League Play-Off

Mikνnai Stadium
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. Thrasivoulos Pechlivanis started the match with the kick off. Karavσmilos BC's Thrasivoulos Pechlivanis got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 6th match minute, Karavσmilos BC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christoforos Stefanou to maneuver through the defense. Akakios Petroulis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 7th minute of the match, but Fokas Tzanis made a huge save. In the 12th minute, Akakios Petroulis 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. Theagenis Kalapodas kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. After 18 minutes Karavσmilos BC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Grigoris Kokakias who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Omiros Nikolopoulos managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Christoforos Stefanou hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. If Akakios Petroulis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 29th minute, Akakios Petroulis 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. Fokas Tzanis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Papapetrou, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dimos Plitsis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michalis Kontominas in the 34th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Olympiakos S.F. Pagou's Grigoris Kokakias got a free kick in the 36th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thrasivoulos Pechlivanis in the 39th minute of play forced Olympiakos S.F. Pagou's goalkeeper Dimos Plitsis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Thrasivoulos Pechlivanis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 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 1-0.

Fokas Tzanis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Akakios Petroulis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 60 minutes into the game, one of Karavσmilos BC:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Olympiakos S.F. Pagou a penalty, 63 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Grigoris Kokakias, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Karavσmilos BC's Fokas Tzanis. 2-0. In the 67th match minute, Olympiakos S.F. Pagou was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simos Kalimanis to maneuver through the defense. Michalis Kontominas 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. The supporters of Olympiakos S.F. Pagou booed when Karavσmilos BC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grigoris Glossopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Grigoris Kokakias took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 73rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Fokas Tzanis. Karavσmilos BC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 74th minute, Dimitris Papapetrou had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Sotos Spyrou charged in rather forcefully in the 74th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sotos Spyrou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Karavσmilos BC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Sotos Spyrou hit a great ball. In the 82nd minute Akakios Petroulis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fokas Tzanis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Paschalis Xilas fell near the penalty area in the 85th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Olympiakos S.F. Pagou's protests and gave Paschalis Xilas a yellow card for diving instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Michalis Kontominas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Karavσmilos BC's supporters rose to their feet, but Michalis Kontominas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dimos Plitsis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Akakios Petroulis hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. If Michalis Kontominas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Olympiakos S.F. Pagou's Dimos Plitsis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 98th minute of the match, managed to save Olympiakos S.F. Pagou from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Olympiakos S.F. Pagou had won after a very even match.