07 December 2023

A winning performance against Hannover!

The ‘’Reds’’ widened their excellent presence in the Champions League after winning 11-7 against Hannover for the 6th game and remain at the top of the first group. Olympiacos did its fifth victory in the tournament, leading the group with 16 points and increased the gap to +5 from the second Dynamo Moscow which drew with Brescia, 9-9 in Russia! Having an excellent defensive performance, Olympiacos made another step for the Final 8 held in Genoa in June.

Key action:

Olympiacos didn’t leave any hope for the Germans as they rushed to a 6-0 lead by halftime. In the first half of the first quarter, the two teams remained scoreless. Olympiacos preceded with Gennidounias scoring on the man-up and Fountoulis did a penalty for the 2-0. The ‘’Reds’’ expanded its lead to 3-0 before the end of the period. It kept its rhythm and widened the margin to 6-0 with the goals of Mylonakis, Argyropoulos and Delakas.

The "red-white" outbreak stopped at 7:22 of the 3rd quarter with Real scoring for 6-1. Fountoulis replied with 7-1 and the Germans doubled their goals with Estrani (7-2), 3.5 minutes before the end of the period which ended with 7-3 after Winkelhorst goal. The last quarter started with the goals of Gounas and Dervisis (9-3).

The Germans "replied" with Brhuljan and Bukowski reducing to 9-5, but Nikolaidis scored for 10-5! Buslje added his name to the score table making 11-5 while Brhuljan and Radovic did 11-5 which was the final score. So, the ‘’Legend’’ celebrated another victory and now is focusing on the difficult game against Jug at Papastrateio (24/1).

Match data:

The quarters: 3-0, 3-0, 1-3, 4-4

Goals:

1st quarter: 1-0 Gennidounias (02:42), 2-0 Fountoulis (02:06), 3-0 Gennidounias (1:20)

2nd quarter: 4-0 Mylonakis (06:09), 5-0 Argyropoulos (04:37), 6-0 Delakas (0:06)

3rd quarter: 6-1 Real (07:22), 7-1 Fountouls (04:09), 7-2 Estrany (03:31), 7-3 Winkelhorst (00:08)

4th quarter: 8-3 Gounas (07:15), 9-3 Dervisis (6:01), 9-4 Brhuljan (05:36), 9-5 Bukowski (04:52), 10-5 Nikolaidis (04:31), 11-5 Buslje (1:40), 11-6 Brhuljan (1:09), 11-7 Radovic (00:23)

Squads:

Olympiacos (Thodoris Vlachos): Pavic, Mylonakis 1, Delakas 1, Genidounias 2, Fountoulis 2, Nikolaidis 1, Dervisis 1, Buslje 1, Mourikis, Gounas 1, Argyropoulos 1, Obradovic, Galanopoulos

Wasper Hannover: Schenkel, Corusic, Bukowski 1, Real 1, Brhuljan 2, Radovic 1, Jokic, Preuss, Sekulic, Estrany 1, Ban, Winkelhorst 1, Sucic

Quotes:

Thodoris Vlachos said: ‘’ We made another step to qualify for the Final-8. The next two games will be important for the first position of the groups. They will be a good test for us against a very strong team so as to check our potential. The first game is at our home. So, we have to be very concentrated and good. I ask the fans to be there and support us against one of the best European teams. We want to play well and win an important opponent.’’

Konstantinos Gennidounias stated after the match at osfp.gr: "Surely the most important issue is the three points and that we increased the margin in the first position. It was not a spectacular game. It was good for us that we took the lead with six goals in the first half. In the second half, we conceded seven goals. Maybe we relaxed a bit which is not usual at our home. Now, we have a game against Jug and we will prepare properly so as to win.