League

Boundary Park
Spectators: 7535 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 100) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dimos Zagorakis started the match with the kick off. Giorgos Meletopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Aimilios Kostenoglou, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. OLDHAM ATHLETIC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Panos Koutras in the 10th minute. The supporters of Crow booed when OLDHAM ATHLETIC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Charis Kaligas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 12 minutes into the match, OLDHAM ATHLETIC's goal looked a bit too open when Gerasimos Konstantinou came free, but Alekos Lithopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alekos Lithopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dimitris Miriounis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Manos Psaltis fell near the penalty area in the 19th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored OLDHAM ATHLETIC's protests and gave Manos Psaltis a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to OLDHAM ATHLETIC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Manos Psaltis hit a great ball. Fotis Mantzouranas struck a weak shot in the 24th minute. Alekos Lithopoulos didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Crow. Alekos Lithopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peder Kvarnström in the 25th minute of play. Alekos Lithopoulos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonis Bekos in the 27th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Fotis Mantzouranas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Alekos Lithopoulos was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 34th minute Dimitris Miriounis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alekos Lithopoulos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. OLDHAM ATHLETIC's Alekos Lithopoulos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dimitris Miriounis in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerasimos Konstantinou in the 37th minute of play forced OLDHAM ATHLETIC's goalkeeper Alekos Lithopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 38 minutes into the match, Fotis Mantzouranas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alekos Lithopoulos. OLDHAM ATHLETIC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fotis Mantzouranas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Alekos Lithopoulos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dimitris Miriounis in the 41st minute of play. 44 minutes into the match, Fotis Mantzouranas had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alekos Lithopoulos. OLDHAM ATHLETIC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fotis Mantzouranas was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Dimitris Miriounis in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Alekos Lithopoulos prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The wind increased when Dimitris Miriounis made the kick off in the second half. Antonis Bekos took the ball and in the 51 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alekos Lithopoulos. Alekos Lithopoulos dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-5. An unexpectedly hard shot by Antonis Bekos in the 54th minute of play forced OLDHAM ATHLETIC's goalkeeper Alekos Lithopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alekos Lithopoulos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Antonis Bekos, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 57th play minute Fotis Mantzouranas came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Alekos Lithopoulos. 0-6. 59 minutes into the match, OLDHAM ATHLETIC's goalkeeper Alekos Lithopoulos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitris Miriounis. The crowd rose to their feet as Crow's Dimitris Miriounis slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alekos Lithopoulos. That made the score 0-7 after 61 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerasimos Konstantinou in the 64th minute of play forced OLDHAM ATHLETIC's goalkeeper Alekos Lithopoulos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 68 minutes into the match, OLDHAM ATHLETIC's goalkeeper Alekos Lithopoulos had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dimitris Miriounis. Alekos Lithopoulos made a fantastic save in the 74th minute, when Dimitris Miriounis sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Crow booed when OLDHAM ATHLETIC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aimilios Kostenoglou didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aimilios Kostenoglou hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Alekos Lithopoulos was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Antonis Bekos capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Antonis Bekos really showed his touch with that goal: 0-8. Crow made a substitution. Fondas Papachristakis replaced Antonis Bekos. 81 minutes into the match, OLDHAM ATHLETIC's goal looked a bit too open when Fondas Papachristakis came free, but Alekos Lithopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 82 minutes OLDHAM ATHLETIC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Makis Giotatos who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Akakios Strilakos managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. In the 85th minute, Crow's Fotis Mantzouranas dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-9. 88 minutes into the match, Crow's goal looked a bit too open when Aimilios Kostenoglou came free, but Giorgos Meletopoulos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With an all-out effort, Crow's Alekos Lithopoulos threw himself towards the right post 89 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Peder Kvarnström, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Alekos Lithopoulos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fondas Papachristakis, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the last second Alekos Lithopoulos throw himself and got hold of the ball when Fondas Papachristakis in the 96thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. When the match had gone on for 96 minutes, Fondas Papachristakis put it in 0-10 from a short distance just to the right of Alekos Lithopoulos. Crow's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.