Handball
OFNI defeated AEK 23-18 in Union’s first match in A1 women’s handball
AEK played their first game in A1 women’s handball, but OFNI starring Nikolina Kepesidou (7 goals) as the leading lady prevailed 23-18.
Nea Ionia beat AEK 23-18 in a packed OAKA in the inaugural A1 Women’s Championship in Union’s first historic big league game.
From the start the game had a clear favorite with Nea Ionia, but despite the differences in capacity and quality, AEK have a competitive face and especially in the 2nd half they showed character and tried to turn around a game that seemed lost.
The protagonists were the two goalkeepers who each had a half, Magda Kepesidou excelled in the first half for Ionia while in the replay Militsa Radulovic of AEK had very good odds.
In attack, Braziliana Borges (8 goals) and Nikolina Kepesidou (7 goals) stood out.
The match: Nea Ionia quickly took the lead and took advantage of significant differences in the score (1:4 in the 11th minute, 2:8 in the 20th minute, 4:11 in the 26th minute and 5:12 in the 27th minute ) the advantage of Magda Kepesidou’s interventions (also saving Patroni’s penalty in the 17th minute) and AEK’s offensive problems. It is significant that Union only scored two goals (2:8) in the first 22 minutes of the game. Then the home side found a better rhythm and were able to reduce to 7-12, which was also the result of halftime.
At the beginning of the 2nd half, Ionia came into play very strongly and led by +10 (10-20) in the 44th minute. And when everything seemed to be decided, AEK showed an impressive reaction and went back into the game with a 7:0 in 12 minutes (56th) (17:20). With her experience, Nea Ionia handled the situation correctly and “fixed” the win with goals from Krinics and Stougiannidou to 17:22 (58 th ).
AEK-OFN IONIA 18-23
The five minutes: 1-2, 1-4, 2-6, 2-8, 4-10, 7-12 (sc), 8-14, 10-18, 10-20, 12-20, 17-20, 18-23
AEK (Antalis): Mangou 2, Karagianni, Mandamadioti, Fraga 1, Psarioti, Koutrodimou, Boulatovich 3, Katsika 1, Manda, Pavlou, Lytrivi, Breanou, Radulovich, Panagiotidou 1, Borges 8, Patroni 2
OFNI (Zibulovic): M Kepesidou, Manias 2, Mouratidou, Andritsou 1, Kotrotsiou, Krinics 5, Papoutsi, Makri, Fragou 1, N Kepesidou 7, Giannopoulou, Dimtsoudi 1, Charitidis, Davidovics 2, Mylonas, Stougiannidou 4.
Referee: Christidis-Papamattheiou, Two minutes: 5-4, Penalties: 5/6-3/3
Source: sport 24
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