League

Xνdhia Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stathis Korakis got the match started through his kick off. Pipis Loukidis scored 1-0 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christodoulos Bonos, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ's Christodoulos Bonos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 7th minute of the match, managed to save ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anthimos Massoutas in the 8th minute of play forced Xνdhia BC's goalkeeper Kostas Balidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 10th minute, Anthimos Massoutas 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. Pipis Loukidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christodoulos Bonos having to interfere. Makis Karachalios's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Kostas Balidis read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 17th minute of play. Makis Karachalios recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 19th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Makis Karachalios received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Kostas Balidis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 24 minutes into the game, Anthimos Massoutas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Kostas Balidis was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When Pipis Loukidis came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Xνdhia BC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Pipis Loukidis couldn't finish the play. 33 minutes into the game, Iosif Kontogiannis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Xνdhia BC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ the free kick. The supporters of ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ booed when Xνdhia BC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Iosif Kontogiannis didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 34th minute of the game. One of Xνdhia BC:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ:s goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Makis Karachalios made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Makis Karachalios in the 55th minute of play forced Xνdhia BC's goalkeeper Kostas Balidis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ's Giorgos Venetsianos got a free kick in the 58th minute. In the 59th minute, Pipis Loukidis ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Christodoulos Bonos was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. After 62 played minutes Xνdhia BC got a freekick which was hit by Theodosis Siafakas. ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ's Makis Karachalios got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Christodoulos Bonos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pipis Loukidis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Giorgos Venetsianos kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Stathis Korakis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Christodoulos Bonos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pipis Loukidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christodoulos Bonos having to interfere. Xνdhia BC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 84th minute, when Makis Karachalios scored to the left of an out of position Kostas Balidis, making the score, 3-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stathis Korakis in the 95th minute of play forced ΓΛΥΦΙΔΑ's goalkeeper Christodoulos Bonos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.