League

Varelaνoi Stadium
Spectators: 7568 (Terracing: 5677, Seating: 1740, VIP seats: 151) Isidoros Tsoris made the kick off and thus started the match. After 5 minutes, Giannis Kourelas mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PAOK ACADEMY and the Byzantium players grew even worse after the yellow card. Fotis Pentaras fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Omiros Papaggelakis having to interfere. Omiros Papaggelakis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theodosis Rapanakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. Omiros Papaggelakis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Theodosis Rapanakis in the 14th minute of the match. Christos Fragou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Isidoros Tsoris in the 15th minute of play. A collision led to Byzantium getting a freekick after 16 minutes play. Efthimis Milonopoulos hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fotis Pentaras in the 21st minute of play forced PAOK ACADEMY's goalkeeper Omiros Papaggelakis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PAOK ACADEMY's Omiros Papaggelakis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Theodosis Rapanakis in the 22nd minute of play. Theodosis Rapanakis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Omiros Papaggelakis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Theodosis Rapanakis went, in the 28th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 31st minute the ball was on its way in behind PAOK ACADEMY's goalkeeper Omiros Papaggelakis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Omiros Papaggelakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Theodosis Rapanakis's shot from short distance in the 33rd minute. A collision led to Byzantium getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Efthimis Milonopoulos hit a great ball. Stamatis Ravousis could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Christos Fragou made a huge save. Giannis Barlas kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. If Stamatis Ravousis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Theodosis Rapanakis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The PAOK ACADEMY players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Byzantium were winning 0-1.

During the 53rd minute of the match Giannis Kourelas completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Giannis Kourelas a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Giannis Kourelas hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. Omiros Papaggelakis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Theodosis Rapanakis's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. Fotis Pentaras might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Omiros Papaggelakis. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Fotis Pentaras ran back to his position shaking his head. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Theodosis Rapanakis in the 60th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Omiros Papaggelakis saved PAOK ACADEMY from getting behind. Fragiskos Stefanoglou kicked well hit freekick during the 67th minute of the match. In the 71st match minute, Byzantium was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Efthimis Milonopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stamatis Ravousis in the 73rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Christos Fragou prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Fotis Pentaras sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 79 minutes of play, Byzantium's Theodosis Rapanakis made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Omiros Papaggelakis was left in no man's land by his defense there! Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Theodosis Rapanakis in the 85th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Omiros Papaggelakis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. PAOK ACADEMY's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Aris Xidas 86 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-4. In the 93rd minute, PAOK ACADEMY's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Theodosis Rapanakis fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 93 minutes into the game, Byzantium's Fotis Pentaras nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Omiros Papaggelakis made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5.