League Play-Off

Lykostáni 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. Ignatios Kaloxilos started the match with the kick off. Vaggelis Labriakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Themistoklis Bouloukos, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. After 8 minutes, Akis Stasinos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Lykostáni and the Khoríyion players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 8 played minutes Lykostáni got a freekick which was hit by Akis Stasinos. Thalis Aggelopoulos's late challenge caught a Khoríyion's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Thalis Aggelopoulos helped the player get up and apologised. Thalis Aggelopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 10th minute of the match. In the 11th minute of the match Fondas Kotsanakis sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Chatziantoniou Savoidakis skillfully saved the ball. The crowd rose to their feet as Themistoklis Bouloukos kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Vaggelis Labriakos. That made the score 1-0 in the 18 minute of play. Lykostáni's Themistoklis Bouloukos got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 24th minute, Miltos Michailidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Chatziantoniou Savoidakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fondas Kotsanakis in the 25th minute of the match. Charis Voliotis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Vaggelis Labriakos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 29th play minute Charis Voliotis came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Vaggelis Labriakos. 2-0. Chatziantoniou Savoidakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stefanos Dentsas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ignatios Kaloxilos in the 35th minute of play forced Lykostáni's goalkeeper Chatziantoniou Savoidakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Khoríyion's Vaggelis Labriakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Themistoklis Bouloukos in the 39th minute of play. Vaggelis Kantilas hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Themistoklis Bouloukos managed to get in a good position for a shot. Lykostáni's supporters rose to their feet, but Themistoklis Bouloukos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Vaggelis Labriakos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Themistoklis Bouloukos made a kick off. Vaggelis Labriakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Themistoklis Bouloukos in the 54th minute of the match. Stefanos Dentsas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Chatziantoniou Savoidakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stefanos Dentsas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Chatziantoniou Savoidakis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Stefanos Dentsas got free with Chatziantoniou Savoidakis in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The supporters of Khoríyion booed when Lykostáni was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Miltos Michailidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In a very dangerous position, a player in Lykostáni fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 78th minute. Penalty! After 80 played minutes Lykostáni got a freekick which was hit by Kosmas Kalathas. The supporters of Lykostáni booed when Khoríyion was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dimosthenis Tzouroudis didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 86th minute of the match Miltos Michailidis shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Vaggelis Labriakos showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of Lykostáni booed when Khoríyion was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ignatios Kaloxilos didn't get a good kick on the ball. Vaggelis Labriakos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Themistoklis Bouloukos, who was totally free with the ball in the 92nd minute. Lykostáni's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.