League Play-Off

Trovαton Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Vaggelis Fotoulis kicked off to start the match. In the 11th match minute, PAPATZILIKI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Veniamin Kasselas to maneuver through the defense. 12 minutes into the match, Π.Α.Σ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΝΑ's Zacharias Logothetis broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. In the 13th match minute, PAPATZILIKI was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Simos Paltoudakis to maneuver through the defense. 15 minutes into the match, Π.Α.Σ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΝΑ's Vaggelis Fotoulis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Panos Kyriakos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Panos Kyriakos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Thanasis Mantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ulf Pedersson made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Miltos Kalpadakis sent off a good shot on target. Vaggelis Fotoulis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Panos Kyriakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaggelis Fotoulis, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After 33 played minutes PAPATZILIKI got a freekick which was hit by Kostas Prasanakis. The audience was convinced that Thanasis Mantas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Panos Kyriakos was relentless in the 37th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vaggelis Fotoulis in the 39th minute of play forced PAPATZILIKI's goalkeeper Panos Kyriakos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 41st minute, Vaggelis Fotoulis made a precise shot to the right of Panos Kyriakos. PAPATZILIKI's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Panos Kyriakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaggelis Fotoulis, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Giannis Provatas to make the kick off. After a defensive mix-up in PAPATZILIKI's zone, Eugenios Theodorakoglou stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Panos Kyriakos came out of the goal and Eugenios Theodorakoglou tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Miltos Kalpadakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71stth minute of the game Miltos Kalpadakis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Π.Α.Σ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΝΑ's Ulf Pedersson was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Panos Kyriakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Vaggelis Fotoulis, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Thanasis Mantas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Panos Kyriakos having to interfere. In the 90th minute, one of PAPATZILIKI:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for PAPATZILIKI. The goalkeeper, Panos Kyriakos, was totally fooled by Π.Α.Σ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΝΑ's Zacharias Logothetis, who 92 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. If Thanasis Mantas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Panos Kyriakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vaggelis Fotoulis in the 99th minute of the match. Panos Kyriakos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Vaggelis Fotoulis's shot from short distance in the 100th minute. Π.Α.Σ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΝΑ'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.