Tough victory for AEK over Doukas, easy passage of Olympiakos from Edessa

AEK celebrated a difficult victory against Doukas (31-30), taking an important two points in view of the continuation.

The “yellow and black” were better in the first part and even reached +6 (10-4), while they went to the break leading 18-14. However, the visitors dramatically improved their performance in the second half and managed to equalize (22-22). “Union”, however, found the mental reserves and finally got the two points 31-30.

The five minutes: 5-1, 9-4, 11-7, 13-9, 16-11, 18-14 (half), 20-20, 22-22, 27-26, 29-27, 30-27, 31- 30.

AEK (Dzukic): Matskevich, Arabatzis 4, Zambitz, Kritikos, Ionson, Mandalinich 9, Mallios, Iliopoulos 1, Papadopoulos, Papadionisiou 3, Liapis 2, Martinovich 5, Arsic, Sokolic, Lemos 3, Kederis 4.

ASED (Halkidis): Kiartzidis, Mylonas 3, Payatis 3, Batis 6, Kolezakis, Panagiotou 3, Papadopoulos, Khoursoudian 3, Geroulanos 4, Yantsa, Charitonidis 1, Kovanis 2, Arapakopoulos 1, Zivoulovich 4, Kollyris.

Referees: Fotakidis-Kinatzidis, Two minutes: 8-3, Penalty: 3/4-6/9

Olympiacos also had an easy task against Aeropo in Edessa (24-31) and they also did their best, being at the top, together with AEK. Piraeus did not have Savvas at their disposal, but they had versatility in attack, getting goals from 11 of his players.

The five minutes: 1-3, 2-7, 4-9, 6-12, 7-16, 7-18 (half), 11-22, 14-24, 16-25, 20-27, 22-29, 24- 31.

AIRPLANE (Tutsis): Athanasiou, Goncharov 2, Tzoulis, Robes, Doukas, Papagiannis 3, Boutkaris 1, Veremchuk, Satsenko 3, Ofrisenko 8, Koukoutsidis 1, Gatsis 2, Papadopoulos 1, Giannoussis, Marinos, Totidis.

OLYMPIC (Grammar): Kotanidis, Tziras 5, Karabourniotis, Papavasilis 2, Vida 1, Tzimboulas 5, Papantonopoulos, Kandylas, Sliskovits 2, Dombris 1, Tsigaridas 2, Passias 3, Montoro 3, Slavoulitsa 3, Cavtits 4, Michaelidis 2.

Referees: Gogas-Sahinoglu, Two minutes: 2-4, Penalty: 0/1-2/2

In the other games of the day, Diomedes passed Pylaia (23-26), while with the victory PAOK also left the headquarters of Panhellini (22-32). THE Zafirakis Kilkis prevailed 24-21, while the Drama prevailed 28-26 of the Ionian in New Philadelphia.