Apollon Smyrni’s third straight win for Group 2, Panachaiki stumbled

Apollon Smyrnis scored its third straight Super League 2 win as it edged out Herodotos with 5-2who had Dimitris Dimitriou on his bench, as part of the 17th game.

The Light Brigade started the game stronger and took the lead through Moraitis in the 25th minute and scored another goal in the 45th minute. The 26-year-old forward scored for the seventh straight game, tying the record set by Demi Nikolaidis, who became the last Apollon Smyrnis player to score in seven straight games from January to March 1996.

Herodotos reduced the lead to 2-1 with Theodorakis in the 51st minute, but Korovesis’ header in the 54th minute gave Apollon a two-goal lead again. Kerebin reduced the score to 3:2 for the guests in the 67th minute, but the Light Brigade ended the game in the final. Halimi made it 4-2 with a placed penalty in the 74th minute, while Moraitis made it 4-2 in the 90th minute.

Apollon Smyrnis reduced the gap to leaders Kifisia to three but had a game more. Herodotus finds himself in an extremely difficult position after -15 was activated against him for debt.

Apollo Smyrni (Bosniadis): Sorchan, Papageorgiou, Dominguez, Patapis, Korovesis (83′ Tabas), Anastasopoulos, Moustakopoulos (83′ Lussinger), Cuadra (90+2′ Theocharis), Moraitis, Pereira (75′ Herrera), Sadat (46′ Halimi).

Herodotus (Demetrius): Golovits, Pitsolis, N. Chalkiadakis (Kerebin 61), Fratrovics, Bakutsis, Theodorakis (Klados 86), Haikalis, Levitsanin, M. Chalkiadakis (Khindri 79), Markovics, Grigoropoulos.

White draw in Rethymno

Episkopi and Panachaiki each picked up a point in Crete by staying at 0-0. The Achaeans were the closest to goal but Petar Karakleić’s beautiful shot in the 29th minute was stopped by the post after an intervention by goalkeeper Psarra.

In the 81st minute, Handi forced Psarra to make another good intervention with a shot, and the post helped him again. Alexopoulos took the rebound from close range and sent the ball wide.

Diocese (Anifantakis): Psarras, Politis, Kefalas, Dambizas, Papadopoulos, Skenderai, Koutsias, Voukelatos (72′ Ebouele), Ampafou (72′ Tsiledakis), Stathopoulos (90′ Tjortzinakis), Arabatzis (46′ Cricklow).

Panachaiki (Papadopoulos): Theodorakis, Trimmatis, Tsakmakis, Larea, Bourlakis, Mytidis (46′ Alexopoulos), Tsiaras, N. Karaklaits, Silva (60′ Linardos), P. Karaklaits (60′ Handi), Stergidis.

PAO Roof got a point from OF Ierapetras

In Tavros, PAO Roof, they drew 1-1 with OF Ierapetras, with Vangelis Stournara making his debut on the Cretan bench. The visitors were the first to threaten in the ninth minute when Karabetsos sent the ball to the post with a powerful shot.

In the 24th minute, the hosts took the lead thanks to a Nitsakis goal. Indeed, they had a chance to score another goal three minutes later, but Venardos’ powerful shot from inside the box found the right post of Kyritsis.

OF Ierapetras leveled the game with Patrick Vuo in the 59th minute, which was the final score.

PAO roof (Goumas): Tsogkas, Dalamitras, Mkrtsian, Papoutsojiannopoulos, Marinakis, Zounis, Kallergis, Nitsakis, Venardos, Camus, Gaitanis.

Office of Ierapetras (Stournaras): Kyritsis, Karagiannis, Stamou, Zisis, Itsios, Kallitsounakis, Kataldi, Marathonitis, Muller, Vuo, Karabetsos.

Super League 2 matchday 17 match schedule and results for Group B

March 31

• Athens Kallithea – Progressive 1-0

April 1st

• Ilioupolis – AEK B’ 3-1
• Kalamata – Olympiacos B’ 4-0

2nd of April

• PAO roof – FROM Ierapetras 1-1
• Apollo of Smyrna – Herodotus 5-2
• Diocese – Panachaiki 0-0

3rd of April

• Egaleo-Kifissia

Day off: Chania

Super League 2 Group B Ranking

1. Kifissia 40 (15 games)
2. Apollo Smyrni 37 (16 Games)
3. Athens Kallithea 36 (15 games)
4. Panachaiki 32 (16 games)
5. OF Ierapetra 29 (16 games)
6. Kalamata 26 (16 games)
7. Ilioupolis 23 (16 games)
8. Chania 22 (15 games)
9. Egaleo 20 (15 games)
10. Progressive 14 (16 games)
11. AEK B’12 (16 games)
12. Diocese 9 (15 games)
13. Olympiacos B’7 (15 games)
14. PAO Roof 4 (16 Games)
15. Herodotus -11 (15 games)

• Olympiacos B’ was penalized -10
• Herodotus was penalized -15