League

Apollon Stadium
Spectators: 9252 (Terracing: 6940, Seating: 2128, VIP seats: 184) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Miltos Makris started the match with the kick off. Stefanos Salepis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Pipis Karapatakis, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 9 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pipis Karapatakis. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 15th minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Akis Sarafis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Miltos Makris in the 25th minute of play forced Toutourouki f.c.'s goalkeeper Akis Sarafis to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Pipis Karapatakis. In the 26th minute, Toutourouki f.c.'s Pipis Karapatakis ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stefanos Salepis. Stefanos Salepis yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Stefanos Salepis made an important save on a dangerous shot by Pipis Karapatakis in the 30th minute. Akis Sarafis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Carles Pujol, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. The corner led Toutourouki f.c.'s Mao Shu Gang to fire away a dangerous shot which Stefanos Salepis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Akis Sarafis showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Carles Pujol in the 40th minute of the match. A collision led to Toutourouki f.c. getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Tilemachos Fragopoulos hit a great ball. A sloppy throw-in by Jared Blum in the 42nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Toutourouki f.c.'s Daniil Sazonov.

Tilemachos Fragopoulos fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stefanos Salepis having to interfere. Akis Sarafis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miltos Makris, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mean Machine's goalkeeper Stefanos Salepis, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mean Machine's Stefanos Salepis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pipis Karapatakis in the 60th minute of play. Mean Machine's Nikos Kioupouroglou was substituted for Miltos Makris. Toutourouki f.c.'s Gabriel Niitsoo was substituted for Pipis Karapatakis. In the 62nd minute of the match Toutourouki f.c. got a corner. Mean Machine's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mao Shu Gang ran over to the corner to take the kick. Toutourouki f.c.'s Mao Shu Gang was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Stefanos Salepis in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Lambros Dimitrakis fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 64th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Akis Sarafis having to interfere. Stefanos Salepis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Niitsoo, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 69th match minute, Toutourouki f.c. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tilemachos Fragopoulos to maneuver through the defense. Stefanos Salepis stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Gabriel Niitsoo's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. 83 minutes into the match, Carles Pujol notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Toutourouki f.c.'s Akis Sarafis. Akis Sarafis was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 87 minutes into the match, Mean Machine's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Niitsoo came free, but Stefanos Salepis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 88th minute of the match Toutourouki f.c. got a corner. Mean Machine's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mao Shu Gang ran over to the corner to take the kick. After 95 played minutes Lambros Dimitrakis rounded Toutourouki f.c.'s defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-2. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.