League Play-Off

KALITHEA Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, 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. Odysseas Parafestas started the match with the kick off. The audience was convinced that Mao Zheng Guang's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zinon Georgiadis was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Zinon Georgiadis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mao Zheng Guang, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. KALITHEA's Mao Zheng Guang got a good chance for a goal in the 17th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in KALITHEA's zone, Odysseas Parafestas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sebastian Oprișor came out of the goal and Odysseas Parafestas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Sebastian Oprișor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Parafestas in the 32nd minute of the match. With his leg Zinon Georgiadis managed to avoid a goal in the 36thth minute, when KALITHEA's Mao Zheng Guang fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 41 minutes in the game, Mao Zheng Guang fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Zinon Georgiadis having to interfere. Sarp Hulk fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zinon Georgiadis having to interfere. If Vaios Kailas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mao Zheng Guang made a kick off. Sebastian Oprișor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Odysseas Parafestas in the 59th minute of the match. If Odysseas Parafestas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. KALITHEA's Sebastian Oprișor proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save KALITHEA from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Odysseas Parafestas in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastian Oprișor prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a rather tough play, KALITHEA's Argyris Velakis got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Zinon Georgiadis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mao Zheng Guang in the 78th minute of play. The supporters of Lαnthion BC booed when KALITHEA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lefteris Mamatziolas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 82ndth minute of the game Mao Zheng Guang who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Lαnthion BC's Zinon Georgiadis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Mao Zheng Guang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 86th minute, KALITHEA's Giorgos Digozis seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Giorgos Digozis the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of KALITHEA protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Giorgos Digozis had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 85 minutes into the game, one of KALITHEA:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Sebastian Oprișor, was totally fooled by Lαnthion BC's Fondas Kouveliotis, who 88 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandros Papaioannou in the 98th minute of play forced KALITHEA's goalkeeper Sebastian Oprișor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Despite being the better team, KALITHEA failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.