AEK knew that it was with its back to the wall and reacted! Showing a great reaction in the field of Chalkida, the “Union” got a huge victory (26-23) against Olympiakos for the third final of the Handball Premier! Thus, the team of Alexis Albanou reduced to 2-1 the series and now it is a given that it will give everything for the overthrow and the cup!
The typical home team “yellow-blacks” had again the dynamic presence of their fans that gave them extra impetus, while the two teams renew their appointment for the 4th final on Monday, May 23 with the home team Piraeus. As for the individual part, Kederis, Mylonas and the young Kotsionis made an excellent appearance.
The match
From the beginning, Mylonas with two personal goals showed the intentions of AEK (2-0). Olympiakos, for its part, was constantly scoring, but could not reach the “Union” (6-4). Passias and Karabourniotis equalized (6-6) and gave breath to Piraeus, but the typical home team ran a series of three goals and escaped (9-6).
Some mistakes of Karasavvidis’s team gave air +4 to that of the Albanian, but a mini counterattack of the “red and whites” closed the difference (12-11)! After several pretense, Lemos scored and sent AEK with +2 in the locker room for the halftime (13-11).
The “yellow-blacks” entered the gas with their foot pressed and with two goals by Kederis they escaped at +5 (16-11). A little later and despite the effort of the “red and whites”, Arambatzis gave air with +6 for the first time, with the difference remaining at this level for a long time, despite the effort of Montoro and Kotanidis (22-16).
From 25-19 of Kotsionis onwards, Olympiakos tried to make its final counterattack and with four consecutive goals (25-23) threatened AEK as much as it could, with one minute left on the clock. Tziras, however, came and with a lob to Kotanidis wrote the final 26-23, which spread enthusiasm in the ranks of the “Union”.
The five minutes: 3-2, 6-4, 8-6, 10-8, 12-8, 13-11 (dd.), 16-11, 20-14, 22-17, 25-20, 25-21, 26- 23
AEK (Albanian): Arabatzis 2, Stefanovic 2, Tziras 2, Sevelev, Nikolaidis, Lemos 1, Angelits, Mylonas 4, Bukovinas, Platha 3, Mogia 1, Kotsionis 3, Papadionisiou, Ugalde, Kalomiros, K.
OLYMPIC (Karasavvidis): Kotanidis, Karabourniotis 2, Papavasilis, Boudic, Kandilas, Bagios 3, Papadopoulos 5, Dombris 3, Delichristos, Arapakopoulos, Passias 1, Montoro 3, Slavoulitsa, Michailroudis 1, Michailroudis 1.
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