The men’s national polo team defeated mighty Italy 9-8 in the Sassari tournament opener and scored a great success against the penultimate world champions on home soil, showing what Thodoris Vlachos wanted ahead of the European Championships in Split.
In a strong match with twists and turns, our internationals started impressively and took a 5-2 lead, but the Italians turned the match around and took a 7-6 lead midway through the third eight minutes. Greece, however, regained the “reins” with their good defense and effectiveness in attack, reaching victory.
Eight minutes: 2-4, 2-1, 3-3, 1-1
ITALY (Sandro Campania): Del Lugo, Di Fulvio 1, Alesiani 1, Iochi, Fontelli 3, Ferrero, Renjuto 1, Cascia, Rossi, Bruni 1, Contemi, Dolce 1, Massaro
GREECE (Thodoris Vlachos): Tjortzatos, Genidounias 2, Skoubakis, Giuvetsis 3, Argyropoulos-Kanakakis, Papanastasiou 2, Dervisis, Alafragkis, Gilals 1, Kakaris 1, Solanakis, Vlachopoulos, Limarakis, Kopeliadis, Kalogeropoulos
In the other match of the premiere: Serbia – Croatia 9-7
On Tuesday at 19:30, the national team faces the “golden” Olympic champion, Serbia.
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