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Katastari squandered many great opportunities throughout the game.
Those on the island that feared this match against Union Lerna were justified. Not by the opponent but by the failure of the players, who lost a total of 9 great opportunities to score. So, in the second half stress returned and fatally the match gained the rank of derby.
On the one hand, the hosts who wanted to win at all costs, and on the other hand the guests who were on Zakynthos to play and leave with their heads held high, as they did of course. From the first minute the hosts took the initiative and moved the ball to the area of Katsaounis. At 8′ the first good moment for Katastari. Kapsaskis will make a nice move from the right to dribble his opponent, sending the ball to Petta who will pass it to Kardaris, who will attempt to shoot, but the ball goes wide.
The hosts intensified their efforts to reach a goal and came close to it when at 17′, from an error by the Union Lernas, after a corner from Kardaris Kaplatzis will incorrectly flip the ball backwards, Katsaounis will send the ball to the beam, in the restoration, Kourellas will cross, Pettas will catch the header with
Katsaounis to firmly block. The match will continue in the same pattern. Like cat and mouse. The guests all behind the centre to defend and the home team constantly flirting with the goal. Three minutes later, the ever active Kapsaski will pass anyone he finds in front of him, reaching the area, he will pass the ball to the upcoming Kardaris, who will send the ball hopelessly wide.
A huge missed opportunity for Katastari to open the score. The match continued with the stadium, ’tilting’ towards the airport side, where Katastari was pressing for a goal. At 23′ again, another great opportunity for the islanders was lost when Kourellas coming up from the left, makes a beautiful cross, the ball will reach the unmarked Petta, who will shoot with the ball passing by Katsaounis’ post, Mezini entered the phase but he could not reach the goal. So far, Katastari was a real mess. From 35′ onwards the home team stopped the siege of the area of Katsaounis. The rhythm fell sharply with the Katastari players making inexplicably passes, unorthodoxly, trying to get to the opponents area.
Shortly before half time Katastari will lose one more important moment when Kourellas makes a free-kick from the right Katsaounis will send it away with the ball reaching Kardaris who with a header will attempt to lob the keeper of Union Lerna, but the ball goes wide.
No sooner had the second half started, than the home side were pushing to reach the goal that would raise their spirits. At 50′ another great opportunity for the islanders was lost when Tiliopoulos kicks the ball that reaches Kapsaskis, who will do a header, with Katsaounis to save the team, in the restoration Kapsaskis again will shoot with the defenders to send it away, before it crosses the line for a corner.
And a minute later, a very good shot by Petta was neutralized by the experienced goalkeeper of Lerna, who had become the player of the match, since with his interventions he kept his team upright in the municipal stadium.
At 59′ came redemption for the players of Dimitris Nolis when Andreas Mezini calmly shoots, after a nice stopping by Kapsaskis at the penalty shootout, will beat Katsaounis , making it 1-0 for his team. A few minutes later, namely at 64′ the islanders came very close to a 2nd goal, but again they did not succeed, when Kourellas takes the corner shot finding Petta. The leader of the Katastari team will make an amazing undercut shot with Katsaounis ‘taking off’ and sending the ball to the left post, making the repulse of the game.
At 71′, again the dangerous Petta will make a shot, by taking advantage of Karellas parallel cutting centre with the ball barely going out of Katsaounis’ right-hand post. From 75′ and on, the home team lost their concentration and gave the field to the Union who tried from set phases to equalise the match. The mistakes of Katastari players were plenty but they did not cost the team.
At 86′, the goalkeeper of the Union, Katsaounis, was sent-off with a 2nd yellow card, for protesting. From there the match went into extra-time, with Pettas accepting at 93′ his second yellow card for delaying, a card that the head of the Katastari wanted, from what it looked like.
At 95′ another opportunity, double even, was recorded for Katastari, when Mesini will make a centre to Marouda, all alone, who cannot defeat Platis and in the throw-in, the same player will shoot with the young goalkeeper to send the ball to a corner. So the final whistle found Katastari with this poor but honest 1-0 winner, with 33 points in the relevant table and is very close to staying in the 8th ghroup of the third national division.
