Olympiacos didn’t achieve to win the final of European Super Cup held in Budapest and was defeated by Ferencvaros (9-11). The European champions claimed the 4th European title of their history in the 8th appearance at European Final but the match ended 7-7 and the Hungarians beat on penalties. The ‘’Reds’’ had the chance to conquest the 2nd Super Cup of their history and the 5th title in a year, as they were ahead during the game but a bad third quarter gave the chance to the Hungarian team to overturn the score. Nevertheless, the team of Thodoris Vlachos had a good performance in a difficult game and proved its potential for this year Champions League.
Key action:
The game was closes in the first minutes with Pavic making two saves and the Hungarians opening the score at 2:53. Olympiacos responded immediately and tied with Nikolaidis. The second period was perfect for Olympiacos which led with Dervisis and Pavic made another two brilliant saves keeping 2-1. Mylonakis boosted the margin to 3-1 before Ferencvaros replied and reduced. Olympacos scored immediately with Dervisis for 4-2 which was the final score of the first half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Mitrovic scored for the hosts in the man-up and after a missed penalty by Fountoulis, Ferencvaros equalized. The Hungarians achieved to overturn and lead with 4-5 but Mourikis tied stopping their run. Varga gave the advantage to Ferencvaros again before the end of the quarter. Mitrovic gave a two-goal lead to the hosts (5-7) but Nikolaidis reduced to 6-7 immediately. Genidounias tied the game and Mylonakis failed to give the victory in the next attempt. Both teams had excellent defenses in the next minutes and the game was led to the penalties. The Hungarians scored four times, Obradovic and Fountoulis missed their shots and Ferencvaros won the trophy with 9-11.
Key data:
The quarters: 1-1, 3-1, 1-4, 2-1, (4-2 in penalties)
Olympiacos (Thodoris Vlachos): Pavic, Mylonakis 1, Skoumpakis, Genidounias 2, Fountoulis, Nikolaidis 2, Dervisis 3, Buslje, Mourikis 1, Gounas, Argyropoulos, Obradovic, Galanopoulos
Ferencvaros (Zsolt Varga): Gardonyi, Gor-Nagy, Kallay 2, Pohl, Vamos 1, Mezei, Nemet, Jaksic, Younger 2, Varga 4, Mitrovic 2, Vogel
Statements:
The Head Coach Thodoris Vlachos stated at olympiacossfp.gr: "When you lose on penalties in such a game at the home of a very strong opponent, you are unhappy. We could have finished a fantastic year with another title. All friends of European water polo liked a great game between two top clubs. We had the chance to take the game at the end but didn’t score. Nevertheless, I am very proud of my players, for my team, because all that they have achieved this year, make Olympiacos a very strong team in Europe. As we saw in this match, we will have the opportunity to compete for the Champions League this year as well’’.
Olympiacos didn’t achieve to win the final of European Super Cup held in Budapest and was defeated by Ferencvaros (9-11). The European champions claimed the 4th European title of their history in the 8th appearance at European Final but the match ended 7-7 and the Hungarians beat on penalties. The ‘’Reds’’ had the chance to conquest the 2nd Super Cup of their history and the 5th title in a year, as they were ahead during the game but a bad third quarter gave the chance to the Hungarian team to overturn the score. Nevertheless, the team of Thodoris Vlachos had a good performance in a difficult game and proved its potential for this year Champions League.
Key action:
The game was closes in the first minutes with Pavic making two saves and the Hungarians opening the score at 2:53. Olympiacos responded immediately and tied with Nikolaidis. The second period was perfect for Olympiacos which led with Dervisis and Pavic made another two brilliant saves keeping 2-1. Mylonakis boosted the margin to 3-1 before Ferencvaros replied and reduced. Olympacos scored immediately with Dervisis for 4-2 which was the final score of the first half.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Mitrovic scored for the hosts in the man-up and after a missed penalty by Fountoulis, Ferencvaros equalized. The Hungarians achieved to overturn and lead with 4-5 but Mourikis tied stopping their run. Varga gave the advantage to Ferencvaros again before the end of the quarter. Mitrovic gave a two-goal lead to the hosts (5-7) but Nikolaidis reduced to 6-7 immediately. Genidounias tied the game and Mylonakis failed to give the victory in the next attempt. Both teams had excellent defenses in the next minutes and the game was led to the penalties. The Hungarians scored four times, Obradovic and Fountoulis missed their shots and Ferencvaros won the trophy with 9-11.
Key data:
The quarters: 1-1, 3-1, 1-4, 2-1, (4-2 in penalties)
Olympiacos (Thodoris Vlachos): Pavic, Mylonakis 1, Skoumpakis, Genidounias 2, Fountoulis, Nikolaidis 2, Dervisis 3, Buslje, Mourikis 1, Gounas, Argyropoulos, Obradovic, Galanopoulos
Ferencvaros (Zsolt Varga): Gardonyi, Gor-Nagy, Kallay 2, Pohl, Vamos 1, Mezei, Nemet, Jaksic, Younger 2, Varga 4, Mitrovic 2, Vogel
Statements:
The Head Coach Thodoris Vlachos stated at olympiacossfp.gr: "When you lose on penalties in such a game at the home of a very strong opponent, you are unhappy. We could have finished a fantastic year with another title. All friends of European water polo liked a great game between two top clubs. We had the chance to take the game at the end but didn’t score. Nevertheless, I am very proud of my players, for my team, because all that they have achieved this year, make Olympiacos a very strong team in Europe. As we saw in this match, we will have the opportunity to compete for the Champions League this year as well’’.
