Local Football:

Romanos (Elia) 4 v Paliani 2008 (Venerato) 0

Paliani kicked off but Romanos won the ball and a shot by Spanakis was deflected by Tirakis, with the rebound falling to Mezothiakakis, who shot from 25 metres and scored the first goal after one minute. Romanos now were playing some excellent football and after 17 minutes a good move ended with Markou scoring to make it 2-0. A foul after 22 minutes by Romanos’ Tzortzis led to a free kick on the edge of the penalty area, which was taken by Kotoros, but the shot went well over the cross bar. Then Romanos made constant attacks on the Paliani goal with Mezothiakakis, Spanakis and Housenai all going close to goal. The second half began with a bright start for Romanos with shots again from Mezothiakakis and Housenai going just wide. After 55 minutes Romanos again had the ball in the net but this time it was ruled off side. Markou had a shot from 30 metres which was just wide and seconds later, Markou again made a good run at goal but his shot was well saved by the keeper. Romanos were now attacking the goal at will; Mezothiakakis had two shots both going wide; Markou, with only the keeper to beat, shot tamely straight at him but then Spanakis had a good run and crossed the ball to Markou who made no mistake this time for his 35^th goal of the season, to make the score 3-0 after 65 minutes. Spanakis again crossed a great ball to Markou who at 25 metres out made no mistake and scored his hat trick to make the score 4-0 after 70 minutes. Romanos then played out the final few minutes to end still on top of the A2 EPSI league with 75 points.

The Khronicles “Man of the Match” was Romanos’ Bourthamis for his command of the goal area and a brilliant penalty save.

Romanos (Elia) 2 v Asimi (Mesara) 4

This was a game two halves. Already having won promotion with two games left to play, Romanos took on Asimi and were straight on to the attack with a good run by Sindihakis, who passed to Protoyerakis, who shot just wide. Romanos’ Yeorgalis beat the off side trap, but the Asimi keeper, Vasilakis, managed to push the ball out for a corner. This was followed by a great shot by Arapoglou but Vasilakis saved with his legs this time. In the 25^th minute Potoyerakis broke through the Asimi defence and scored the first goal to make it 1-0. After 31 minutes, a shot by Yeorgalis from 22 metres made it 2-0. For the second half Asimi made a substitution by bringing on Dagiandas and from the kick off a good move by Asimi’s Spyropoulos saw his shot well saved by the Romanos keeper. A 30 metre shot by Asimi’s Kosmathakis hit the net in the 47^th minute to make it 2-1. Asimi were well back into the game now with them doing all the attacking, which brought some bad tackles, and which led to Romanos’ Protoyerakis being sent off. From a corner, Asimi’s Tsantarmas scored to level the game at 2-2. Romanos were in total disarray now, and one minute later Kosmathakis lobbed the goal keeper to score, making it 2-3, and then had a great chance to seal the game but shot over the net from a very good position. The game was held up for five minutes while the referee sorted out an offside decision and from the restart Kosmathakis scored his third goal for a hat trick, making the final score 2-4. The Khronicles “Man of the Match” was Asimi’s Kosmathakis for his second half hat trick.

 PAO Gouves 0 v Romanos (Elia) 2

This was the last match of the season with Romanos already champions. A slow start with neither teams having a decent shot at goal, then a good move by Gouves ended with Alla E. shooting wide of goal. After 19 minutes a free kick to Gouves was easily taken by Romanos goalkeeper, Bourthamis. Romanos’ Markou started a good move, and finished with the ball in the back of the net to make the score 0-1. After 25 minutes a Gouves player was sent off unnecessarily as a yellow card would have been enough. After 39 minutes Romanos’ Markou again made some space and scored a great goal to make the score 0-2. In the second half Romanos’ Markou had another shot in the 50^th minute, but this was wide of goal. Both teams were finding it hard to break down the opposition’s defence and Gouves, with only ten men, were equal to Romanos’ eleven. A mistake by Bourthamis almost let in Gouves but he redeemed himself by saving the rebound. All in all, not a great game spoiled by the early dismissal of the Gouves player.

The Khronicles ‘Man of the Match’ was Romanos’ Klonaris who kept his defence well organised throughout the game.

Note: Romanos are now promoted to the A1 EPSI league, Thiagoras (Anopoli) stay in the A2 EPSI league and Gouves are relegated to the B EPSI league. Markou from the Romanos (Elia) team was the leading goal scorer in the A2 Epsi league with a grand total of 39 goals, well ahead of any other attackers.

 Boxing:

In the W.B.O. Interim Lightweight Title Fight, v Greek Australian Michael Katsidis (Australia) blew away Kevin Mitchell (England) by stopping him in the third round, handing him his first loss in 32 fights.

 
Sport to watch.

Formula One:

June 11 to 13: Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal

June 25 to 27: European Grand Prix, Valencia

Tennis:

June 21 to July 4: The All England Lawn tennis Championship, Wimbledon

World Cup 2010:

June 12: Korea Republic v Greece

June 17: Greece v Nigeria

June 22: Greece v Argentina