Chania threw PAOK out of the Cup with a big upset

With a great performance in the second half, NO Chanion beat PAOK 11-10 and checked their qualification to the quarterfinals of the Men’s Polo Cup.

The northern double-header collapsed in the second half and fell victim to an upset, sending the tournament into an early exit.

PAOK ended the first eight minutes with the lead (2-3), while at the beginning of the second it reached +2 (2-4). The Cretans fought back to tie the game at 5-5, but the Thessalonikians held on to a 6-5 goal by Tsolakoudis and made it 7-5 on a goal by Milarnovic early in the third period.

From there, NOH stepped on the gas. With two consecutive goals, he tied the game at 7-7 and took the lead for the first time in the score at 8-7, while escaping to +2 (10-8) at the end of the third period.

NOH kept the lead and despite the pressure from PAOK managed to keep the score advantage and get the qualification with 11-10.

Eight minutes: 2-3, 3-3, 5-2, 1-2

NOH ANEK LINES (Manthos Voulgarakis): Leventakis, Pappas, Polyzos, Mitrakis, Agiorgousis, Apostolakis, Charitakis 2, Da Silva, Soleimanipak 4, Spahits 2, Mazokopakis 1, Chatzikyriakakis 1, Nikolaidis 1, Sakhous

PAOK (Thodoris Hatzitheodorou): Aivaliotis, Saleh, Papamanoliudakis, Prosiniklis N. 1, Kalargyros, Kehalaris, Milardovich 2, Tsolakoudis 1, Charalambopoulos 4, Prosiniklis P. 1, Koopman 1, Kouyounis, Aleiftiras

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