League

Sikokhσri Stadium
Spectators: 7319 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) If Nikos Tachtsidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stefanos Mantzios could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Marios Giannaros made a huge save. In the 17th minute, Manos Samaras hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Manos Samaras hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. After 18 played minutes, FC Barcelona's Dionysis Protopapadakis shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Petros Giannakopoulos came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in FC Barcelona reached it. With a little luck, FC Barcelona's Marios Giannaros got control of the ball when Stefanos Mantzios tried to sneak it across the goal line. When Stefanos Mantzios came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Yellow Blackers 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 Stefanos Mantzios couldn't finish the play. If Vladimiros Karaiskos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in FC Barcelona fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 28th minute. Penalty! Vladimiros Karaiskos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marios Giannaros having to interfere. In the 41st minute Nikos Tachtsidis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Petros Giannakopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stefanos Mantzios fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marios Giannaros having to interfere. Through an outstanding action, after 47 minutes, Marios Giannaros successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eleftherios Karntasis to make the kick off. With a little luck, Yellow Blackers's Petros Giannakopoulos got control of the ball when Nikos Tachtsidis tried to sneak it across the goal line. 52 minutes into the match, FC Barcelona's Eleftherios Karntasis sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Petros Giannakopoulos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nikos Tachtsidis succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 1-1 in the 58th playminute. Vladimiros Karaiskos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 66th minute, Manos Ikonomidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Yellow Blackers fans' excitement grew in the 68th match minute when Yellow Blackers's Vladimiros Karaiskos looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After 78 played minutes Yellow Blackers got a freekick which was hit by Manos Samaras. In the 80th minute of the match, Eleftherios Karntasis tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Petros Giannakopoulos saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. After 81 played minutes Yellow Blackers got a freekick which was hit by Manos Samaras. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Eleftherios Karntasis managed to get in a good position for a shot. FC Barcelona's supporters rose to their feet, but Eleftherios Karntasis was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Petros Giannakopoulos breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Nikos Tachtsidis got free with Petros Giannakopoulos in the 92nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Nikos Tachtsidis came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the FC Barcelona 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 Nikos Tachtsidis couldn't finish the play. Petros Giannakopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eleftherios Karntasis in the 96th minute of the match. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.