League

Arvanitaνika Stadium
Spectators: 7713 (Terracing: 5786, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 153) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Nikos Papageorgas started the match with the kick off. Lazaros Ntokas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Grigoris Kaliakoudis in the 5th minute of the match. Grigoris Kaliakoudis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Lazaros Ntokas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ilias Tsakiris showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nikos Papageorgas in the 9th minute of the match. Ilias Tsakiris didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nikos Papageorgas went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A hard shot by Konstantinos Balodimos from long distance, 16 minutes into the match, got Lazaros Ntokas's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The supporters of University of Pennsylvani booed when Arvanitaνika FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Akis Mantouvalos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Arvanitaνika FC's goalkeeper Ilias Tsakiris, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 35th minute, Thymios Vouzas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adamantios Mitrofanis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Ilias Tsakiris tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arvanitaνika FC's Ilias Tsakiris played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nikos Papageorgas in the 41st minute of play. Nikos Papageorgas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 46th match minute, University of Pennsylvani was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lefteris Tsilikas to maneuver through the defense.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Grigoris Kaliakoudis to make the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Nikos Papageorgas managed to get in a good position for a shot. University of Pennsylvani's supporters rose to their feet, but Nikos Papageorgas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ilias Tsakiris breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Charis Manolas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Nikos Papageorgas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 70 minutes, Vrasidas Papagiannis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the University of Pennsylvani and the Arvanitaνika FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Vrasidas Papagiannis hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. Charis Manolas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Stefanos Zinantidis charged in rather forcefully in the 78th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stefanos Zinantidis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Charis Manolas came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Arvanitaνika FC 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 Charis Manolas couldn't finish the play. The supporters of Arvanitaνika FC booed when University of Pennsylvani was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 80 match minutes in a wonderful position. Stefanos Zinantidis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Konstantinos Balodimos took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 82nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Lazaros Ntokas. University of Pennsylvani's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Charis Manolas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lazaros Ntokas having to interfere. After 86 minutes of play, Arvanitaνika FC's Charis Manolas made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lazaros Ntokas was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Arvanitaνika FC's Grigoris Kaliakoudis in the 90th minute got a chance for a shot 90th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye University of Pennsylvani's goalie prevented a goal. With an all-out effort, University of Pennsylvani's Ilias Tsakiris threw himself towards the right post 92 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nikos Papageorgas, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. University of Pennsylvani's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Panos Gabriilidis in the 94th minute.