Novi Beograd finally beat
Ferencvaros, after three defeats, in an epic 27-goal encounter, so the Serbs
stayed on track to chase Brescia for the top spot. Jug bounced back with a
great win over OSC and now hold a six-point advantage ahead of the lower ranked
sides. Marseille also rediscovered the winning way and with an outstanding
defensive effort in the second half, the French could bring down Sabadell.
Day 9, Group B: Jug Adriatic
Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) v Genesys OSC Budapest (HUN) 13-8, VK Novi Beograd
(SRB) v FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) 14-13, CN Marseille (FRA) v Astralpool
Sabadell (ESP) 9-6, AN Brescia (ITA) v Spandau 04 Berlin (GER) 14-10
Standings: 1. Brescia 24, 2. Novi
Beograd 22, 3. Ferencvaros 18, 4. Jug 14, 5. Spandau 8, 6. Marseille 7, 7. OSC
6, 8. Sabadell 4
Novi Beograd and Ferencvaros produced
their usual ‘all-in’ offensive match, an epic battle and a fantastic promotion
of water polo where both sides reached double digits at the end once more. The
outcome was different in one aspect, though, as last season and this January
the Magyars beat the Serbs three times – it was now NBG’s turn. The F8 hosts
kept the game under control in the first half, led by two goals a couple of
times. In the third, the Hungarians caught the wave, a late goal sent them
11-12 ahead before the final chapter. However, the home team’s Brazilian goalie
Joao Fernandez saved the best for the last period, so after five minutes of
battling, the Serbs could stage a 3-0 run lately, while their rivals could
score only 22 seconds from time.
This kept NBG on track to keep up
with Brescia in the race for the first place. The Italians made no mistake and
didn’t leave any chance for Spandau to even think of repeating their fine
performance in Dubrovnik.
Jug bounced back with a fine win from
their recent miseries. They really stepped up right from the beginning against
OSC, netted five goals in the opening period, then tightened their defence and
by the end of the third they led 10-5. At the end, they bagged three crucial
points – as well as pushing OSC to the brink of elimination from the hunt for
the fourth F8 berth.
In the game of the two bottom ranked
sides Marseille finally came up with a performance worthy of their fame earned
in the previous seasons. Though Sabadell had a better spell and came back from
4-2 to 4-5, but the French then staged a 5-0 run while shutting out the
Spaniards for 19:09 minutes and claimed their second win.
Fixtures, Wednesday – Group A
19.00 (18.00CET) NC Vouliagmeni (GRE)
v Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE)
19.00 Waspo 98 Hannover (GER) v
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
20.30 Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) v
Jadran Split (CRO)
21.00 Pro Recco (ITA) v Zodiac CNA
Barceloneta (ESP)
Standings: 1. Recco 21, 2.
Barceloneta 21, 3. Olympiacos 19, 4. Vouliagmeni 13, 5. Radnicki 9, 6. Jadran
7, 7. Hannover 3, 8. Dinamo 0
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