League Play-Off

Panιrion Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Konstantinos Thomakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sotiris Papagiannis, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. Kosmas Tzorvas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Konstantinos Thomakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konstantinos Thomakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sotiris Papagiannis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 11 minutes into the match, Panιrion's goal looked a bit too open when Sotiris Papagiannis came free, but Konstantinos Thomakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 12th minute Sotiris Papagiannis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Konstantinos Thomakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kosmas Tzorvas took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Konstantinos Thomakis. Konstantinos Thomakis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 18 minutes into the match, Panιrion's goal looked a bit too open when Sotiris Papagiannis came free, but Konstantinos Thomakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 22nd minute, Sotiris Papagiannis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ano Skotina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 29 minutes into the match, Sotiris Papagiannis notched a goal, 0-3, to the right of Panιrion's Konstantinos Thomakis. Konstantinos Thomakis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 33 minutes, Sotiris Papagiannis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ano Skotina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sotiris Papagiannis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Kosmas Tzorvas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sotiris Papagiannis in the 38th minute of play forced Panιrion's goalkeeper Konstantinos Thomakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kosmas Tzorvas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Konstantinos Thomakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konstantinos Thomakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sotiris Papagiannis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After the first half Ano Skotina were leading 0-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kosmas Tzorvas to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sotiris Papagiannis got free with Konstantinos Thomakis in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 53 minutes, Sokratis Samaratos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Panιrion's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sokratis Samaratos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 55thth minute of the game Isidoros Koulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Ano Skotina's Charis Mendrinos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Christos Sarris received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Charis Mendrinos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Konstantinos Thomakis was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Kosmas Tzorvas showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 60 minute of play. Panιrion's Konstantinos Thomakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kosmas Tzorvas in the 64th minute of play. Konstantinos Thomakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kosmas Tzorvas in the 67th minute of the match. In the 72nd minute, Sotiris Papagiannis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Konstantinos Thomakis was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-5. Kosmas Tzorvas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Konstantinos Thomakis having to interfere. Kosmas Tzorvas might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Konstantinos Thomakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Kosmas Tzorvas ran back to his position shaking his head. Konstantinos Thomakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sotiris Papagiannis, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 91st minute, Menelaos Ntovas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ano Skotina's supporters rose to their feet, but Menelaos Ntovas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Konstantinos Thomakis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 93rd minute, Sokratis Samaratos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match was over Ano Skotina could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Panιrion throughout the match.