Despite losing 27-31 to Romania in Pitesti in their premiere in the “Carpathian Cup” men’s handball tournament, the National team was highly competitive and controlled the game for the longest time, having the lead, 8-10 (18′). , 10-13 (23′) and 13-16 at halftime.
At the beginning of the second half with a 4-0 run by the Greek internationals it became 14-20 in the 36th minute, 17-22 (42th minute) and 19-23 (44th minute). There, the “hosts” counterattacked and, with a 4-0 run, equalized 23-23 in the 47th minute. Our National Team took the lead for the last time in the 48th minute (23-24), with the Romanians taking the lead 25-24 in the 51st minute.
The National Team reacted, equalized 25-25 (52′) and 26-26 (54′), but in the last five minutes Romania was calmer and found the solutions for the 31-27 victory.
GREECE (Zaravinas): Papantontopoulos, Papavasilis 6, Savvas 3, Passias 1, Kandylas, Michaelidis 2, Tziras 2, Dombris, Kederis 2, Liapis 1, Papadionisiou, Arabatzis 1, Mallios 2, Papazoglou, Toskas 4, Panagiotou, Mposkos 2, Boukovinas 1
Referees: Parvu- Potirnice (Romania), Two minutes: 5-6, Penalty: 3/3-2/4
The federal coach, Giorgos Zaravinas, said: “It was a very useful friendly. I am very pleased with the children. We have many things to see and aim for. Of course we could have won, but in the second half we were quite misguided.”
Results – Tournament schedule:
Thursday 28/12
Slovakia- Georgia 27-32
Romania-Greece 31-27
Friday 29/12
15:00 Slovakia-Greece
17:30 Georgia- Romania
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