Olympiacos: Critical battle with Primorac in Montenegro

It is particularly critical for him Olympic tonight’s showdown with Primorats in Montenegro (19:15, ERT Sports 2) for its 4th matchday Champions League.

Coming from the home defeat by Savona, but also a loss of a point against the same team, in the premiere of the groups, the “red and whites” need a “clean” victory at all costs, in order not to complicate the case of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the competition.

After three matches, the Greek champions are in second place in Group D, level with Sabadell and one point behind leaders Savona, with these two teams meeting at the same time in Spain. Certainly the haul of five points is relatively low for Hervo Kolianin’s side, who started as heavy favorites in the group and one of the Champions League favorites overall, but have struggled to find a rhythm so far.

Primorac remains winless in the competition, although it has collected two points, counting as many defeats on penalties (one in Piraeus with 20-19 and one in Kotor by Sabadell with 16-14), while in between they lost cleanly to Savona (18 -12). The Montenegrin champions play their last home game in the group stage and only a win will keep their hopes of qualifying for the “8”, so they are expected to appear determined to fight.

The schedule for the 4th matchday of the Men’s Champions League:

GROUP A

WEDNESDAY 11/13

Steaua Vuk. (Romania)-Novi Beograd (Serbia)

Oradea (Romania)-Hanover (Germany)

RATING (in 3 games)

Novi Beograd 9

Oradea 5

Steaua Vuk. 3

Hanover 1

GROUP B

WEDNESDAY 11/13

Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)-Ferencvaros (Hungary)

Radnicki (Serbia)-Jadran Split (Croatia)

RATING (in 3 games)

Ferentsvaros 9

Jadran Split 5

Radnitsky 4

Dynamo Tbilisi 0

GROUP III

TUESDAY 12/11

Vasas (Hungary)-Barceloneta (Spain)

Jadran Herceg Novi (Montenegro)-Marseille (France)

RATING (in 3 matches)

Barcelona 9

Yadran Herceg Novi 3

Vasas 3

Marseille 3

D’ GROUP

TUESDAY 12/11

Primorac Kotor (Montenegro)-OLYMPIC

Sabadell (Spain)-Savona (Italy)

RATING (in 3 matches)

Soap 6

OLYMPIC 5

Sabadell 5

Primorac Kotor 2