League

La Bombonera
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) Pavlos Panayiotopoulos made the kick off and thus started the match. After some careless play in the Manchester city defense, Patroklos Papoulis kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Odysseas Nikolakopoulos. The Manchester city fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Odysseas Nikolakopoulos should have stopped the shot. In the 9th match minute, Efstathiou UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Agesilaus Zorbas to maneuver through the defense. After 10 played minutes Manchester city got a freekick which was hit by Grigoris Malavazos. Iphikles Pintzopoulos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lynkeus Horiatis went, in the 18th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Efstathiou UTD's Iphikles Pintzopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Priamos Proussalidi in the 21st minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Nassos Sarandakos during the 22nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 23 played minutes Efstathiou UTD got a freekick which was hit by Nassos Sarandakos. After a rather tough play, Efstathiou UTD's Akastos Hagias got a free kick in the 25th minute. Kanake Houlis hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. Iakchos Tselikas took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 33rd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Odysseas Nikolakopoulos. Manchester city's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 35thth minute of the game Pavlos Panayiotopoulos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Efstathiou UTD's Iphikles Pintzopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Efstathiou UTD defense, Kreon Eliopoulos kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Iphikles Pintzopoulos. The Efstathiou UTD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Iphikles Pintzopoulos should have stopped the shot. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pavlos Panayiotopoulos in the 40th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Iphikles Pintzopoulos saved Efstathiou UTD from getting behind. In the 45th minute, Patroklos Papoulis got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Pavlos Panayiotopoulos received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Iphikles Pintzopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The wind increased when Tityos Kokkinos made the kick off in the second half. Nassos Sarandakos hit a great freekick 52 minutes into the match. A hard shot 53 in the game by Pavlos Panayiotopoulos from a close distance when the talented Iphikles Pintzopoulos managed to make a qualified save. Efstathiou UTD's players were relieved. When Patroklos Papoulis came up free with the goalie in the 56th minute, the Efstathiou UTD 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 Patroklos Papoulis couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Efstathiou UTD's zone, Pavlos Panayiotopoulos stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Iphikles Pintzopoulos came out of the goal and Pavlos Panayiotopoulos tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 62 minutes, Kreon Eliopoulos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester city and the Efstathiou UTD players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kreon Eliopoulos kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Patroklos Papoulis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Odysseas Nikolakopoulos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute, Vasilis Egonidis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Efstathiou UTD booed when Manchester city was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Grigoris Malavazos didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Patroklos Papoulis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Odysseas Nikolakopoulos was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. Pavlos Panayiotopoulos recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 75th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Agesilaus Zorbas kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. When Pavlos Panayiotopoulos came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Manchester city 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 Pavlos Panayiotopoulos couldn't finish the play. When Vasilis Egonidis fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Efstathiou UTD's protests and gave Vasilis Egonidis a yellow card for diving instead. In the 82nd match minute, Efstathiou UTD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vasilis Egonidis to maneuver through the defense. Odysseas Nikolakopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Patroklos Papoulis, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. After 92 minutes, Pavlos Panayiotopoulos made it 1-4 with a short kick to the right side. Efstathiou UTD's Iphikles Pintzopoulos tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 96thth minute of the game Patroklos Papoulis who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Manchester city's Odysseas Nikolakopoulos was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball.