AEK won with difficulty in Drama 36-31 for the 18th matchday of the Handball Premier and returned to the top of the standings, even with Olympiacos in company, with the derby with PAOK still pending, leaving Dramani in fifth place.
Before the match, athletes laid flowers in front of a Saša Zibulović shirt.
The hosts, with Sina having an excellent day, were in front of the score until the 45th minute (27-25). At that point, AEK improved its defense and, with a 6-0 run, escaped 27-31 in the 55th minute, led by Madalinic, who finished the game with 13 goals.
In the last five minutes, the players of Alexis Albanos managed the difference and reached the final +5.
The five minutes: 2-1, 7-6, 10-8, 14-11, 15-13, 18-17 (w), 22-21, 24-23, 27-25, 27-27, 27-31, 31-36
Drama ’86 (Valavanis): Vassiliou, Moraitis 2, Lastsakou 1, Haitidis, Kovoglanidis 1, Kotsamarikoglou, Toskas 5, Tornikidis 2, Polydoros 2, Papazoglou, Kalaitzidis, Demertzidis, Barbas, Papageorgiou 2, Papadopoulos 6, Sina 10
AEK (Albanian): Matskevich, Arabatzis, Zivkovic 3, Madalinic 13, Kalamatas, Almeida, Iliopoulos 6, Kotsionis, Papadionisiou, Liapis 3, Arsic, Sokolic 2, Chitobi, Rogulski 4, Lemos, Kederis 5
Referees: Naskos – Haritsos. Two minutes: 2-4. Penalty: 4/4 – 2/3
Ionikos NF-Zafirakis 23-24
The five minutes: 2-2, 5-5, 7-7, 10-10, 12-12, 14-14 (em.), 15-16, 19-19, 21-21, 22-23, 23-24
IONIC (Arvanitis): Koukoulas 5, Aivaliotis 3, Tausanis 1, Papadopoulos, Braudakis, Syngaris, Ag. Vassiliou 2, Handelis 2, I. Vassiliou, Butos, Delichristos 1, Troulos 1, Mantzopoulos 2, Elozieoua 6, Heliotis, Balaskas
ZAFIRAKIS (Deligiannis): Bourdanos, Bolas 3, Tsageras 1, Tzouvaras, Theodoropoulos 3, Boubulendras, Rotzios, Misailidis 2, Biliouris, Apostolidis 4, Galitis, Milovics 2, Vafeidis 1, Tsatsas 1, Daskalopoulos, Lolas 7
Referees: Haralambidis-Zisis, Two minutes: 4-2, Red: 51:23 Tsatsas (for reckless action – no card was kept), Penalty: 1/1-3/4
Vrilissia-AESH Pylias 21-28
The five minutes: 1-1, 3-3, 4-4, 7-6, 9-9, 12-11, 12-14, 13-16, 15-19, 18-21, 18-26, 21-28
VRILISSIA (Tutsis): Tsikogiannopoulos, Vlachos 3, Tombros 1, Pantazis, Antoniadis, Yakits, Karamasiotis, Zarikos 2, Cheroubeim 3, Vamvakas 3, Khoursoudian 5, Stathis 4, Chalaris, Kiultzidis, Tsamouris
AESCH Pylaia (Ananiadis): Babatzanidis, Manoloudis 4, Metsis 2, Karagiozopoulos 7, Giannakidis, Koukmisis 3, Moisigef, Batzios 3, Alexandridis 4, Sigiridis, Alachatianos, Stoyanovics, Seirekidis 2, Palaskas 2, Antoniadis, Zafeiris 1
Referees: Bettman- Tzaferopoulos, Seconds: 4-3, Penalty: 2/3-3/5
Doukas-HANTH 40-25
The five minutes: 2-4, 6-6, 10-7, 15-9, 18-9, 21-12(em), 28-14, 31-16, 34-17, 36-20, 39-22, 40- 25
ASE Doukas (Chalkidis): Borodai, Markatatos 3, Payatis, Khatsaturian 4, Tsakouridis, Panagiotou, Kiartzidis, Geroulanos 7, Anastasiou 4, Batis 10, Yantsa 3, Kolezakis 2, Zafeirakis, Kollyris, Panou 6, Stefanitsis 1
HANTH (Papavasilis): Skoufas 5, Pantzios 1, Andreadakis 4, Ioannidis, Sarafis 2, Daios, Vardakas 2, Charizopoulos 2, Kouklotidis 1, Giannakidis 3, Billias 2, Karangelos 1, Agathonikos 2, Samaras, Papadopoulos, Filosoglou.
Referees: Betas – Sclavenitis. Two minutes: 4-3, Penalty: 3/4-4/6
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