Pallis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 90 minutes into the match, Nektarios Stratas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Christos Pallis. Sevasti's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Nektarios Stratas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Alexis Alexiou sent away a hard shot on goal in the 97th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.