Olympiacos almost fell again in Kragujevac, just like last season, but Fililp Filipovic saved them at least a point with 7 seconds from time. Recco and Barceloneta had no problems to deliver another win while Vouliagmeni managed to beat Hannover in a dramatic match and have a great chance to make the Final 8 for …
Filipovic saves a point for Olympiacos, Recco, Barceloneta march on Read More »
Day 8, Group A – Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) v Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 10-10 A year ago, Olympiacos’ miseries started here in Kragujevac as the Greeks suffered a stunning defeat and that sent them to a downward spiral and at the end they failed to qualify for the Final Eight. Now their F8 spot is not …
Dobozanov & Co. come back from 4-8, but Filipovic saves the Greeks Read More »
Day 8, Group A – Pro Recco (ITA) v Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 20-5 It took seven minutes for Recco to reach the expected gear and level of concentration both in offense and in defence. After a 2-0 quickstart, they held an almost 3min break in scoring while Besarion Akhvlediani could find the back of the …
Day 8, Group A: Vouliagmeni (GRE) v Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) 10-9 In the previous round the Greeks kept the game under control and won convincingly. Their start was like the continuation of that match, jumped to a 2-0 lead, held on for 4-2 in the action packed opening period, though the Germans could pull …
Vouliagmeni claim crucial win as Hannover had no goal in the last 15min Read More »
Day 8, Group A – Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) v Jadran Split (CRO) 8-6 Twenty-five hours are usually enough to get to Australia from any point of Europe. This week it took Jadran this amount of time to fly from Split to Barcelona, due to the Armageddon in the Lufthansa network, caused by IT meltdowns …
Lunch-pack: few goals, many errors, three points for Barceloneta Read More »
Day 8, Group B – FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) v Genesys-OSC Budapest (HUN) 12-11 Just ten days ago and some 5km away, FTC led 3-10 at halftime and 7-16 in the fourth before OSC did some ’cosmetics’, a late 5-0 surge made the final scoreline a bit more ‘tolerable’. Now the Hungarian arch-rivals faced off once …
OSC came back twice, but lost to FTC for the fourth time Read More »
Day 8, Group B – AN Brescia (ITA) v CN Marseille (FRA) 15-13 Before this match, Brescia conceded 14 goals in total in their previous three home matches, twice four and once six. Add that they limited Marseille to five goals ten days ago while winning by eight… So the first eight minutes were somewhat …
Day 8, Group B – Novi Beograd (SRB) v Astralpool Sabadell (ESP) 16-11 The Serbian super squad had to overcome some demanding weeks when many of their key players struggled with illness and injuries – a loss to Ferencvaros marked the lowest point of this trying phase, but by now most of the greats returned …
Brescia, Novi Beograd and Ferencvaros managed to beat their respective opponents once more in ten days, however, this time they needed to work a lot harder for the wins. On contrary, fourth placed Jug suffered a shocking defeat at home from Spandau, so instead of chasing the top three, now they dropped back to the …
Top three survive tougher tests, Spandau shock Jug Read More »
Day 8, Group B – Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) v Spandau 04 Berlin (GER) 11-13 The hosts took the lead from a penalty in 19 seconds – but as easy as it seemed, they struggled to score a second, waited for that almost six more minutes and by then the Germans already netted two. …
