Great Apollo took the cup lead!

Great Apollo of Smyrna in his first European final! The “amphibious brigade” staged a sensational encounter in its first final Challenger Cup polobending the resistance of the Spanish Terrified (12-11) at “Serafio” and took a small lead to win the trophy!

At April 29 in Barcelona the second final where Apollon will be comfortable with the draw to celebrate the trophy!

The match:

It was Apollo who found the back of the net first with Bogdanovic opening the scoring and Alarcon equalizing for Terasa at 4:49 to make it 1-1. The hosts took a two-goal lead with 1:34 to go with Braimis and Gardikas scoring, but Alarcon again cut it to 3-2.

In the second eight minutes, Apollo managed to reach 4-2 with a goal by Chondrikoukis, but Tsiko answered immediately for the Spaniards with the timer reading 5:34. Solanakis from two meters made it 5-2 for Apollo after 17 seconds, but the MVP of the Catalans, Alarcon with his third goal reduced the score to 5-4, while Flores made it 5-5 at 3:24. About a minute before the end, Chondrokoukis put the Greek team ahead again, but De Lera closed the second period by tying the score at 6-6.

In the second half, Bogdanovic gave Apollon the lead again after 55 seconds making it 7-6 while Flores tied it up again (7-7) with 5:49 left in the period. “Seraphio” froze as Delgado put Terrasa in front for the first time, but Bogdanovic with another goal made it 8-8. Almost a minute before the end of the third quarter, Gardikas gave Apollon the lead again, while at the end of the game the same player made it 10-8 for the “amphibious brigade”!

The last period found the formidable Apollon leading for the first time with a three goal difference (11-8) while a little later Tsiko took advantage of Galanopoulos’ unstable save making it 11-9. At 4:30 before the end Gardikas made a frame making it 12-9, but Flores 2:15 before the end reduced it to 12-10 making the match a thriller. At 37″ before the end, Terasa was down 12-11 with the score remaining until the end and giving Apollon a short lead ahead of the rematch.

The eight minutes: 3-2, 3-4, 4-2, 2-3

APOLLON SMYRNIS (Nikos Deligiannis): Galanopoulos, Alamanos, Bogdanovich 4, Mokkas, Goniotakis, Diplaros, Braimis 1, Chondrokoukis 2, Vitskovich, Gardikas 4, Myrilos, Solanakis 1, Kavousanos

TERASA (Didak Kobacho): Motos, Wilson, Sanchez, Alarcon 3, Flores 3, Garcia, Delgado 2, Sabadell, Perez, De Lera 1, Rodriguez, Chico 2, Sanchez

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