League

Kerasokhσrion Stadiu
Spectators: 6769 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 0) Aston Villa's Argyris Koulakidis started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Aggelos Fanakoglou showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paschalis Stelakis in the 3rd minute of the match. Aggelos Tsibos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lambros Tzanetos having to interfere. If Argyris Koulakidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Andreas Kastaniadis in the 20thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Aggelos Fanakoglou, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Paschalis Stelakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aggelos Fanakoglou having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paschalis Stelakis in the 28th minute of play forced Aston Villa's goalkeeper Aggelos Fanakoglou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Aston Villa's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Paschalis Stelakis 36 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. Kerasokhσrion's Konstantinos Mantzourakis couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 41st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Aston Villa. An unexpectedly hard shot by Paschalis Stelakis in the 45th minute of play forced Aston Villa's goalkeeper Aggelos Fanakoglou to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute Aggelos Tsibos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lambros Tzanetos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Paschalis Stelakis stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Kerasokhσrion's Lambros Tzanetos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Themos Sferas in the 51st minute of play. 55 minutes into the game, Kerasokhσrion's Vassilis Skopidis nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Aggelos Fanakoglou made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. In the 59th minute, Aggelos Tsibos made a precise shot to the right of Lambros Tzanetos. Kerasokhσrion's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. Through an outstanding action, after 63 minutes, Lambros Tzanetos successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 64th match minute, Kerasokhσrion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Konstantinos Mantzourakis to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Paschalis Stelakis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Aggelos Fanakoglou was relentless in the 67th minute of the game. Themos Ntountas hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Aston Villa's Argyris Koulakidis got a good chance for a goal in the 70th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 72 minutes into the game, Vassilis Skopidis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kerasokhσrion's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aston Villa the free kick. In the 72nd match minute, Kerasokhσrion was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vassilis Skopidis to maneuver through the defense. 74 minutes into the match, Aston Villa's Aggelos Tsibos sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lambros Tzanetos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Argyris Koulakidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Argyris Koulakidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aggelos Tsibos got free with Lambros Tzanetos in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 92 minutes into the match, Andreas Kastaniadis had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Aggelos Fanakoglou. Aston Villa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Andreas Kastaniadis was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Kerasokhσrion had won after a very even match.