The National Men’s Handball Team defeated the local representative team in a big match 29-27 in Belgium in the premiere of the qualifiers of the 2023 World Cup and ideally started the effort to qualify for the finals of the tournament.
The National team showed character in difficult parts of the match and managed to get a double after five years.
The representative team had many players on a good day and their leaders were Tziras (10 goals), Papadionysiou (4 goals), Mylona (3 goals), while decisive under the crossbar was Bukovinas, who, in fact, scored from one goal in other.
Ethniki started “numb” and found itself losing 2-0 in 4 ‘, but found the solutions with Mylonas and led 7-6 and with Tziras 8-6, finishing the half at 14-12.
At the beginning of the second half, Michailidis made it 15-12, but there the Belgians took advantage of the inertia of the National and led 19-17 and 20-18. With an amazing defense and goal against Tziras, who had 90% accuracy (10/11), Ethniki with a series of 4-0 led 22-20 in 48 ‘and 26-22 in 52’ with Kostakidis. Despite the 26-27 of the Belgians, Papadionisiou made it 26-28 and we reached the final result.
“Congratulations to the children. We needed an away win to make the kids believe even more in themselves. You will allow us, however, not to celebrate. The road to the group is long. We have to watch out for home games, the Turks have ‘hurt’ us several times. I want to address a call to the people of Heraklion, we need their support “, stressed George Zaravinas.
The five minutes: 2-1, 4-4, 6-6, 8-8, 10-11, 12-14 (ημχ), 14-16, 18-17, 20-18, 22-25, 25-27, 27-29
BELGIUM (Silla): Lettens, Serras, Keters 4, Brown, Coleman 2, Van Cosen 4, Ums, Daneshy 1, Marshall, Glorio 7, Bowlers, Vanov, Gillet, De Bell 5, Rainier, Candel 4
GREECE (Zaravinas): Bukovinas 1, Papantonopoulos, Kostakidis 3, Mylonas 3, Boskos, Kritikos 2, Mallios 2, Kandylas, Dombris 1, Papadionisiou 4, Michailidis 1, Liapis 1, Iliopoulos 1, Asvestas, Tziras 10, Araba
Referees: Daniel Martins- Roberto Martins (Portugal), Two Minutes: 5-6, Penalty: 3 / 3-4 / 4
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