The bad start cost him Olympicwith the women’s polo team to is defeated 11-9 by Mataro at home for the Champions League quarter-finals and need a major upset in the second leg on February 25 in Spain to go to Final-4.
Defensive errors early on allowed the Spaniards to close out a 5-2 lead in the first eight minutes, with Aleksandar Ciric’s players cutting it to 5-4 in the second, keeping it clean.
However, the follow-up was uneventful, with Mataro breaking away again at +2 and +3, holding the lead in her favor until the end.
The reduction of the score to 10-9 after a goal by V. Pleuritou was the last… glimpse of the European champions, who then had a missed penalty, before Morel sealed the double 46” before the end.
This was the first defeat in almost two years for the “red and whites”, who had lost since February 27, 2021 – 14-12 against Sambadel, again in the eight, with Olympiakos overturning the facts and advancing, subsequently winning the trophy.
The eight minutes: 2-5, 2-0, 2-4, 3-2
Olympic: Diamantopoulou, E. Pleuritou 1, Hydirioti, Eleftheriadou 1, Tricha 2, Xenaki, Siouti, M. Pleuritou 1, Tornarou, V. Pleuritou 4, Kristmas, Myriokephalitaki, Stamatopoulou
Mataro: Sanchez, Morel 2, Van de Kraats 3, Gual, Sevenic 1, Kestel-Nagy 2, Cambrai 1, Noguet, Aveno 2, Bertrand, Gouri, Cleveria, Carmona
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