As expected, Recco, Barceloneta and
Olympiacos all claimed big wins and enjoy a 10-point lead ahead of the teams
sitting in the non-qualifying spots at the halfway mark of the regular season.
Vouliagmeni were the real winners of this round, now they jumped to the fourth
place after coming away with a great victory from Hannover.
Group A: Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) v
Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) 13-7, Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v Pro Recco (ITA) 3-13,
Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) v NC Vouliagmeni (GRE) 11-14, Jadran Split (CRO) v
Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) 5-9
Standings: 1. Recco 18, 2. Olympiacos
18, 3. Barceloneta 18, 4. Vouliagmeni 10, 5. Radnicki 8, 6. Jadran 7, 7.
Hannover 3, 8. Dinamo 0
Recco showed some serious defending
in Tbilisi – not only the number of goals conceded was telling (3) but also the
fact that they limited the Georgians to 9 shots on target. The totals also
showed the difference (19-34), though some credits should go to Dinamo goalie
Irakli Razmadze as well for making 13 saves, so the title-holders finished the
game with a relatively modest 13 goals.
Freshly crowned Greek Cup winners
Olympiacos also netted 13 against Radnicki – the Serbs could keep up till
halftime when they only trailed 6-5 and even equalised for 6-6 early in the
third. However, the Greeks blew the young side away with a 5-0 run and won with
ease at the end.
Just like Olympiacos, Barceloneta
also came from a triumphant cup weekend though theirs was more demanding as
they could win a tight match over Sabadell in a shootout. Still, they looked
anything but tired as they stormed to a 0-6 lead in Split by halftime. Jadran
were able to score only after 22 minutes (!), at 0-7, but since finally the
Spaniards showed some signs of fatigue, the hosts could save some pride and
narrowed the gap to four goals by the final whistle.
Vouliagmeni benefitted from the
losses of their direct rivals and with a great win in Hannover the other Greek
team now also sit in a qualifying spot with seven more rounds to go. The
Germans led 4-3 after eight minutes, then Vouliagmeni came up with a 6-goal
rush in the second period and once they built a three-goal lead, they never let
Waspo back to the game, despite missing two penalties.
Fixtures for Wednesday, Group B
18.30 CN Marseille (FRA) v AN Brescia
(ITA)
19.30 Genesys OSC Budapest (HUN) v
FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN)
19.30 Astralpool Sabadell (ESP) v VK
Novi Beograd (SRB)
19.30 Spandau 04 Berlin (GER) v Jug
Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO)
Standings: 1. Brescia 15, 2. Novi
Beograd 13, 3. Ferencvaros 12, 4. Jug 8, 5. OSC 6, 6. Spandau 5, 7. Sabadell 4,
8. Marseille 4
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