Qualification jump for Olympiakos, one breath from the “16” and Diomedis!

A big step in qualifying for the next phase of the EHF Europa Cup was made by Olympic. The Piraeus they prevailed 32-27 of Potaisa Tourda away from home and found themselves one breath away from the ticket for the “16” of the competition, which they intend to ratify on 30/11 at the indoor stadium of Ilioupoli.

The top scorers of both Piraeus and the match were Savvas and Vegin, who each scored eight goals.

Dominant from the beginning were his players Babicwho followed the plan in defense and attack and found themselves at +7 (5-12), while the hosts reacted and reduced to 17-14. With Vegin’s goal, however, at (29:59), Olympiako went +5 (14-19) at halftime.

At +6 (22-16) at 33:39 o Olympicbut Potaisa Turda fought back to cut it to 23-21. Vegin scored again (41:52), for 24-21, but then the Romanians found themselves within breathing distance (25-26, 26-27) and Olympiacos forced to go with a better endowment in the second leg, sending the game at +4 (26-30). With goals by Vegin (53:42) and Savva, it was 31-27, but Liapis made it 32-27.

Potaisha Turda (Gal): Boukatarou, Givil, T. Pintoiu 1, Grindean, Rahnama, Thalmayer 2, Kbilashvili 4, Gita 7, Popescu, Piechowski 3, Lazar, Veres 4, J. Pintoiu, Dumitriou 3, Pop 1, Hadarou 2

Olympiakos (Zeliko Babic): Kotanidis, Tziras 1, Papavasilis, Vida 4, Tziboulas 2, Papazoglou, Papantonopoulos, Kandylas, Perits 3, Vougiovics, Vegin 8, Liapis 3, Passias 3, Michaelidis, Savvas 8, Nikolinais

The five minutes: 0-1, 3-5, 4-8, 6-12, 11-14, 14-19 (em.), 16-22, 19-23, 23-26, 25-27, 27-30, 27- 32

Great victory over Arendal in Nea Kios with 23-19 Diomedis Argos succeeded and on Sunday (24/11) at 18:00 they will fight to protect the lead they took to reach the next stage, playing at home. The Greek club had a “weapon” in its defense, managing to limit the great advantage of the Norwegians, which is their attack.

The five minutes: 1-2, 4-6, 4-9, 4-10, 6-13, 10-14 (mh), 11-16, 13-16, 14-18, 15-20, 17-21, 19-23

Arendal (Jensen): Evensen 1, Vidovic, Gerdalen 4, Ask, Gautason 3, Fiala, Inseleseth 2, Johansen, Heslecrans, Lund 1, Boesen 4, Gautestad, Lovelier 4.

Diomedes of Argos (Zaravinas): Kostoulas, Anastasiou, Tsakalos, Tselios 3, Stergiou, Giannopoulos, Terletski 1, Tsakouridis 4, Reskos, Asvestas 4, Hatzikonstantinou, Troulos, Koutroubis, Manthos 5, Salem 5, Stefanitsis 1.