With the… right in this year’s Champions League o Olympic!
Despite the fact that the “red and white” found themselves with the back to the wall in the first part, with Jung to precede up to and with five goals difference (4-9), Horvje Kolianin’s players showed character and soul, came back from…hell with a dreamlike third quarter, sending the match to overtime (12-12)!
There, his class and quality spoke Marko Bijac, with the Croatian goalkeeper evolving from… fatal to beautiful of Piraeus, catching the last two penalties of Young Dubrovnik, with Genidounias hitting the final for the final 16-15, giving the first victory of the season to Olympiakos in the premiere of the top inter-club competition!
The match:
The start of the match was quite sluggish and nervous for Olympiakos, something which the Croatians took full advantage of, thanks to the mediocre performance of Bijac, but also the “red and white” defense, closed the first eight minutes with 4-1going into halftime with a lead 4 goals (4-8).
Indicative of the bad picture was the fact that before the end of the first half, coach Kolianin replaced Bijac with Manolis Zervoudas.
More in a while…
The eight minutes: 1-4, 4-8, 10-10, 12-12, 16-15 Fri.
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