AEK beat Olympiakos and took the first step towards winning the Handball Premier title (21-19)!
The “Union” may have found themselves behind in the score, from where they were in front with a difference of eight goals, but having him Matskevich on an excellent day, who saved two penalties and made more than 20 tackles in total, to earn the coveted 1-0 win.
Great look at second part from the “red and white”, who returned from… Tartarus, but could not leave with the double from the headquarters of the “two-headed”.
Next match is next Wednesday (17/5, 19:30), this time with Piraeus welcoming the team of Alexis Albanos, with the team that will arrive first at three wins to win the championship.
The match
AEK started very strong and led 3-0 in the first three minutes of the game, while three minutes later they reached 5-1.
Olympiacos went down to 6-3, but with two nice goals from Papadionissios, “Enos” reached 7-4. Madalinic was excellent under the posts, while in addition to his great interventions, culminating in a 4-a-4 with Papadopoulos, he also scored a goal in the defenseless home of Piraeus for the 10-5.
The “black and yellow” not only did not concede a goal, but with Iliopoulos and Madalinics they reached the 13-5, with Matskevich keeping the score at these levels, also saving Papadopoulos’ penalty.
The Grammatiko players cut it to 13-8 with three quick goals, with AEK having an answer and both teams going into the break with 15-9.
At the start of the second half, “Union” made it 17-11, with Madalinic also in amazing condition. At that point, the Piraeus stepped on… the gas and reduced to 17-14, having a good presence in defense and attack. In fact, the “red and white” brought the game to a draw (17-17), with AEK scoring for 18-17, after 11 minutes of failure.
Olympiacos turned the match upside down by doing so 18-19 by Papavasili. However, Alexis Albanou’s team skyrocketed their performance and with Matskevich again being decisive, they reached 20-19.
In the last minutes, the “two-headed” limited Olympiakos quite a bit, with Matskevich to make an incredible intervention 10” before the finale, keeping his team in front of the score. Kederis did it 21-19 in exhalation, with AEK taking the first step towards winning the Handball Premier title!
The five minutes: 4-1, 6-3, 7-4, 11-5, 13-6, 15-9 (half time), 17-13, 17-16, 17-17, 18-19, 20-19, 21- 19.
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