League Play-Off

Magoϊlas Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tasos Papaefstathiou got the match started through his kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 3rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Nestoras Kolonelos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. With a little luck, REDS FC's Nestoras Kolonelos got control of the ball when Alexis Alexandridis tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nestoras Kolonelos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 7th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Paok4Hellas's Tasos Papaefstathiou got a free kick in the 14th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Tasos Papaefstathiou managed to get in a good position for a shot. Paok4Hellas's supporters rose to their feet, but Tasos Papaefstathiou was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nestoras Kolonelos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alexis Alexandridis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Nestoras Kolonelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alekos Valassopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thomas Vangelis having to interfere. In the 27th minute of the match, Tasos Papaefstathiou tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Nestoras Kolonelos saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Nestoras Kolonelos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 33rd minute of the match. Nestoras Kolonelos was a little too slow when Tasos Papaefstathiou got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 48th minute. The score was now 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The wind increased when Nikos Kraidis made the kick off in the second half. Alexis Alexandridis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Nestoras Kolonelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 61st minute Tasos Papaefstathiou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nestoras Kolonelos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thanks to some nice moves Alekos Valassopoulos could shoot a difficult shot in the 64th minute, which Thomas Vangelis however easily saved by the left post. In the 65th minute, Pantelis Kiassos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Alexis Alexandridis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nestoras Kolonelos was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Tasos Papaefstathiou might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Nestoras Kolonelos. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Tasos Papaefstathiou ran back to his position shaking his head. Makis Georgiou hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Alekos Valassopoulos managed to get in a good position for a shot. REDS FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Alekos Valassopoulos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Thomas Vangelis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. REDS FC's Nestoras Kolonelos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tasos Papaefstathiou in the 83rd minute of play. Nikos Kraidis might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Thomas Vangelis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nikos Kraidis ran back to his position shaking his head. After a defensive mix-up in Paok4Hellas's zone, Nikos Kraidis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Thomas Vangelis came out of the goal and Nikos Kraidis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 88 minutes, Michalis Sapounidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paok4Hellas and the REDS FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 88th minute, Michalis Sapounidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tasos Papaefstathiou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Nestoras Kolonelos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 99th match minute, Paok4Hellas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kyriakos Giatridis to maneuver through the defense. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Paok4Hellas had played much better football throughout.