Olympiacos lifted the third Cup in the “thriller”.

In a dramatic match, Olympiacos defeated Doukas 28-27 in extra time in the f4 final of the Men’s Handball Cup held in Nafplio to claim the trophy, its third overall in the institution, claiming the double in the Handball Premier finals against AEK and leaving the Academy team with the complaint and the attempt to return to the titles.

The match was dramatic, with the champions having a small lead most of the time, but ASE getting it at regular intervals, but in the extra quarter, Olympiacos found the right solutions and reached the victory.

The match

The two teams started very well offensively and scored from all positions, with the score forming at 3-3 and 4-4, with goalkeeper Bauer starring for the “red and whites” in this period against the attacks of the northern suburbs team and the champions to end the first quarter at 6-5.

After 15′, Olympiacos found the solutions with Papavasilis and Bayou and led twice with a difference of three goals, but Tziras and Yantsa had the solutions for Doukas, gradually reducing to -2 and -1, with the first half hour to end at 13-12 for the players of Nikos Grammatikos.

At the start of the replay, Olympiacos managed to escape and maintain +1 for a long time, with Niokas taking the offensive initiatives of Piraeus and Tsakouridis of ASE. The interventions of the two goalkeepers and the non-exploitation of the set pieces on either side kept the score low.

Kandylas took over the offensive “baton” for Doukas and ASE made the reversal from -2, equalizing 18-18 in the 50′, while he missed a penalty with Tziras in the 52′. Thus, Dombris made it 19-18 for Olympiakos, but with a 2-0 run, Doukas took the lead for the first time in the second half with 20-19. Olympiacos equalized twice and 21-21 in the 57th minute with Passias.

Tziras missed a penalty for Doukas, after Bauer saved for the second time and Papadopoulos made it 22-21 for the “red and whites” in the 59th minute. Geroulanos made a mistake in the attack of Doukas, Olympiacos made steps in the attack, but in the last attack of ASE, a penalty was given in “dead” time for the dismissal of Papadopoulos and Stefanitsis executed it aptly, making it 22-22 and sending the final to ten minute overtime.

Charitonidis made it 22-23 at the start of extra time, but Papadopoulos equalized for Olympiakos and Slavoulitsa stole and left to surprise the champions 24-23. Papadopoulos took advantage of ASE’s defensive inactivity and made it 25-23, with Bauer repelling Duke’s attacks.

Jantsa was down 25-24 at the start of the second quarter, Olympiacos responded immediately, but Jantsa’s seventh goal made it 26-25. Karabourniotis’ penalty made it 27-25 for the “red and white” and Montoro’s consecutive steals did not let Doukas down. Finally, Stefanitsis reduced the score at 69′ to 27-26 and at 53′ Dombris made it 28-26 for Stefanitsis to answer for 28-27, but there was no time for anything else and Olympiacos took their third Cup .