League

Martinisko
Spectators: 8412 (Terracing: 6309, Seating: 1935, VIP seats: 168) Sfinaskapa's Timos Velopoulos started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Alketas Pesmatzoglou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Makis Kanatidis, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, Sfinaskapa's Theodosis Stergiatos got a free kick in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vassilis Mantas in the 7th minute of play forced Highway to Hell's goalkeeper Panos Papadimos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Habib Al Zamel in the 11th minute of play. The supporters of Highway to Hell booed when Sfinaskapa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Giorgos Kakomiroglou didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Loukas Kavalekas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alketas Pesmatzoglou was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Alketas Pesmatzoglou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loukas Kavalekas, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. In the 25th minute, Habib Al Zamel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 27thth minute of the game Loukas Kavalekas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 28thth minute of the game Loukas Kavalekas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Panos Papadimos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Notis Dimakoglou in the 30th minute of the match. Panos Papadimos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Timos Velopoulos in the 34th minute of play. Alketas Pesmatzoglou showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Loukas Kavalekas, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 37th minute Notis Dimakoglou shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Panos Papadimos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Loukas Kavalekas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alketas Pesmatzoglou was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Panos Papadimos made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Zlatko Zahovič sent off a good shot on target. Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Loukas Kavalekas in the 44th minute of play. In the 45thth minute of the game Loukas Kavalekas who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The Highway to Hell fans' excitement grew in the 45th match minute when Highway to Hell's Loukas Kavalekas looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Loukas Kavalekas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Habib Al Zamel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alketas Pesmatzoglou having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Loukas Kavalekas's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Alketas Pesmatzoglou was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. In the 58th minute Loukas Kavalekas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alketas Pesmatzoglou saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 61 played minutes Highway to Hell got a freekick which was hit by Makis Kanatidis. Theodosis Stergiatos hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Loukas Kavalekas in the 64th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Alketas Pesmatzoglou saved Sfinaskapa from getting behind. Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save Sfinaskapa from getting a goal against them. Nikos Rasoulis charged in rather forcefully in the 72nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nikos Rasoulis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 72nd minute, Nikos Rasoulis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lefteris Nasiopoulos, 73 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Panos Papadimos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vassilis Mantas in the 76th minute of play. 76 minutes into the match, Highway to Hell's goal looked a bit too open when Vassilis Mantas came free, but Panos Papadimos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alketas Pesmatzoglou made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Habib Al Zamel in the 79th minute of play. In the 81st minute, Sfinaskapa's Giorgos Kakomiroglou seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Giorgos Kakomiroglou the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Sfinaskapa protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Giorgos Kakomiroglou had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. 83 minutes into the match, Lefteris Nasiopoulos had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alketas Pesmatzoglou. Sfinaskapa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lefteris Nasiopoulos was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Sfinaskapa's Alketas Pesmatzoglou proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 85th minute of the match, managed to save Sfinaskapa from getting a goal against them. Panos Papadimos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vassilis Mantas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Zlatko Zahovič came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Sfinaskapa 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 Zlatko Zahovič couldn't finish the play. After having played for 94 minutes, Makis Kanatidis managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Highway to Hell's supporters crossed their fingers, but Makis Kanatidis was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Makis Kanatidis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alketas Pesmatzoglou having to interfere.