Olympiacos defeated Novi Beograd and won the 3rd place of the Champions League!

With a sweet… taste he leaves Malta and the Final 4 of the Men’s Polo Champions League Olympic!

The “red and whites” put on an excellent performance, especially in defense, prevailing comfortably in the minor final with 9-6 of the Serbian champions, Novi Beograd, conquering for the first time in their history the 3rd place in the event!

A great protagonist for the doubles of Greece was Giannis Fundoulis with three goals, while Marko Bijats also provided valuable help, with the Piraeus goalkeeper making a lot of interventions, bringing down… rolls on the “red and white” goalposts!

Somehow, Olympiacos closes with me another success this yearwith his team Hervo Kolianin however to stick with… ah, for her elimination on penalties from Pro Reco in the semi-finals, wanting to go all the way in the treble.

The match:

The game was quite balanced in the first minutes, as both teams could not take advantage of the conditions they had with one player more. From the middle of the eight minute onwards, o Olympic raised “speeds” and its efficiency in the attack, and with the goals of Gennidounias (2), Dimos and Gillas within a 4-minute period, closed the first eight minutes in front of score with 4-1.

In the second period, Novi Beograd found solutions through the penalties that Milos Čuk executed aptly, down to 4-3 in 7.5 racing minutes. Fundoulis with a beautiful shot from 6 meters made it 5-3, only for Vamos to come a little later to once again send the “red and whites” to +3 (6-3) to the player above. In fact, in the next attack, Fundoulis increased the score with his second personal goal at 7-3 at 12′with the Olympiakos defense in the second half of the eight minute working extremely well, allowing just one goal to the Serbs and that in the last minute, with the half ending with the Greek team lead 7-4.

The scene was completely different in the third eight minutes, where the defenses, but also the two goalkeepers, Marko Bijac and Lazar Dobozalov had the first say. Despite the fact that both Olympiacos and Novi had 4 situations with more players, only one of them was exploited by the two teams, initially with the “red and whites” and Vamos and then for the Serbs with Jaksic for 8-5 of the period.

With this “dowry” in her +3 favor, but also with her amazing defense, the Hervo Kolianin it was obvious that she had brought the match to her liking. With Bijac rolling down rolls and “sweeping” everything that passes through the blocks, Olympiacos managed to keep Novi Beograd to one goal for the second eight minutes, thus celebrating the victory and third place in the Champions League with the final 9-6.

The eight minutes: 4-1, 3-3, 1-1, 1-1.