Olympiacos did another triumph proving that it is the best European multisport club. The women’s water polo team won Sabadell 11-9 and qualified to the Euroleague final!

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Sabadell and Olympiacos went through a real drama at the swimming pool in the second semifinal. After more than five minutes without goals, Smit opened the scoresheet for Olympiacos. Domenech soon netted the first for Sabadell and the first quarter was tied. The title holder proved too strong in the second quarter leaving Olympiacos scoreless for 5:1 at halftime. However, the 2015 champion woke up in the third and returned four goals. Due to the only goal netted by Forca, Olympiacos had a one-goal advantage before the final period. In the fourth quarter, Ortiz quickly increased it to two, but the Greeks were unable to save the advantage and the regular time ended in a draw.

Olympiacos water polo players did not miss any penalty shot. Bianconi, Avramidou, Emmolo and Manolioudaki were successful and led their team to the final match. On the other side, Ortiz and Forca managed to score for Sabadell, but Neushul and Espar missed the shot. Sabadell had to prepare for a 3rd place battle.

Match data:

The quarters:  1-1, 0-4, 4-1, 2-1 – penalties: 4-2

Goals: 

Olympiacos: Avramidou 2 (1), Bianconi 2 (1), Smit 2, V. Plevritou 1, Manolioudaki (1), Emmolo (1)

Sabadell: Ortiz 3 (1), Forca 3 (1), Domenech.

Squads: 

Olympiacos (Teocharis Pavlides): Diamantopoulou, El. Plevritou, Eleftheriadou, Manolioudaki 3, Avramidou 2, Asimaki, M. Plevritou, Emmolo, V. Plevritou 1, Bianconi 2, Smith 2, Stamatopoulou

Sabadell: Ester, Ortiz 3, Espar, Cordobes, Leiton, Tabani, Garcia, Pena, Domenench 1, Forca 3, Sanchez

Quotes: 

Charis Pavlidis, head coach of Olympiacos:

“Today we had a fantastic game! We did just a great job in defense, conceding just seven goals, probably there are only a few teams in Europe who are capable of doing this in a game against Sabadell. When we were trailing 1-5 at half-time the game seemed to have been lost. But we showed passion, we were able to deal with the situation. And when it came to the penalty shootout, I was already sure we would not lose this match.”