Wackern Tourn – Olympiacos 24-22: The Reds and Whites live to qualify

At its headquarters in the Ilioupolis hall, the Olympiacos handball team will qualify for the “16” of the EHF European Cup.

The Greek champion was defeated 24-22 (they were behind 20-19 and 21-20) in the first fight of the “32” of the competition by Wacker Thun in Switzerland, but they stayed “alive”. Fight” for qualification for the next phase. On the other Saturday (10/12, 4.30 p.m.) Olympiacos need a three-goal victory over the Swiss in the rematch in Ilioupolis to secure a ticket for the institution’s phase “16”. .

Olympiacos were 5-1 behind, Dombri reduced to 5-2 (8:55) and 6-3 (9:50). At 13:02 Karabourniotis reduced to 6-4, but Wacker Toon increased to 10-5. Niokas and Grajan “collected” the difference to 10:6 (21:22) and 11:7 (22:08), with Grajan scoring 13:10 (27:20). Papadopoulos “wrote” 14-11, but the Greek champions conceded another goal, for 15-11 in the first half.

In the second half, Olympiacos didn’t start well, falling 18:11 behind, but turned around and cut back to 19:16 with Niokas (44:50) and 19:17 with Bayos (47:03). ) .

The red-white counterattack continued, Weber shortened to 20:19 (53:01) and Niokas to 21:20 (54:10). The Swiss were back at +3 (23:20), Weber reduced the penalty to 23:21 (57:05), while Passias scored in the 59th minute to 24:22, which ended the game.

In fact, Papavasilis was in an excellent position in the final stages but was defeated by the Swiss goalkeeper, with Giorgos Karasavvidis’ team missing a great chance to reduce to a goal (24:23).

Wacker Tourn – Olympiacos 24-22

The five minutes: 3-1, 6-3, 7-4, 10-5, 13-7, 15-11 (am) 18-11, 19-13, 19-16, 20-17, 21-20, 24-22

OLYMPIAKOS (Giorgos Karasavvidis): Kotanidis, Niokas 5, Dombris 4, Gratzan 3, Karabourniotis 2, Weber 2, Bayios 2, Kandylas 1, Papadopoulos 1, Passias 1, Slavoulitsa 1, Montoro, Liolios, Michaelidis, Bauer