She triumphed in her big derby Handball Premier and remained alone first at the top of the standings o Olympic!
The “red and white” celebrated the most important victory with 27-23 against the AEKin the postponed match between the two teams for the 3rd matchday which was held closed in Ano Liosia, taking the informal title of winter champion and now having the upper hand in the battle for the championship in the regular season of the championship, which gives home advantage in the playoffs !
Top for the winners were Saturday and Tzibulaswho scored 8 goals each, while the top scorers for AEK were Madalinitch and Arabatziswho scored five goals.
The match
The derby was ambiguous in its first minutes, with Madalinic opening the scoring for AEK, Montoro equalizing and Papavasilis giving Olympiakos their first lead. Both teams emphasized their defenses and the visitors maintained their +1 advantage, before Madalinic put AEK ahead (5-4) for the first time since 1-0.
The two teams went hand in hand in the score, up to 7-7, while at that point in the match Olympiacos found a rhythm and took advantage of some AEK mistakes, building a 4-0 run with Savvas as the protagonist and taking the lead for the first time with +3 (7-10). Then AEK found a reaction and with consecutive goals by Arabatzis, they reduced the score to 10-11 in the first half.
Sliskovics and Kandylas started the second half perfectly for Olympiacos, scoring for 10-13, Liapis and Mallios reduced the goal (12-13) on behalf of AEK, while Olympiacos managed to maintain the +2 advantage, until the 14-16. At that point, AEK picked up the pace, building a 3-0 run and taking the lead after a long time (20-18).
Despite all this and entering the “final stretch” of the big derby, Olympiacos reacted and tied up its defense, while AEK blocked aggressively, giving their opponent the right to build a 7-1 streak, going ahead 25-21 and celebrating the great victory with the final 27-23!
The five minutes: 1-1, 3-3, 5-4, 7-9, 7-10, 10-11 (em.), 13-14, 15-16, 19-18, 20-21, 20-22, 23- 27
AEK (Dzukic): Matskevich, Arabatzis 5, Kederis, Papadionisiou, Iliopoulos 1, Lemos, Mallios 2, Kritikos, Papadopoulos 4, Arsic, Madalinic 5, Sokolic, Liapis 3, Jonson, Martinovic 3, Tome.
Olympiakos (Grammar): Kotanidis, Tziras, Karabourniotis, Michaelidis, Kavcits 1, Kandylas 2, Papavasilis 2, Tzibulas 8, Sliskovics 3, Savvas 8, Slavoulitsa, Vida, Passias 1, Papantonopoulos, Dombris, Montoro 2.
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