Goal achieved for Olympiakos, who made it 1-0 in the series of the Handball Premier finals, beating AEK 25-23.
However, the “red and whites” were left with complaints about the refereeing, as can be seen from the match report uploaded on the club’s website.
“Thrylos defeated AEK 25-23 and the referee and made it 1-0 in the series!“, say the people of Piraeus, but also: “AEK reduced to 23-22, with a non-existent penalty, a huge mistake by the referees (and two minutes for Papavasilis)».
The analysis of the match
The handball team of Olympiakos/Omilos Xinis “entered” the finals of the championship with the “right”. In the first final of the Handball Premier at the indoor gym of Ilioupoli, Thrylos defeated AEK 25-23 and the referee and made it 1-0 in the series!
Playing great defence, the ‘red and whites’ put in an excellent performance for most of the final, had five and six goal leads and achieved their goal against the ‘yellow and black’, taking the first of three steps towards winning the season’s championship 2023-24.
On Thursday (6/6), Zeliko Babic’s team will play the second Handball Premier final, this time at the home of AEK, with the sole aim of the “double” and 2-0 in the series.
Olympiacos “entered” the match strongly and with Savva’s goal (5:32), took a 3-1 lead. AEK tied it at 4-4, but Thrylos again escaped +2 (6-4) in the 14th minute, with Sliskovic increasing the lead to three goals, for 7-4, at 15:28. In the 19th minute, Cavcic gave “air” +4 (9-5) to the “red and whites”, who continued their dominance, with Savva “writing” 10-6, at 21:14. The “yellow and black” were reduced to 10-8, but Olympiacos pressed hard on the “gas” and “closed” the first half with a wide margin of five goals (13-8), after another excellent effort by Sliskovic (28:54) .
At the beginning (34:56) of the second half, Sliskovic “hit” again and increased the lead of Thrylos to +6 (15-9), while at 38:22, Passias made it 17-12. The “red and white” relaxed and after some time, AEK reduced to two goals (19-17). Vida brought it back to +3 (20-17) at 46:43, but the visitors were down again, this time to 22-21. At 56:19, Savvas gave a “breather” to Olympiakos, making it 23-21, but AEK reduced it to 23-22, with a non-existent penalty, a huge mistake by the referees (and two minutes for Papavasilis). Sliskovic “answered”, however, at 58:20, for 24-22, with Cavcic shaping, in the last second (59:59), the final 25-23 of the Legend.
Olympiakos (Zeliko Babic): Kotanidis, Tziras, Karabourniotis, Papavasilis, Vida 3, Tzimboulas, Papantonopoulos, Kandylas, Sliskovics 9, Dombris 1, Passias 3, Montoro 1, Slavoulitsa, Kavcits 3, Michaelidis, Savvas 5
AEK (Frederick Buzan): Arambatzis, Tick 1, Jonson 3, Madalinic 2, Mallios, Teper, Iliopoulos, Tome 4, Papadionisiou, Liapis 3, Arsic, Belancen 2, Sokolic, Miller 2, Lemos 5, Kederis 1
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