She celebrated in the derbara with Olympiakos and remained alone first at the top Handball Premier AEK!
In control for most of the match played indoors in Ilioupoli, the Union had a steady lead in the second half and finally achieved a great victory for them with 30-28making it 7/7 and now having the first home court advantage over the course of the season.
First scorer for the winners o Matic with 8 goals, while the goalkeeper of AEK was among the most valuable, Jan Zendiwho had plenty of impressive and decisive operations. First scorer for Olympiakos, who experienced their first defeat in this year’s championship, Saturday with 8 goals.
The derby started with the two teams going hand in hand in the score, until AEK took a 5-3 lead, with Matic as their star, who reached 3 personal goals early on. The pace of the match was very fast in the first minutes, with the guests remaining at +2 until 7-5, before Olympiacos equalized at 7-7 and 8-8, with two goals by Savva.
AEK again took a two-goal lead (11-9), with Olympiakos tying the score at 11-11 with goals from Perits and Michaelidis, even going ahead, 13-12 with a scorer from Vegin, before Saturday put the home team at +2 (15-13). However, AEK did not take long to react, with the first half ending with the score tied 18-18.
The derby continued even after the two teams returned from the locker room, with AEK escaping for the first time at +3 (20-23) thanks to goals from Garen, Toure and Arabatzis. Duarte was sent off for a very hard foul on Savva with the score at 21-24, while the Union held a three-goal advantage (23-26) before Devies put it up for the first time to make it +4 (23- 27), entering the final quarter.
In the “final stretch”, Olympiacos reduced to 25-27 with an accurate penalty shot by Papavassilis, but Zendi saved a crucial penalty by Tziras with the score at 25-28, while Toure made it 25-29, before the “red and white” made a 3-0 run, reducing to a goal (28-29), with 1:08 left. However, AEK responded immediately with a goal by Schmidt, while o Zendi he repelled another attempt by Savvas, with AEK celebrating with the final 30-28!
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