They lost in Spain to Mataro and Olympiacos was eliminated

Until the beginning of the second half, Olympiacos claimed qualification to the Final 4 of the Women’s Champions League. It was then that he leveled at 9-9 and it was all over again. Of course, his attempt to overturn the home defeat by two goals (11-9) in the first quarter-final match at the Piraeus National Swimming Pool was very difficult from the start, and the development of the big match – rematch at the packed “El Sorral” of Barcelona opposite in Mataro, she was not good. The European champion in the last two years, was defeated again 15-12 and was eliminated from the top four of the inter-club competition.

Olympiacos started very strong and led 2-0 with the same number of goals from Eleftheria Pleuritou. Mataro in front of her world. within 1:20 he not only equalized but led 3-2 and then the teams went goal-goal. Olympiacos led 4-3 and 5-4 but could not escape. Mataro found a way to equalize (after 5-5, Margarita Pleuritou was sent off with three fouls) and from the middle of the second eight minutes she took a two-goal lead 7-5, 8-6 and 9-7, halftime score, with the Van de Kraats and Ana Espar (not featured in the first game) have scored three goals each. As well as Eleftheria Pleuritou.

The European champion entered the second part very strongly as well, and quickly tied (9-9) with Nicole Eleftheriadou and Christina Siouti. However, Eleftheria Pleuritou was also sent off with three penalties, very early in the game (6:15 from the end of the third eight minutes). With a 3-0 run, the home team took a 12-9 lead and Maria Myriokephalitaki reduced it to 12-10 (01:53 from the end), a score that ended the third period.

The case-qualification became a mountain when Keztelli-Nagy scored 13-10 (07:00) while at 06:34 Van de Kraats with a penalty (and her 5th personal goal) made it 14-10. With a nice lob, Elena Xenaki reduced the score to 14-11 (03:44) and in the same way Xenaki also made it 14-12. Kezteli-Nagy scored the final 15-12 for her team.

The eight minutes: 4-4, 5-3, 3-3, 3-2

MATARO (Daniel Bayart): Sanchez Gonzalez, Morel Espinagosa, Van de Kraats 5, Gual Rovirosa, Sevenich, Keztelli-Nagy 4, Cambrai Alvarez, Nogue Frigola 2, Aveno, Vidal 1, Espar 3, Mourinho, Herrera.

OLYMPIC (Alexander Tsirits): Diamantopoulou, Eleftheria Pleuritou 3, Hydirioti, Eleftheriadou 2, Tricha 1, Xenaki 2, Siouti 1, M. Pleuritou, Tornarou, Vaso Pleuritou 2, Kristmas, Myriokephalitaki 1, Stamatopoulou.