Bitter exclusion for Olympiacos in Norway

THE Olympic He had the great opportunity after the victory in Ilioupoli with 6 goals difference against Rounar to celebrate the qualification in his semifinals EHF European Cupthe dream of the “reds”, however, was erased in Norway … In the rematch, the unrecognizable in relation to the first Piraeus game fell on the terrible defense of the hosts and losing 33-23were excluded from the continuation of the event.

It is characteristic that Runar preceded with big difference Almost from the beginning (7-3), finding solutions to the attack and playing greatly in the back. Olympiacos reacted with consecutive goalshowever, the Norwegians quickly reached +6 (13-7), equaling the first match difference. The Greek team scored some goals towards the end of the first half, which finally ended at 14-10.

The second part, however, was nightmarish for Piraeus. With an individual 7-3 the difference escaped to +8 (21-13)with Runar having control over the whole game. It even arrived to lead 26-16 in about halfway through the second half, with Olympiacos not to find solutions either in defense or in attack.

In +11 (28-17), he went to make a counterattack With a 6-1 (29-23) series, six minutes before the end, the Norwegian team, however, with granite defense “cleaned” the 10-goal win (33-23), taking that “ticket” for the semifinals and flying out of continuity, who had a look at Olympiacos.