League Play-Off

Sirαkon Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Eutichios Karakostas scored 0-1 in the 5th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Thanos Stratidis, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 8 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sirαkon! In the 9th minute there was a penalty for GREEN FC. Markos Kilaidonis stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Thanos Stratidis. 0-2. After 18 minutes of play, Sirαkon's Alekos Mytilineos made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Miltiadis Vrotsos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanos Stratidis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Eutichios Karakostas in the 22nd minute of play. Sirαkon's Thanos Stratidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eutichios Karakostas in the 24th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Eutichios Karakostas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Thanos Stratidis was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. Efthimis Katsaridas blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Thanos Stratidis having to make a save. If Eutichios Karakostas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 34 minutes, Eutichios Karakostas managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. GREEN FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eutichios Karakostas was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Alekos Mytilineos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Miltiadis Vrotsos made a huge save. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Sirαkon's goalkeeper Thanos Stratidis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Sirαkon's Thanos Stratidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Efthimis Katsaridas in the 42nd minute of play. In the 43rd minute Eutichios Karakostas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Thanos Stratidis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Eutichios Karakostas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Thanos Stratidis having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eutichios Karakostas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eutichios Karakostas in the 52nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Thanos Stratidis saved Sirαkon from getting behind. Sirαkon's Alekos Mytilineos got a good chance for a goal in the 59th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sirαkon's Thanos Stratidis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eutichios Karakostas in the 61st minute of play. Thanos Stratidis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Efthimis Katsaridas in the 66th minute. In the 78th minute, Eutichios Karakostas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Thanos Stratidis. The goal made the score 1-3. 84 minutes into the match, Efthimis Katsaridas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Thanos Stratidis. Sirαkon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Efthimis Katsaridas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-4. Eutichios Karakostas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Thanos Stratidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. GREEN FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.