League Play-Off

Pappadαtai
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Gavrista FC's Alexandros Kanavos 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. Paris Poulopoulos got a throw-in 5 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Anastasios Akrivos. The supporters of Pappadαtai booed when Gavrista FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miltos Georgakopoulos didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Vaggelis Tsioridis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Lefteris Spanidis was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. When Vaggelis Tsioridis came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Pappadαtai 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 Vaggelis Tsioridis couldn't finish the play. Vaggelis Tsioridis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Lefteris Spanidis made a huge save. After a defensive mix-up in Pappadαtai's zone, Alketas Pentedekas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wim Van den Driesch came out of the goal and Alketas Pentedekas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A sloppy throw-in by Paris Poulopoulos in the 31st minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Pappadαtai's Nikolas Ligdas. Vaggelis Tsioridis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lefteris Spanidis having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Gavrista FC's Anastasios Akrivos got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Wim Van den Driesch showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Konstantinos Drakos, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. Wim Van den Driesch made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandros Kanavos in the 46th minute of play. After 47 played minutes Gavrista FC got a freekick which was hit by Anastasios Akrivos. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Vaggelis Tsioridis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 53 minutes, Konstantinos Drakos managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Gavrista FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Konstantinos Drakos was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 55thth minute of the game Vaggelis Tsioridis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gavrista FC's Lefteris Spanidis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 58th minute of the game Giannis Tzavelas made a throw-in which Alexandros Kanavos played forward. Wim Van den Driesch showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandros Kanavos in the 63rd minute of the match. Wim Van den Driesch came out of the goal in the 67th minute to try and stop a shot by Gavrista FC's Konstantinos Drakos. But to his dismay, Konstantinos Drakos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After a defensive mix-up in Gavrista FC's zone, Vaggelis Tsioridis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lefteris Spanidis came out of the goal and Vaggelis Tsioridis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 78 minutes into the match, Pappadαtai's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandros Kanavos came free, but Wim Van den Driesch reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Konstantinos Drakos got free with Wim Van den Driesch in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 83rdth minute of the game Vaggelis Tsioridis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Gavrista FC's Lefteris Spanidis was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 88th match minute, Gavrista FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Miltos Georgakopoulos to maneuver through the defense. If Alexandros Kanavos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 94th minute of the match Paris Poulopoulos sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wim Van den Driesch skillfully saved the ball. With a little luck, Pappadαtai's Wim Van den Driesch got control of the ball when Konstantinos Drakos tried to sneak it across the goal line. The Pappadαtai manager could be seen shouting at his players as they walked down the tunnel after the match. He was clearly angry that they had squandered their superior possession, allowing Gavrista FC to win.