League

Kambia Stadium
Spectators: 7983 (Terracing: 5988, Seating: 1836, VIP seats: 159) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Koulis Gittas made the kick off which started today's match. After 2 minutes, Viktoras Petrou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Asteras BC and the Burnaslν88 players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Asteras BC's Viktoras Petrou got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Loukas Soulakas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lakis Pantelakis in the 6th minute of the match. In the 9th minute, Asteras BC's Koulis Gittas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. 17 minutes into the match, Nikos Kanakaris notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Burnaslν88's Theodosis Bousoulas. Theodosis Bousoulas was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Loukas Soulakas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zachariasz Makomaski went, in the 21st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 26th minute Koulis Gittas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theodosis Bousoulas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Theodosis Bousoulas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Andreas Kazantzou, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. Burnaslν88's Baumar Cotarelo got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 37 minutes of play, Burnaslν88's Baumar Cotarelo made it 2-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Loukas Soulakas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 40th minute Lakis Pantelakis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loukas Soulakas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Asteras BC's Loukas Soulakas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zachariasz Makomaski in the 41st minute of play. Koulis Gittas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Zachariasz Makomaski stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koulis Gittas in the 52nd minute of play forced Burnaslν88's goalkeeper Theodosis Bousoulas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Burnaslν88's Lakis Pantelakis got a good chance for a goal in the 54th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 55 minutes into the match, Burnaslν88's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Kazantzou came free, but Theodosis Bousoulas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Giorgos Kaminaridis hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute Koulis Gittas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theodosis Bousoulas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 60 minutes, Andreas Kazantzou mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Asteras BC and the Burnaslν88 players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Burnaslν88 booed when Asteras BC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Andreas Kazantzou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Theodosis Bousoulas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Koulis Gittas in the 71st minute of the match. In the 72nd minute Zachariasz Makomaski shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Loukas Soulakas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 74 minutes into the game, Andreas Kazantzou cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-3. Theodosis Bousoulas was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 77th minute of the match Zachariasz Makomaski sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Loukas Soulakas skillfully saved the ball. 79 minutes into the match, Burnaslν88's goal looked a bit too open when Andreas Kazantzou came free, but Theodosis Bousoulas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th minute, Koulis Gittas made a precise shot to the right of Theodosis Bousoulas. Burnaslν88's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-3. When Antonis Papafanakis fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Asteras BC's protests and gave Antonis Papafanakis a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Asteras BC getting a freekick after 83 minutes play. Antonis Papafanakis hit a great ball. In the 86th minute, Baumar Cotarelo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nikos Kanakaris took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 86th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Theodosis Bousoulas. Burnaslν88's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, Asteras BC's goalkeeper Loukas Soulakas had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Baumar Cotarelo. Baumar Cotarelo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 89th minute. Loukas Soulakas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 91st minute, Giorgos Kaminaridis 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 92nd minute Koulis Gittas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Theodosis Bousoulas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 95 minutes into the match, Asteras BC's goal looked a bit too open when Zachariasz Makomaski came free, but Loukas Soulakas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Burnaslν88's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.