- Panagiotis Papantonopoulos and KristĂłf Gyori displayed excellent performances between the posts for Olympiacos SFP and FTC-Green Collect respectively; Papantonopoulos made 11 saves (29 per centage) while Gyori saved 10 shots (31.3 per cent)
- right wing Bence Imre scored seven goals for FTC, while Miha Kavcic also scored seven for Olympiacos
- veteran goalkeeper Björgvin Pall Gustavsson made 14 saves in Valur's win against the Romanian club (33.3 per cent save efficiency)
- Stefan Vujic scored seven goals and was the match's top scorer, but the Serbian could not prevent CS Minaur Baia Mare from losing in Reykyavik
- young centre back Benedikt Gunnar Ă“skarsson scored six goals for Valur and was the team's top scorer, while Tjörvi TĂ˝r GĂslason closely followed him with five goals to his name
Drama in Budapest as Savvas steals a draw for Olympiacos SFP
In a thrilling end to the match in Budapest, Olympiacos secured the 28:28 draw with Savvas Savvas scoring his eighth and final goal to be crowned as the match's top scorer.
The first leg between FTC-Green Collect and the Piraeus club was full of turnarounds with both teams holding a lead at some point. FTC had a two-goal lead in the 58th minute, but could not score until the final whistle and Olympiacos mounted a comeback to maintain their unbeaten streak in the third-tier European competition.
With the return leg being played in Ilioupolis, Olympiacos hold the advantage of playing in front of their passionate fans for a place in the final.
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