Ferencvaros 10-8: The red and whites got the revenge and hold in their hands the qualification to the Final Four of the Champions League

Olympiacos was dominant against Ferencvaros, forced the Hungarians to their first defeat in 10 months and now holds in their hands the qualification to the Final Four of the Champions League.

Olympiacos with forwards Nikos Gillas, Marton Vamos and Dimitris Nikolaidis wearing the “red and white” cap after four months, beat Ferentsvaros 10-8 and made a jump to qualify for the Final Four of the Polo Champions League.

The Piraeus side, thanks to their amazing second eight minutes, ran a partial 4-1, forced the Hungarian team to their first defeat in the last 10 months.

Next matchup for him Olympic it’s the tough trip to Barcelona to face Barceloneta on May 3 in a match that sends them straight into Europe’s top four with a double.

The match

Both teams started with three consecutive bad decisions in their attacks, with the first big moment of the game coming from Olympiakouas Gouves’ shot from contact hit the crossbar.

In the next phase, Ferentsvaros opened the scoring with Jansik taking advantage of the mistake of the Piraeus defense and executing Marko Bijac from touch.

In the first 7′, Olympiacos could not find the solutions to the player above, as he missed all three opportunities given to him, with the “red and whites” finding the coveted goal a minute before the end of the first eight minutes with their captain, Dino Genidounia.

The second eight minutes o Olympic entered the match stronger and was fortunate to take the lead for the first time in the match with Vamos “saying thanks” to the penalty that Di Soma conceded to Nikolaidis.

Madic had an immediate response from the Hungarian side, with the offensive crescendo of Vamos and Gila signing the 3-0 streak of Olympiakos and giving Piraeus a safety cushion.

In the third eight minutes, Ferentsvaros with two goals in less than a minute with Varga and Madic put pressure on Piraeus, who responded with a 2-0 run of their own from Dimos and Papanastasiou.

The former tricked Vogel with a stupid shot, while the latter jumped higher than the Hungarian defenders and made it 7-4.

The third eight minutes ended with Paul and Panastasiou both finding the net, catching the two defenses off guard for 7-5 and 8-5 respectively.

In the fourth eight minutes Argyropoulos quickly reduced for the Ferentsvaroswith Dimitris Nikolaidis finding the net with the “red and white” cap after four months for 9-6.

Nikos Gillas with his third personal goal with a high hanging shot gave an air of triumph to the dominance of Olympiakos (10-6), before Di Soma and Fekete closed the match with the difference at the levels of the first match (10-8).

The eight minutes: 1-1, 4-1, 3-3, 2-3

Olympiacos (Hrvoie Kolianin): Bigiats, Gillas 3, Vamos 2, Genidounias 1, Fundoulis, Gouvis, Dervisis, Bouslie, Alafragkis, Dimos 1, Nikolaidis 1, Papanastasiou 2, Zerdevas.

Ferencvaros (Balaz Nieki): Zacconi, Madic 2, Paul 1, Merkulov, Argyropoulos 1, Di Soma 1, Fekete 1, Wigvari, Nemet, Varga 1, Jansik 1, Nagy, Vogel.