Barceloneta and Recco both scored 16 goals in their respective away matches while Olympiacos downed Jadran in a fine battle to offer crucial support to fellow Greek side Vouliagmeni’s F8 campaign. Vouliagmeni claimed a great win in Tbilisi and now they are well set to travel to Belgrade. Group A: Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v NC …
Favourites deliver, Vouliagmeni are to join them Read More »
Day 12, Group A – Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) v Jadran Split (CRO) 10-7 After Vouliagmeni’s win in Tbilisi, Jadran had a mountain to climb, a Greek one – not the Olympus, but another giant, Olympiacos. It would have required something very special from the Croats to make a miracle. Jerko Marinic-Kragic opened the scoring, but …
Day 12, Group A – Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) v Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) 7-16 Back on Day 3, Hannover went through the first real embarrassment of the season as their newly shaped young side were thrashed by the Spaniards. Based on the previous years, such a weak resistance was surprising from Waspo but it …
A six-goal blast in the third secures another easy win for CNAB Read More »
Day 12, Group A – Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) v Pro Recco (ITA) 8-16 The Serbs woke up this morning knowing that their last slim hopes were already gone – Vouliagmeni’s win in Tbilisi on Tuesday pushed them off the track in the race for the F8. Not as if a still living mathematical chance had …
A 0-5 opening, then a 0-6 blast secures Recco’s win Read More »
Day 12, Group A – Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v NC Vouliagmeni (GRE) 9-14 Though Jadran caught up with Vouliagmeni in the ranks on Day 11, it was still inevitable that only the Greeks could screw this chance of making the F8 if they couldn’t deliver the expected wins. Like the one in Tbilisi. It all …
Day 12, Group B – Spandau 04 Berlin (GER) v Genesys OSC Budapest (HUN) 7-11 From time to time, OSC showed some potential – like playing a draw with Brescia after coming back from four goals down –, what they were missing was winning matches. They had a single victory in 11 rounds (and four …
Day 12, Group B – CN Marseille (FRA) v FTC Telekom Budapest (HUN) 13-7 Marseille produced an awkward series of results this season – they had four narrow defeats in away matches where they could have won with some luck and better concentration but also suffered heavy losses (were beaten 6/6 away matches) and that …
Marseille finally showed something from the usual stuff Read More »
Day 12, Group B – Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) v Novi Beograd (SRB) 11-11 The sides played a 12-12 tie on Day 3, then another one a couple of weeks ago in the semis of the Regional League (Jug won on penalties) and they managed to produce another draw. For quite a while, sharing …
From 6-9, with five goals in the fourth, Jug come back and almost win it Read More »
Day 12, Group B – Astralpool Sabadell (ESP) v AN Brescia (ITA) 10-14 After a quick exchange of goals, a lengthy and scoreless phase commenced which included an Italian possession with three straight saves from Sabadell goalie Edu Lorrio. He came up with two more stops, one in a man-down, but with three seconds to …
Brescia are all set to win Group B as the Italians did a clean job in Sabadell and now lead by five points. Runner-up Novi Beograd blew a three-goal lead away in the fourth period in Dubrovnik and needed a last-gasp hit to save the match to a tie against Jug. Marseille beat Ferencvaros soundly …
Brescia breaks five points clear after Jug’s comeback against NBG Read More »
