Olympiacos prevailed away from Drama with 31-29 in a game for the 8th game. The champions had the upper hand throughout the match and reached seven wins in the league, having only been beaten by AEK.
The “red and white” were ahead of Dramina 17-11 and 27-21 and went through a difficult home, reaching the seven consecutive victories in the championship.
With Michaelidis’ goal at 15:40, Olympiacos led 7-5, with Liolios increasing the difference to +3 (8-11), scoring at 21:00. With Weber’s accurate penalty kick, in the 25th minute, Thrylos made it 14-11, Papavasilis “wrote” 15-11 (26:30), with Michaelidis “striking” again, for +5 (11- 16, 27:00). In the 28th minute, the Greek champions escaped with +6 (11-17), with a nice goal by Liolios, with the Drama team reacting and reducing it to 17-13, a score that ended the first half.
At 37:50, Slavoulitsa “found” the net, for 21-17, Drama reduced to 21-19, with Karabourniotis scoring (44:53), from the pivot position, for 24-21 of ” red and white”. At 47:20, Niokas gave Olympiacos a five-goal (21-26) “air” on the counter, with Michaelidis declaring himself “present” again, for 27-21, at 48:00. Drama reduced to 29-27, Slavulitsa made it 30-27 (59:17), with Thrylos prevailing, finally, with 31-29!
The five minutes: 1-2, 4-4, 5-5, 7-10, 11-13, 13-17 (mh), 16-19, 17-21, 21-24, 21-27, 24-28, 29-31
DRAMA (Valavanis): Papazoglou, Barbas, Moraitis 6, Haitidis, Kovoglanidis, Kotsamarikoglou, Polydoros 2, Tornikidis, Toskas 12, Kalaitzidis, Dakaris, Papageorgiou, Zibulovits 2, Papadopopoulos 6, Kraniotis, Sina 1.
OLYMPIAKOS (Karassavidis): Kotanidis, Roussos 1, Niokas 5, Karabourniotis 3, Papavasilis 3, Koutoulogenis, Papadimitriou, Papadopoulos 1, Dombris, Weber 5, Passias 1, Liolios 2, Slavoulitsa 6, Gratzan 1, Michaelidis 3, Bauer.
Referees: Tzaferopoulos-Theodosiou, Two minutes: 3-2, Penalty: 1/1-3/3
Giorgos Karasavvidis (Olympiakos coach): “We won in a difficult venue. We are pleased with the appearance of the children. They cover our absences very well. We are focusing on the Ionian now. Last year, we dropped points in this match and that’s why we have to be focused.”
Sakis Valavanis (Drama technician): “Definitely a very good performance from our team, even after a demanding schedule. However, if you want to claim points against such opponents, you shouldn’t make effortless mistakes and lose so many six-yards. We didn’t come in with the same energy as in the others match and maybe we were more afraid of the match than we should have been. In the second half we found our rhythm and played a good game.”
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