The top news of Day 9 of the Greek League is Apollon’s first loss.
The team that achieved eight wins in its first eight matches in the season left Thessaloniki empty-handed. PAOK edged out Apollon (11:10) in a game with many twists and turns.
After the 9th round, Olympiacos and Vouliagmeni remain unbeaten. Olympiacos is atop Group A, while Vouliagmeni leads the race in Group B, ahead of Apollon. However, this season, Vouliagmeni and Apollon haven’t faced each other yet.
2022/23 Greek League, Day 9
Group A
Chios – Olympiacos 5:21 (1:7, 1:6, 2:5, 1:3)
Chios: Mimidis 1, Pappas 1, Jaijcinovic 1, Halajian 1, Karakasis 1.
Olympiacos: Filipovic 7, Fountoulis 3, Gkillas 3, Buslje 2, Kolomvos 2, T. Dimos 2, Papanastasiou 1.
Ydraikos – Panionios 5:19 (0:3, 2:4, 1:6, 2:6)
Ydraikos: Suzuki 4, Robopoulos 1.
Panionios Kopeliadis 6, Gounas 3, Kalaitzis 2, Papakos 2, Bouzalas 1, Gkiouvetsis 1, Bitadze 1, Spooner 1, Kapetanakis 1, Lorandos 1.
Ethnikos – Panathinaikos 5:7 (2:2, 2:4, 1:0, 0:1)
Ethnikos Piraeus: Katsagounos 1, Papadogonas 1, Beristianos 1, Mathiopoulos 1, Vallianatos 1.
Panathinaikos: Dermitzakis 3, Adzic 2, Sgouridis 1, Albertis 1.
Nireas Chalandriou – AEK 7:13 (0:3, 1:3, 5:5, 1:2)
Nireas Chalandriou: Pantazopoulos 3, Christoforidis 2,Danourdis 1, Papadimitriou 1.
AEK: Araya 4, Marinagis 3, Vukcevic 2, Natsioulis 2, Papakos 1, Zachopoulos 1.
The visiting team collected the points in all four games in Group A. Most of the games were one-sided contests.
Olympiacos trashed Chios 21:5 with seven goals from Filip Filipovic. Nikolaos Kopelaidis scored six goals to lead Panionios to a victory over Ydraikos.
Panathinaikos, which is maybe the most pleasant surprise of the season, continued winning. The Green-Whites beat Ethnikos 9:7. Defenses worked very well. Both goalkeepers – Griogriadis (Ethnikos) and Risticevic (Panathinaikos) were up to the task. In the first quarter, both teams scored two goals each. The winner was decided in the second quarter. Panathinaikos scored four goals in a row and jumped to a 6:2 lead. Ethnikos narrowed the gap before the middle break (4:6) and came even closer in the third period (5:6). Still, Panathinaikos’ defense didn’t let a single goal in the final eight minutes, while Dimos Dermitzakis added his third goal for the final score – 7:5.
AEK beat Nireas Chlandriou 13:7. After a 6:1 first half, everything was more or less clear.
1.Olympiacos 9 – 27
2. Panionios 9 – 21
3. Panathinaikos 9 – 19
4. Ethnikos 9 – 12
5. AEK 9 – 12
6. Ydraikos 9 – 9
7. Chios 9 – 4
8. Nireas Chalandriou 9 – 2
Group B
PAOK – Apollon Smyrnis 11:10 (1:3, 4:1, 4:4, 2:2)
PAOK: Milardovic 3, Kalargyros 2, , Charalambopoulos 2, , Koopman 2,. Kapragos 1, Tsolakoudis 1
Apollon: Gardikas 3, Myrilos, Solanakis 2, Bogdanovic 2, Mokkas 1, Braimis 1, Chondrokoukis 1.
Vouliagmeni – Glyfada 18:10 (5:0, 4:4, 5:4, 4:2)
Vouliagmeni: Nikolaidis 4, Woodhead 3, Troulos 3, Farmer 2, Kastrinakis 2, Konstantopoulos 1, Kalogeropoulos 1, Kourouvanis 1, Almyras 1.
Glyfada: Giannopoulos 4, Pouros 2, Papapostolou 1, Papageorgiou 1, Agortsas 1, Tsatalios 1
Palaio Faliro – Chania 9:8 (3:3, 4:1, 2:3, 0:1)
Palaio Faliro: Tot 3, Thalassinos 1, Kocheilas 1, Kourliaftis 1, Mavrakis 1, Liapakis 1, Koukounas 1
Chania: Soleimanipak 3, Agiorgousis 2, Batakis 1, Charitakis 1, Da Silva 1.
Peristeri – Ilysiakos 8:4 (3:1, 2:0, 2:0, 1:3)
Peristeri: Karuntzos 3,Torakis 1, Prekas 1, Gerakoudis 1, Koukoumakis 1, Chr. Bitsakos 1.
Ilysiakos: Bobos 1, Karaviotis 1, Arai 1, Tsiftsi 1.
Apollon got off to an excellent start in the match against PAOK in Thessaloniki. The visitors from Athens rushed to a 3:0 lead, and few could predict that they wouldn’t earn a point. But, PAOK found its rhythm and scored five unanswered goals to earn a 5:3 lead. Apollon halved the gap before the third period (4:5).
The third period brought new twists and turns. Apollon opened the third quarter in the same way as the first period – with three straight goals and earned a 7:5 advantage. However, PAOK made a new comeback and entered the final period leading 9:8. PAOK built a 3-goal lead in the fourth period. The man of the match, Milradovic scored his third goal and made it 11:8. Apollon managed to cut the deficit (10:11). The visiting side had the last attack and a chance to level the score. Still, Apollon missed, and PAOK took all three points.
Vouliagmeni found it easy to beat Glyfada and it is alone atop the table now.
Peristeri beat Ilysiakos. The hosts’ excellent defense in the first three quarters was crucial. Before the final period, Peristeri led 7:1.
Palaio Faliro narrowly defeated Chania. The hosts earned a 3-goal advantage in the first half. In the second half, all of Chania’s comeback efforts didn’t produce the desired result.
1.Vouliagmeni 8 – 24
2. Apollon Smyrnis 8 – 21
3. Peristeri 9 – 18
4. PAOK 9 – 15
5. Glyfada 9 – 12
6. Palaio Faliro 9 – 12
7. Chania 9 – 3
8. Ilysiakos 9 – 0
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