Handball Premier: AEK overtook Drama, Zafirakis secured his whereabouts

On the 18th day of the handball premiere, a great game took place in “Krachtidis” in front of 750 spectators, in which AEK won the game against Drama with 36:31.

Before the game, the emotional charge was high as the athletes laid flowers in front of a shirt worn by Saša Žibulović from when he played for the national team.

Up until the 45th minute (27:25) the hosts were in the lead with Armando Sina. At this point, AEK improved their defense and came away with a 6-0 run in the 55th minute, 27:31, led by Stipe Madalinic who finished the game with 13 goals.

In the last five minutes, Alexis Albanos’ players made the difference and reached the final with a score of 36:31.

Acting – AEK 31-36

The five minutes: 2-1, 7-6, 10-8, 14-11, 15-13, 18-17 (f), 22-21, 24-23, 27-25, 27-27, 27-31, 31-36 .

Drama ’86 (Valavanis): Vassiliou, Moraitis 2, Lastsakou 1, Haitidis, Kovoglanidis 1, Kotsamarikoglou, Toskas 5, Tornikidis 2, Polydoros 2, Papazoglou, Kalaitzidis, Demertzidis, Barbas, Papageorgiou 2, Papadopoulos 6, Sina 10.

AEK (Albanian): Matskevich, Arabatzis, Zivkovic 3, Madalinic 13, Kalamatas, Almeida, Iliopoulos 6, Kotsionis, Papadionisiou, Liapis 3, Arsic, Sokolic 2, Chitobi, Rogulski 4, Lemos, Kederis 5.

Referee: Naskos-Haritsos. Two minutes: 2-4. Penalty: 4/4 – 2/3

Zafirakis Naousas secured his stay

Zafirakis Naoussa will play against Ionian Affidea in the handball premiere and the following season after his great away win with 24:23.

The visitors had a great day from a former Ionian player Thomas Lola who scored 7 goals.

Zafiirakis reached 14 points while he can reach 16 next week after welcoming HANTH, who are also mathematically relegated to the A2 men.

Additionally, in the event of a tie, it prevails with both Ionian and Vrilissia.

On the other hand, Ionikos stayed at 14 points and missed the opportunity to approach the 5th European position.

The New Philadelphia team is theoretically not in danger as they might not draw level with Vrilissia, but to be relegated they don’t need to get a single point until the finals and Vrilissia will have at least two wins.

IONIKOS AFFIDEA – ZAFIRAKIS NAOUSAS 23-24

The five minutes: 2-2, 5-5, 7-7, 10-10, 12-12, 14-14 (Em.), 15-16, 19-19, 21-21, 22-23, 23-24

IONIC (Arvanitis): Koukoulas 5, Aivaliotis 3, Tausanis 1, Papadopoulos, Braudakis, Syngaris, Ag. Vassiliou 2, Handelis 2, I. Vassiliou, Butos, Delichristos 1, Troulos 1, Mantzopoulos 2, Elozieua 6, Heliotis, Balaskas.

ZAFIRAKIS (Deligiannis): Bourdanos, Bolas 3, Tsageras 1, Tzouvaras, Theodoropoulos 3, Boubulendras, Rotzios, Misailidis 2, Biliouris, Apostolidis 4, Galitis, Milovics 2, Vafeidis 1, Tsatsas 1, Daskalopoulos, Lolas 7.

Referee: Charalambidis-Zisis Second minute: 4-2 Red: 51:23 Tsatsas (for reckless action – no ticket was kept) Penalty: 1/1-3/4

Thrills for Zibulovic, HANTH also failed in math

CHANTH has the “way” for the A2 national team after another defeat, this time against ASED with 40:25 in the “G. Kasimatis” in OAKA.

Doukas took the reins of the game from the start and didn’t leave much room for the visitors. They led 21-12 at halftime and easily achieved victory. Tzanis Batis was the leader of the winners with 10 goals while Skoufas stood out among the visitors with 5 goals.

IN THE 13TH MINUTE THE GAME WAS STOPPED FOR SASSA…

The timer stopped in the 13th minute of the game. With this break, players, coaches, former teammates and friends paid tribute to the great Sasa Zibulovic. The number 13 jersey appeared and everyone broke out in applause.

ASE Duka – HANTH 40-25

The five minutes: 2-4, 6-6, 10-7, 15-9, 18-9, 21-12(em), 28-14, 31-16, 34-17, 36-20, 39-22, 40-25

ASE Doukas (Chalkidis): Borodai, Markatatos 3, Payatis, Hatsaturian 4, Tsakouridis, Panagiotou, Kiartzidis, Geroulanos 7, Anastasiou 4, Batis 10, Yantsa 3, Kolezakis 2, Zafeirakis, Kollyris, Panou 6, Stefanitsis 1.

HANTH (Papavasilis): Skoufas 5, Pantzios 1, Andreadakis 4, Ioannidis, Sarafis 2, Daios, Vardakas 2, Charizopoulos 2, Kouklotidis 1, Giannakidis 3, Billias 2, Karangelos 1, Agathonikos 2, Samaras, Papadopoulos, Filosoglou.

Referee: Betas – slaveitis. Two minutes: 4-3, penalties: 3/4-4/6