In a friendly “titan battle” in Papastrateio, Olympiacos lost to Barcelona 14-15 on penalties (also 12-12) on the last day of the joint preparation of the two clubs in Piraeus and in a match with tough defenses, nice attacks , score changes and many tries from Hervo Kolianin.
Olympiacos led 1-0 and 6-5 against Genidounias, only for Barceloneta to draw 6-6 at the end of the half.
In the third eight minutes, Dimos made it 8-7 and Nikolaidis made it 9-8 at the end of the third period. In the fourth period, Barcelona led 10-9, Zalanki equalized 10-10 and Genidounias made it 12-12 24 minutes before the end.
In the “Russian roulette”, Tzorgzatos and Zerdevas saved one penalty, while Aguirre saved three, with the Spanish team winning 14-15.
The eight minutes: 3-3, 3-3, 3-2, 3-4 (2-3 pts.)
OLYMPIC (Hervo Kolianin): Zerdevas, Lonsar, Gillas, Genidounias 3, Fundoulis 3, Gouvis 1, Zalanki 2, Bouslie 1, Kakaris, Dimos 1, Nikolaidis 1, Papanastasiou, Tjortzatos, Pouros, Lykoudis
Barcelona (Elvis Fatovic): Aguirre, Famera, Granados 3, Muniarit 2, Sanaouha 4, Vinari 1, Valls, Burian, T. Perrone, F. Perrone 1, Biel 1, Bustos, Porter, Lema, Gomila
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