League Play-Off

Paliokhorio Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Antonis Bletsas got the match started through his kick off. Valerios Kastanakis's late challenge caught a Chaliαs's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Valerios Kastanakis helped the player get up and apologised. Soulis Vranas, 7 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonis Bletsas in the 9th minute of play forced Paliokhorio's goalkeeper Alexis Kaladamis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Theagenis Trechalas kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. The audience held their breath when Soulis Vranas in the 14th minute of the game managed to trick the opponents defenses and fired away a shot outside the goal on the Alexis Kaladamis's left hand side. In the 17th minute, Panos Kopsinis fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Panagiotis Koskinopoulos, passed just outside the right post. After a defensive mix-up in Chaliαs's zone, Panos Kopsinis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Panagiotis Koskinopoulos came out of the goal and Panos Kopsinis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Panos Kopsinis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Panagiotis Koskinopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paliokhorio's Panos Kopsinis got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alexis Kaladamis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Panos Prezas, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute Antonis Bletsas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexis Kaladamis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute, Antonis Bletsas 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. After 43 played minutes Chaliαs got a freekick which was hit by Manolis Variamidis. In the 47th minute, Paliokhorio's Panos Kopsinis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Panagiotis Koskinopoulos. Panagiotis Koskinopoulos yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The wind increased when Panos Kopsinis made the kick off in the second half. In the 60th minute, Antonis Bletsas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Alexis Kaladamis. The goal made the score 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Panos Prezas got free with Alexis Kaladamis in the 63rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 69th minute, Antonis Bletsas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chaliαs's supporters rose to their feet, but Antonis Bletsas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexis Kaladamis breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 74th match minute, Paliokhorio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valerios Kastanakis to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Chaliαs's Soulis Vranas got a free kick in the 77th minute. Panagiotis Koskinopoulos stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Panos Kopsinis's shot from short distance in the 83rd minute. After 85 minutes, Argyris Kasnaferis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Chaliαs and the Paliokhorio players grew even worse after the yellow card. Christos Tsolakis didn't quite understand what happened when in the 87 minute of the game managed to get a great opportunity for a goal and then missed the goal by a feet. Panos Prezas in the 89thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Alexis Kaladamis, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Alexis Kaladamis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Panos Prezas in the 96th minute. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Chaliαs walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.