League Play-Off

Athletic AthensArena
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Roúson BC's Stathis Kassianidis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Athletic Athens's Koulis Psikos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Charis Spetzopoulos in the 6th minute of play. Koulis Psikos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charis Spetzopoulos in the 12th minute of the match. Christos Dedes didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Athletic Athens's Viktor Benke shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Roúson BC's Christos Dedes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 19th minute of the match, managed to save Roúson BC from getting a goal against them. Manos Tochouroglou's late challenge caught a Athletic Athens's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Manos Tochouroglou helped the player get up and apologised. In the 20th minute, Manos Tochouroglou hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Stathis Kassianidis came up free with the goalie in the 31st minute, the Roúson BC 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 Stathis Kassianidis couldn't finish the play. Kostas Kallas kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. Koulis Psikos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charis Spetzopoulos in the 37th minute of the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Viktor Benke made a kick off. Viktor Benke struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Christos Dedes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Athletic Athens. In the 53rd minute Andreas Poursanidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Christos Dedes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 54 minutes of play, Athletic Athens's Viktor Benke made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christos Dedes was left in no man's land by his defense there! Roúson BC's Christos Dedes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Andreas Poursanidis in the 60th minute of play. Andreas Poursanidis struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Christos Dedes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Athletic Athens. Koulis Psikos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stathis Kassianidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giorgos Kareklopoulos hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. When the match had gone on for 69 minutes, Viktor Benke put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Christos Dedes. Christos Dedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Viktor Benke in the 73rd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 75th minute, Andreas Poursanidis managed to get in a good position for a shot. Athletic Athens's supporters rose to their feet, but Andreas Poursanidis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Christos Dedes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Christos Dedes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Viktor Benke, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Eikki Hinn fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Athletic Athens's protests and gave Eikki Hinn a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Roúson BC booed when Athletic Athens was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Eikki Hinn didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eikki Hinn hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Andreas Poursanidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 89 minutes, Viktor Benke put it in 4-1 from a short distance just to the right of Christos Dedes. Theofilos Papaspyrou hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Athletic Athens's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.