Olympiacos beat Ethnikos 19–10 in European opener as Plevritou scores five
Olympiacos women opened their Champions League Group 4 campaign with a win. A 6–0 run in the second period paved the way for the 19–10 result.
redlegend1925.comOlympiacos opened their women’s water polo Champions League Group 4 campaign with a 19–10 win over Ethnikos on Saturday, October 31. At the Petros Kapagerof Swimming Pool, Giorgos Ntoskas’s team took control in the second period and maintained it until the end.
The opening quarter ended 3–3, and Ethnikos stayed level until 5–5 in the second period. Six consecutive Olympiacos goals made it 11–5 before halftime arrived with the score at 11–6. Olympiacos won each of the last two periods 4–2.
Vaso Plevritou scored five goals and Hajdu three. Koureta, Tricha and Ninou added two each in a match in which Olympiacos widened the gap after an evenly contested opening period.
After the match, Ntoskas highlighted the easy goals his team conceded early on and the need to review those situations. He also expressed satisfaction with the players’ effort, their improved defensive concentration and the rhythm they found in attack.
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