League Play-Off

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Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, 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. Ntinos Katsiabis started the match with the kick off. In the 7th match minute, Παναθηναϊκός FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theofilos Bissias to maneuver through the defense. Priσlithos FC's Loukas Michaloliakos couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 8th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Παναθηναϊκός FC. Antonis Prasinos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Vassilis Tsartsikidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vassilis Tsartsikidis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Savas Natsis went, in the 14th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Savas Natsis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to Priσlithos FC getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Savas Natsis hit a great ball. With a little luck, Priσlithos FC's Sotos Skilitsis got control of the ball when Ntinos Katsiabis tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Kyriakos Tsirimokos came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Παναθηναϊκός FC 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 Kyriakos Tsirimokos couldn't finish the play. 25 minutes into the match, Παναθηναϊκός FC's goal looked a bit too open when Antonis Prasinos came free, but Vassilis Tsartsikidis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Priσlithos FC's goalkeeper Sotos Skilitsis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ntinos Katsiabis. The Παναθηναϊκός FC fans' excitement grew in the 32nd match minute when Παναθηναϊκός FC's Theofilos Kazatzis looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Theofilos Kazatzis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sotos Skilitsis having to interfere. Sotos Skilitsis didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Παναθηναϊκός FC's Ntinos Katsiabis shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Sotos Skilitsis was a little too slow when Antonis Chatzakoglou got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 42nd minute. The score was now 3-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michalis Passaris in the 48th minute of play forced Παναθηναϊκός FC's goalkeeper Vassilis Tsartsikidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The wind increased when Savas Natsis made the kick off in the second half. In the 52ndth minute of the game Kyriakos Tsirimokos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Priσlithos FC's Sotos Skilitsis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Michalis Passaris's late challenge caught a Παναθηναϊκός FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Michalis Passaris helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Priσlithos FC getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Michalis Passaris hit a great ball. Sotos Skilitsis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theofilos Bissias in the 54th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Antonis Prasinos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Priσlithos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Antonis Prasinos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vassilis Tsartsikidis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Antonis Prasinos's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 65thth minute, Vassilis Tsartsikidis skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Michalis Passaris was shown his second yellow card after 69 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a rather tough play, Priσlithos FC's Michalis Passaris got a free kick in the 70th minute. In the 72nd minute Ntinos Katsiabis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sotos Skilitsis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Sotos Skilitsis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonis Chatzakoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Sotos Mavrofidis's late challenge caught a Παναθηναϊκός FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sotos Mavrofidis helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Priσlithos FC getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Sotos Mavrofidis hit a great ball. In the 76th minute, Theofilos Kazatzis left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Παναθηναϊκός FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ntinos Katsiabis in the 80th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Sotos Skilitsis saved Priσlithos FC from getting behind. Sotos Skilitsis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonis Chatzakoglou in the 89th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ntinos Katsiabis in the 96th minute of play forced Priσlithos FC's goalkeeper Sotos Skilitsis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There was no doubt that Παναθηναϊκός FC were the better team. Παναθηναϊκός FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.