She paid her mistakes, was defeated by Alkalide and go for the second final AEK

He was a real fighter, but AEK was bent by over -effort. In a terrible and pretty hard match in the “hot” Sunel Arena, the Union fought with all the soul against the Alkalidebut the team from the Northern Macedonia were superior and escaped with 29-25 by Liosia, now having the upper hand to conquer the EHF European Cup!

Fantastic atmosphere from AEK’s friendswho supported his players Frederick Bowry and applauded them in the finale, recognizing the effort they paid.

Her Sunday (25/5) In Skopje the second final, with Greek Cups looking for four goals to send the match to the penalty shootout and five to win the mug.

The match:

Having the support eight thousand friends AEK made a dynamic start in the match by taking a quick 2-0 lead with Garren and Panagiotou, but Alkalide did directly the overthrow for 2-3. The hell were constantly changing with none From the two teams not to go away with more than three goals and Alkalid proceeding with an aggressive defense game.

Schmid and Matich came into the equation of the game for AEK, but the solutions did not come immediately to the attack, as he was surprised by Bingo and Serafimov damaging and putting the guests in front of 10-11. OR reaction AEK came with Toure, Schmidt, Keita and Matich to make it 14-12, but the Union’s aggressive “blackout” combined with many defensive mistakes gave Alkalide to go to the halftime in favor of 16-14.

The start found Alkalid scoring for 14-17, and AEK to reduce the goal, but both teams stopped scoring for quite some time. The Union won two penalties in the first quarter of the second half, which, however, failed to exploit. Smind, after Serafimov’s penalty, made it 19-21 and re-lowered the difference in two goals.

Babout players took energy and found a way to face the very aggressive defense of the guests, but after a long intervention by their goalkeeper, they made it 20-22 on the counterattack. And while AEK scored in its first penalty shoot-out, reducing the point, its defense did not respond and received two quick goals making it 23-26.

Despite the effort, Alkalide spent 10 seconds before the finale … a tombstone in AEK’s hopes, finding goals for the 25-29 which makes the rematch extremely demanding.