League

Neapoli Stadium
Spectators: 8460 (Terracing: 6346, Seating: 1945, VIP seats: 169) Isidoros Tsagarakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anastasios Koupepes, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. In the 10th minute Marios Kounetas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoros Tsagarakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Panagiotis Psaris in the 14th minute of play forced ARTA's goalkeeper Alexis Benetatos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PaoK Neapoleos's Isidoros Tsagarakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anastasios Koupepes in the 16th minute of play. When Urbano Txanton fell near the penalty area in the 20th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored PaoK Neapoleos's protests and gave Urbano Txanton a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to PaoK Neapoleos getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Urbano Txanton hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Argyris Stokas got free with Alexis Benetatos in the 25th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Isidoros Tsagarakis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anastasios Koupepes in the 26th minute of play. ARTA's Alexis Benetatos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save ARTA from getting a goal against them. ARTA's Alexis Benetatos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 42nd minute of the match, managed to save ARTA from getting a goal against them. Anastasios Koupepes's late challenge caught a PaoK Neapoleos's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Anastasios Koupepes helped the player get up and apologised. Argyris Stokas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 44th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 45 minutes into the match, Dawid Kosakowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexis Benetatos. ARTA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dawid Kosakowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Marios Kounetas got free with Isidoros Tsagarakis in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alexis Benetatos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Barbagiannis in the 55th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ARTA's zone, Argyris Stokas stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Alexis Benetatos came out of the goal and Argyris Stokas tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 57th minute Anastasios Koupepes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Isidoros Tsagarakis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. PaoK Neapoleos's Isidoros Tsagarakis proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 64th minute of the match, managed to save PaoK Neapoleos from getting a goal against them. Isidoros Tsagarakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Anastasios Koupepes in the 66th minute of the match. PaoK Neapoleos made a substitution. Vassilis Roubakis replaced Argyris Stokas. Alexis Benetatos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vassilis Kyriakas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 74 minutes into the match, PaoK Neapoleos's goal looked a bit too open when Christos Tzolis came free, but Isidoros Tsagarakis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 75th minute, Vassilis Kyriakas made a precise shot to the right of Alexis Benetatos. ARTA's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. Isidoros Tsagarakis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anastasios Koupepes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Isidoros Tsagarakis made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Babbis Tsirkos sent off a good shot on target. After 90 played minutes ARTA got a freekick which was hit by Theocharis Vasilikos. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thodoris Anagnostopoulos in the 93rd minute of play forced PaoK Neapoleos's goalkeeper Isidoros Tsagarakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 95 played minutes ARTA got a freekick which was hit by Anastasios Koupepes. 96 minutes into the game, Vassilis Roubakis cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Alexis Benetatos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. PaoK Neapoleos's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.