jo-lo 0 - 11 Paltadiakos (365821243)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at jo-love Arena for the match. Jeanloup Groves was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cameron Kennedy and Samuele Donfrancesco. jo-lo started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Alogoskoufis - Katakouzinos, Patronis, Pierrakos, Kapelis - Mitsias, Chirokrotidis, Moustakis, Kefalaris - Fafalios, Kampitsis.

Paltadiakos tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Rodrigues Inácio - Dimarelis, Osorio Bazan, Pavia - Tsouloufas, Giannettino, Kapllani, Kounelakis, Mpardakis - Seremetiadis, Henriksson.

The guests took the lead 6 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in J. Osorio Bazan scoring to make it 0 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed when G. Henriksson came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 16 minutes. Paltadiakos were now up 0 - 2. Paltadiakos increased their lead after 36 minutes when V. Kapllani broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. The players of Paltadiakos now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. With 37 minutes played, Paltadiakos put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Kounelakis. G. Henriksson received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 38 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The Paltadiakos fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Paltadiakos had most of the ball, with 78 percent of possession.

After 51 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for G. Henriksson who increased Paltadiakos's lead to 0 - 6. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for G. Henriksson. 59 minutes in, Paltadiakos's R. Giannettino received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 60 minutes, Paltadiakos raised their score by one when N. Tsouloufas's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by M. Seremetiadis. 0 - 7. After 62 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed N. Tsouloufas to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 8. After 66 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave T. Dimarelis a chance to increase the lead for Paltadiakos, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 9. N. Tsouloufas increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 10. 76 minutes into the match, Paltadiakos's M. Seremetiadis demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to G. Henriksson who chipped it in for 0 - 11. After 79 minutes, Paltadiakos were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. G. Henriksson did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. Paltadiakos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 81 percent.

jo-lo's top performer was clearly M. Moustakis. T. Alogoskoufis was a disappointment, however. Paltadiakos's best player was M. Rodrigues Inácio. On the other hand, N. Mpardakis's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 11.