League

Mσrfi Stadium
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) Panos Bakogiannopoulos started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Giorgos Trabakoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Grigoris Pavlakos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thomas Stavrou struck a weak shot in the 8th minute. Grigoris Pavlakos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Gortynia. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aimilios Zisimatos got free with Anestis Fanakos in the 15th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 19th minute of the game. One of Gortynia:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ:s goal. After 25 minutes of play, AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ's Aimilios Zisimatos made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Anestis Fanakos was left in no man's land by his defense there! Anestis Fanakos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Panos Bakogiannopoulos in the 30th minute of the match. Michalis Skandalidis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Efthimis Charopoulos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gortynia's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Panos Bakogiannopoulos 42 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 3-0. In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ's goalkeeper Grigoris Pavlakos, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The wind increased when Giorgos Voulgaris made the kick off in the second half. After 55 played minutes Gortynia got a freekick which was hit by Thomas Stavrou. Kyriakos Kamouridis took the ball and in the 56 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Anestis Fanakos. Anestis Fanakos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ermis Tsiartas during the 59th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 59th minute, Ermis Tsiartas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 67 minutes, Kostas Stoltidis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ and the Gortynia players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Kostas Stoltidis hit a great ball. Ermis Tsiartas made in the 77th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Gortynia's Efthimis Charopoulos. 78 minutes in the game, Giorgos Voulgaris fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Grigoris Pavlakos having to interfere. Giorgos Voulgaris was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 80th minute. Gortynia's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When Efthimis Charopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Gortynia 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 Efthimis Charopoulos couldn't finish the play. A collision led to AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Kostas Stoltidis hit a great ball. AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ's Grigoris Pavlakos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giorgos Voulgaris in the 87th minute of play. A collision led to Gortynia getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Giorgos Trabakoulos hit a great ball. Giorgos Voulgaris sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gortynia's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because AO ΠΑΝΑΡΙΤΙΟΥ had won, even though Gortynia had held more of the ball.