Thursday at the European Men’s Polo Championship of Croatia the National team. The representative group defeated Montenegro 15-10 for places 5-6 in the tournament and entered the top five, leaving their opponents in sixth.
Dinos Genidounias was the main player for Thodoris Vlacho’s team with four goals.
Greece’s fifth place is the second best in its history. She had taken the same place in 2022, while twice she was fourth.
Now, the representative group is focused on the World Championships in Doha, February 5-17.
The players of Thodoris Vlachos imposed their rhythm in defense and attack in the first eight minutes and “hit” the Montenegrins by surprise.
Montenegro trailed 8-5 at halftime with a 3-2 partial score and controlled the tempo of the game, then trailed 9-7 in the third quarter.
Goikovic’s players were down 9-8 at the start of the fourth period, but Greece “raised the gears” and reached the final 15-10.
The eight minutes: 6-2, 2-3, 1-2, 6-3
Greece (Vlachos): Zerdevas, Genidounias (4), Skoubakis (1), Foundoulis, Papanastasiou, Dervisis, Kalogeropoulos (2), Argyropoulos (2), Alafragkakis, Kakaris (1), Nikolaidis (2), Gillas (3), Tzorgzatos
Montenegro (Gojkovic): Lazovic, Tesanovic, Brgulian (1), Perkovic (1), Averka (2), Macic, Popadic, Mrcic (2), N. Radovic, Ukropina (2), Vujovic, Matkovic, V. Radovic (2)
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