Peristeri won and Panionios was third

Even more difficult than expected, Panionios defeated Peristeri 13-11 in Nea Smyrni in the match that “opened the curtain” of the fourth round of A1 men’s polo and remained in third place in the first group, leaving the team from the western suburbs in seventh.

The “blue and red” found themselves leading 8-4 at halftime. Then, GSP reduced to 8-7 and at 2:26 before the end of the third period, Mourikis was sent off without replacement “for violence (punching an opponent)”, as the match sheet states.

Peristeriotes equalized with a penalty 8-8 and played 4′ with one more player, but they did not manage to take advantage of the numerical advantage. Thus, after 9-9, Panionios escaped with 13-9, so that the guests could reduce the final 13-11.

Panioni’s top scorer was Moskov with 6 goals, while Chrysospathis had 5 for GSP.

Eight minutes: 4-0, 4-4, 1-5, 4-2

PANIONIOS (Kostas Dimos): Galanidis, Kopeliadis, Bouzalas, Giuvetsis 1, Papakos 1, Grammatikos, Kalaitzis, Moskov 6, Mourikis 2, Gounas 1, Sofos, Kapetanakis 2, Limarakis, Pavlostathis, Katraouras

GS PISTERIOU (Kostas Loudis): Anagnostou, Bitsakos Chr. 1, Papadimitriou, Bitsakos K., Chrysospathis 5, Koukoumakis, Andzits, Karuntzos, Foskolos 3, Beristianos 1, Torakis 1, Bitsakos And., Holland, Mastrogiannakos, Aleuridis