League Play-Off

Palaion Diasellon
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) 7 minutes into the match, Palaion Diasellon's Grigoris Fragis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Viktoras Venopoulos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Dimitris Katsadourakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 9th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Pavlos Stathis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dimitris Katsadourakis's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Dimitris Katsadourakis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 15th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 22nd minute, Chrisostomos Iordanopoulos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palaion Diasellon fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. 28 minutes into the game, Chrisostomos Iordanopoulos cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Viktoras Venopoulos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 34th minute Grigoris Fragis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktoras Venopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 39th minute Grigoris Fragis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktoras Venopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Palaion Diasellon booed when xaidari2010 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Christodoulos Pantrianakos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dimitris Katsadourakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pavlos Stathis having to interfere. Viktoras Venopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kosmas Ipsilantis, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Dimitris Katsadourakis to strike the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Chrisostomos Iordanopoulos in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Viktoras Venopoulos saved xaidari2010 from getting behind. When Themis Kostis fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored xaidari2010's protests and gave Themis Kostis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 60th minute, Themis Kostis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Viktoras Venopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grigoris Fragis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 67th minute Grigoris Fragis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Viktoras Venopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Grigoris Fragis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pavlos Stathis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitris Katsadourakis in the 76th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vaios Theofilakos got free with Pavlos Stathis in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Vaios Theofilakos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chrisostomos Iordanopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Viktoras Venopoulos came out of the goal in the 84th minute to try and stop a shot by Palaion Diasellon's Grigoris Fragis. But to his dismay, Grigoris Fragis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. Chrisostomos Iordanopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Viktoras Venopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Grigoris Fragis came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Palaion Diasellon fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Grigoris Fragis couldn't finish the play. Palaion Diasellon's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.