With a legendary turnaround in the last eight minutes (13-13), the “red and whites” sent the match against Barcelona to penalties, where with the hero Zerdeva who caught two penalties, they won (18-19 total score) both points, mathematically ensuring their presence in the top 4 of the competition, one turn before the final of the quarter-final phase!
Despite the fact that the Spaniards were playing at home for their… survival, however, with Dino Genidounias as the protagonist (5 goals), the Piraeus managed to leave Barcelona with the double after ten years and in February 2014, flying out of continuity the great Catalan team, in a sensational match from start to finish.
In the last matchday, on Easter Tuesday, Olympiacos welcomes the indifferent Brescia to “Papastrateio”, where they will have the opportunity to celebrate tonight’s success with their fans
The game was balanced in the first eight minutes, with Barceloneta for their part taking advantage of the player above and finding two goals in the first 3 minutes, thanks to the goals of Famela and Tahul. In the interval, Olympiacos had temporarily equalized with Nikolaidis from the winger position after a quick counter-attack. In the 4′, Fundoulis took advantage of the first situation with a player more for the “red and whites”, equalizing at 2-2, before in a corresponding phase Tahul made it 3-2 and a little later Vamos made it 3- 3 o’clock.
Mistakes and tough defending dominated the second period, where the Spaniards had the upper hand throughout, thanks to a superb display from Tahul, who made it 4-3 in the 18th minute with his third goal. The reply was delayed, but came from Genidounias four minutes later (4-4), before Famera, with his second personal goal, made it 5-4 in favor of the hosts two minutes before half-time. Despite the fact that Barceloneta then had two more players, the “red and white” defenses came out and thus the half ended with a score of 5-4.
Explosive start for Hrvoye Kolianin’s team in the third eight minutes, with Olympiakos equalizing once more with a Genidounias penalty in the first seconds (5-5). In the ‘caps’, the Catalans took the lead again at 6-5, with the ‘red and whites’ then taking out the defense with a man less and scoring on the opposite side of the pool for the new tie (6-6) after the rebound which Nikolaidis got! However, the continuation was not similar, with Pavyard finding two personal goals and giving the Spaniards a two-goal lead for the first time (8-6). Piraeus reduced it with a goal from Genidounias at the end of their attacking time, with Barceloneta making it 9-7 in a situation of two players more! The exchange of “blows” did not stop in this highly aggressive eight minutes, which ended with a score of 10-8 in favor of Barceloneta after the goals of Vamo and Tahul.
In the fourth and last eight minutes, Olympiacos entered determined and motivated for the big upset. With his excellent defense as an ally, but also with tonight’s celebrator, Dino Genidounias finding two incredible goals, one being submerged and the other from ten meters (!), the “red and white” equalized at 10-10 in the first 2 minutes! Sanahuja gave Barceloneta a “breather”, with Alafragki answering immediately for 11-11!
With their morale high, the Piraeus continued to take out the defenses thanks to their inaccessible block, at the time when the attack was working like clockwork. With Foudoulis scoring from the closed corner in the 4th minute, Olympiacos made it 12-11 and took the lead for the first time in the match! Famera equalized with a man more, before the formidable Genidounias gave Olympiacos the lead again with a penalty (13-12) with his fifth goal of the match!
In the 1:27′ before the final, the home team equalized again with the player above, with Olympiakos in the last minute missing three great chances to get the double, as the shots attempted by the “red and whites” found the Spanish keeper and ended in corner kick.
Somehow, the match went to penalties, with Olympiakos coming out the big winner thanks to Zerdeva’s two saves, and with a score of 6-5 to capture the 2 points of the victory, thus ensuring the qualification to the Final 4 to be held in Malta .
The eight minutes: 3-3, 5-4, 10-8, 13-13, 18-19 Fri.
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