Olympiacos – PAOK 27-19: The red and white team made the first step comfortably

With defense as a weapon and pluralism in attack, Olympiacos beat PAOK 27-19 and took the first step to qualify for the Handball Premier finals.

The game was effectively decided in the first quarter of the second half as the Red-Whites launched a 7-1 run to run away by eight goals.

The match: Both teams started the game nervously and both defenses dominated. It is characteristic that after 15 minutes of the game it was 3:3.

From there, the two teams scored three goals each over the next five minutes before Olympiacos escaped with three goals, led by Montoro.

PAOK tried not to let the Red-Whites get away with the goal and they managed to form the final 11-9 of the first half with Eleftheriadis.

However, early in the second 30 minutes, Olympiacos managed to find solutions in defense and ran with a 9-1 majority to take a 20-10 lead.

Olympiacos then really extended their huge lead and easily made it 1-0, with the final 27-19 sealing the effort between the two teams.

Olympiacos – PAOK 27-19

The five minutes: 2-2, 3-3, 3-3, 6-6, 9-6, 11-9 (day), 14-10, 18-10, 20-11, 23-14, 24-14, 27-19

OLYMPIA (Grammar): Papavasilis 4, Dombris 4, Montoro 4, Ostrousko 3, Bayios 2, Niokas 5, Gratzan 3, Passias 1, Koutoulogenis 1

PAOK (scandalism): 3 Eleftheriadis, 2 Nicolaidis, 1 Tsanaxidis, 3 D. Triantafyllidis, 2 Tzorginis, 1 Kokmisis, 1 Kavousanakis, 4 Ladakis, 1 Apostolou, 1 Dougias

The playoff schedule

Saturday April 1st

• Olympiacos SFP/Xyni Group – PAOK

Wednesday, April 5th

• PAOK-Olympiacos SFP/Omilos Xini
• AEK- Diomedes Argos

Weekend of April 8th to 9th

• Olympiacos SFP/Omilos Xyni – PAOK (if required)

Sunday, April 9th

• Diomedes Argos – AEK

Wednesday, April 12th

• AEK- Diomedes Argos (if required)

* The qualification for the final will be decided based on the 2 wins.