He bowed out in Iceland and is looking for a big upset in the rematch o Olympic! The “red and white” were defeated by a score 30-26 at its headquarters Valur in his first final EHF European Cup and are now called upon to cover a four-goal handicap in the second leg.
The difference was lost in the final for the Piraeus, who were close to the score throughout the game but in the last quarter the home team proved to be calmer in their attacks, which they took advantage of to reach the final score.
Olympiakos’ streak of ten victories, therefore, stopped in ReykjavÃk. At 7.20, Olympiacos was at +2 (2-4), with the hosts immediately reaching the equalizer and the game going point-to-point thereafter until the half-time, which ended in a draw (14-14).
The “red and white” were lucky to have Savvas with five goals on a big day, but also Kotanidis with 4 surgeries. The second part continued with the same tempo and the score was quite close, since at 51.26 of the match we had the 18th tie of the final (24-24).
Somewhere there, Valour hit the gas, they were effective in attack unlike Piraeus. He took advantage of it, he found himself at +4 but Sliskovic with 45” left reduced it to 29-26. However, the Icelanders also found a goal on their last attack to win by four points (30-26) and take the lead for the cup.
The five minutes: 1-2, 4-5, 7-7, 9-9, 11-10, 14-14 (d.), 16-15, 20-18, 21-20, 23-22, 27-24 , 30-26
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