Olympiacos fought like… a lion but was defeated on penalties by the mighty Pro Reko

With a great effort in the second half of the match, o Olympic bounced back from their poor start but lost on penalties (13-11) from the mighty Before Recoin his semi-final Len Champions League Final Fourwhich takes place in Malta.

The “red and white” largely paid for their bad start, as it took about 13 minutes for their first goal of the matchwhile the regular time score was set at 9-9.

Terrible performance from the goalkeeper too Bijatsbut in the penalty shootout the Italians were more accurate, while the Municipality and Gillas.

Thus, Pro Reco will claim her fourth consecutive victory in the final (7/6, 22:00)while on the other hand the Piraeus team will play in the short final (7/6, 8:00 p.m.) against the loser of the second semi-final Ferencvaros-Novi Beograd.

The match

Olympiacos started the game very badly. The “red and whites” made many mistakes, while the few attacks they executed were misguided, with Pro Reco on the other hand taking advantage of the situations when they had more players and closing the first eight minutes with a 3-0 advantage.

The Piraeus team continued in the same bad attacking pattern in the second eight minutes, but thanks to the excellent Bijats, the Italians could not find a goal. Olympiakos’ first goal came from Genidounias, about three minutes before the end of the first half. Younger responded for Pro Reko, with Vamos making it 4-2 and staying until the end.

With excellent defense and taking advantage of the player above with Foundoulis and Papanastasiou, Olympiacos equalized (4-4) in the first two minutes of the third quarter. The Italians responded and took the lead, with Genidounias equalizing the match with a penalty (5-5). However, in the last three minutes the “red and white” did not find a goal, in contrast to Pro Reco finding two and closing the third eight minutes at 7-5.

In the first attack of the fourth eight minutes, Alafragkis reduced the goal, but Zalanki answered for +2 (8-6) of the Italians. The “red and white” responded with a penalty by Vamos and Dimos, for 8-8, five minutes before the end. Both defenses followed, with Genidounias giving the lead to the Piraeus team (8-9) at 2:16 before the end. Di Fulvio equalized (9-9), with Piraeus losing chances to take the lead and Pro Reco taking the last attack, at 18.8” before the end, the defense came out and the match went to penalties .

In the penalty shootout, the Italians scored in everything, with Dimos and Gillas missing and thus Olympiacos knowing the defeat with a score of 13-11.

The eight minutes: 3-0, 1-2, 3-3, 2-4 etc. 4-2 pen.

Watch the film of the match here