League Play-Off

NEAR EAST Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Dimitris Bourantas got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to ΠΑΝΘΡΑΚΙΚΟΣ getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Dimitris Kabourakis hit a great ball. Emmanouil Skarmoutsos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dimitris Bourantas in the 15th minute of the match. Panos Keratzoglou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hjalmar Bengtsson having to interfere. After 22 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for NEAR EAST! The referee gave ΠΑΝΘΡΑΚΙΚΟΣ a penalty, 24 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Stelios Kapsis, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of NEAR EAST's Hjalmar Bengtsson. 1-1. ΠΑΝΘΡΑΚΙΚΟΣ's Panos Keratzoglou got a good chance for a goal in the 33rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Kostas Gletsos hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. Emmanouil Skarmoutsos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Dimitris Bourantas, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. In the 41st minute Eutichios Stavropoulos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Emmanouil Skarmoutsos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 42 played minutes ΠΑΝΘΡΑΚΙΚΟΣ got a freekick which was hit by Dimitris Kabourakis. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Panos Keratzoglou to make the kick off. A collision led to NEAR EAST getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Nikolas Tsakiroglou hit a great ball. After 57 played minutes ΠΑΝΘΡΑΚΙΚΟΣ got a freekick which was hit by Stelios Kapsis. In the 58th minute of the match Miles Beck sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Emmanouil Skarmoutsos skillfully saved the ball. When NEAR EAST's Dimitris Bourantas in the 59th minute got a chance for a shot 59th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΠΑΝΘΡΑΚΙΚΟΣ's goalie prevented a goal. Hjalmar Bengtsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Panos Keratzoglou in the 63rd minute of play. Panos Keratzoglou received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Hjalmar Bengtsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Panos Keratzoglou fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hjalmar Bengtsson having to interfere. In the 72nd minute, Panos Keratzoglou got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 74th minute of the match Thrasivoulos Antzas sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hjalmar Bengtsson skillfully saved the ball. Hjalmar Bengtsson was a little too slow when Panos Keratzoglou got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 75th minute. The score was now 1-2. Dimitris Bourantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.