League

Toumpa fc
Spectators: 7506 (Terracing: 5630, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) Tolis Krotidis started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sotiris Karagiozis lost his temper 3 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 2nd minute of the game. One of Makrokhσri:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of ΠΑΟΚ:s goal. Manolis Pachatouridis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Stathis Karaiskos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stathis Karaiskos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Takis Vangelis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Takis Vangelis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stathis Karaiskos having to interfere. Makrokhσri's Andreas Nasiakos got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to ΠΑΟΚ getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Nikos Pragidis hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the game, Andreas Nasiakos was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Makrokhσri's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΠΑΟΚ the free kick. If Tolis Krotidis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Manolis Pachatouridis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stathis Karaiskos was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, ΠΑΟΚ's goal looked a bit too open when Manolis Pachatouridis came free, but Stathis Karaiskos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manolis Pachatouridis in the 38th minute of play forced ΠΑΟΚ's goalkeeper Stathis Karaiskos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 39th match minute, ΠΑΟΚ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eustratios Valianatos to maneuver through the defense. Manolis Pachatouridis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Stathis Karaiskos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Makrokhσri's Fragiskos Tzikas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tolis Krotidis in the 43rd minute of play. Fragiskos Tzikas was out of position in the 43 minute of play, and Tolis Krotidis capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Tolis Krotidis really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Manolis Pachatouridis to make the kick off. If Theocharis Tsironis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Stathis Karaiskos made a fantastic save in the 57th minute, when Manolis Pachatouridis sent off a good shot on target. Takis Vangelis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Stathis Karaiskos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Stathis Karaiskos made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Manolis Pachatouridis sent off a good shot on target. 76 minutes into the game, Takis Vangelis was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Makrokhσri's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave ΠΑΟΚ the free kick. In the 76th minute, Takis Vangelis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Manolis Pachatouridis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Takis Vangelis 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. Theocharis Tsironis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fragiskos Tzikas having to interfere. Makrokhσri were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.