Panathinaikos defeated Ethnikos and got a historic qualification to the final!

His men’s polo team made history Panathinaikou! The “greens” gave the best gift in the world as in their first appearance in the Cup Final 4 after seven years they managed to get a historic victory (6-5) of the National team at the “Antonis Pepanos” Indoor Swimming Pool in Patras and got the ticket for Saturday’s grand final (19:00) where they will face the winner of the Vouliagmeni-Olympiakos pair.

THE Danilo Anjic he was the MVP for Dimitris Mazis’ team as he succeeded 3 goalswhile the goalkeeper was equally crucial Dimitri Ristitsevich with his interventions.

The match

In the first eight minutes Panathinaikos and Ethnikos tried to read each other’s game by exhausting their attacks with the score remaining at 0-0 thanks to goalkeepers Dimitrii Ristisevic and Iasona Grigoriadis keeping clean sheets.

Panathinaikos, normally the home team, took the lead in the middle of the eighth minute with a goal by Marios Hatzigoulas. The expulsion of Dermitzakis cost the “greens” as Mathiopoulos managed to equalize at 1-1 which was also the score for the first eight minutes.

The tough game continued in the second eight minutes, with Dimitris Mazi’s team quickly finding a 2-1 lead through Danilo Anjic, while after two failed “green” attacks, Beto made it 2-2 for Ethnikos. However, after the dismissal of Mathiopoulos, Panathinaikos took advantage of the numerical superiority and found the lead again 58 seconds before the end with Christos Siamas.

The derby continued in third quarter with Panathinaikos not managing to find a goal as Ethniki’s goalkeeper Jason Grigoriadis made a great appearance denying the “greens” a goal on three occasions. The score remained at 3-2 until the middle of the eight minute with Giorgos Katsagounos equalizing at 3-3.

Exactly at the completion of three minutes in the quarter of eight minutes Beto was forced into his third penalty by taking a penalty on Albertis. Anjic executed by sending the ball into the net for 4-3. Ethnikis was however too tough to die and so at 4:03 Ballianatos equalized at 4-4. In the very next phase, the players of Dimitris Mazis calmly released the ball and Sgouridis defeated Grigoriadis for 5-4 in favor of the “clover”. The icing on the cake was put by the Montenegrin, Danilo Andzic, with his third personal goal, which made it 6-4, which, however, did not last until the end as the National team reduced it to 6-5 with a penalty 37 seconds before the end.

Thus, Panathinaikos qualified for the Cup final for the second time in its history, while at the same time ensuring its presence in the European Cups of the following season.

The eight minutes: 1-1, 2-1, 0-1, 3-2

Panathinaikos (Dimitris Mazis): Ristisevics, Gelatis, Kandanoleon, Chomatas, Deuterios, Tottis, Andzic 3, Sgouridis 1, Hatzigoulas 1, Dermitzakis, Siamas P., Albertis, Kratenimos, Siamas Chr. 1, Zerboudakis

National Piraeus (Fanis Kountoudios): Grigoriadis, Katsagounos 1, Ioannou, Tesanovich, Beto 1, Theodosis, Papadogonas, Vitellas, Protopsaltis, Beristianos, Mathiopoulos 2, Ladas, Drosopoulos, Vallianatos 1, Zografos

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