League

KAFEKAFE ARENA
Spectators: 7652 (Terracing: 5741, Seating: 1759, VIP seats: 152) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Takis Saraliotis kicked off to start the match. Menios Xanthatos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Kostas Gountelitsas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Valerios Lazanas hit a great ball. Kostas Gountelitsas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paris Gaitanopoulos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Menios Xanthatos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kostas Gountelitsas having to interfere. 15 minutes into the match, ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's goal looked a bit too open when Menios Xanthatos came free, but Kostas Gountelitsas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Kyriakos Sfakianakis hit a great ball. Panos Portokaloglou charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Panos Portokaloglou the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Panos Portokaloglou hit a great freekick 16 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Menios Xanthatos in the 19th minute of play forced ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's goalkeeper Kostas Gountelitsas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kostas Gountelitsas came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Anka FC's Anastasios Liolidis. But to his dismay, Anastasios Liolidis quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Charalambos Telemes was out of position in the 23 minute of play, and Takis Saraliotis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Takis Saraliotis really showed his touch with that goal: 1-1. Menios Xanthatos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kostas Gountelitsas having to interfere. Kostas Gountelitsas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Menios Xanthatos went, in the 31st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. 35 minutes into the match, Anka FC's goal looked a bit too open when Takis Saraliotis came free, but Charalambos Telemes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valerios Lazanas hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. When Anka FC's Menios Xanthatos in the 45th minute got a chance for a shot 45th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's goalie prevented a goal. In the 47thth minute of the game Menios Xanthatos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ's Kostas Gountelitsas was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Andreas Dimakoglou had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 48th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Anka FC were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Menios Xanthatos to make the kick off. In the 52nd match minute, Anka FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anastasios Liolidis to maneuver through the defense. Anastasios Liolidis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Kostas Gountelitsas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, Anka FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nikos Riganopoulos came free, but Charalambos Telemes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nikos Riganopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience was convinced that Menios Xanthatos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kostas Gountelitsas was relentless in the 62nd minute of the game. Paris Gaitanopoulos charged in rather forcefully in the 65th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paris Gaitanopoulos the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 65th match minute, Anka FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paris Gaitanopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Nikos Riganopoulos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Takis Saraliotis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Charalambos Telemes having to interfere. Menios Xanthatos struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Kostas Gountelitsas didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Anka FC. 75 minutes into the match, Anka FC's goal looked a bit too open when Nikos Riganopoulos came free, but Charalambos Telemes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee felt a red card was in order, 76 minutes into the game, when Paris Gaitanopoulos put in a rough tackle. In the 75th minute, one of Anka FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Anka FC. In the 78th minute there was a penalty for ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ. Konstantinos Karataidis stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Charalambos Telemes. 2-2. Panos Portokaloglou fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 84th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. In the 88th minute, Takis Saraliotis made a precise shot to the right of Charalambos Telemes. Anka FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. Anka FC's supporters were dissatisfied at the end of the match because ΜΑΙΑΝΔΡΟΣ had won, even though Anka FC had held more of the ball.