Apollon Smyrnis defeated Peristeri and plays for the first time in the Men’s Polo Cup final

First men’s polo cup final for Apollon Smyrni. The “light brigade” defeated Peristeri 10-7 in the second semi-final of the Final 8 held from Thursday in Laimos and got the “ticket” for the match that will decide the trophy, claiming it for the first time in its history on the night of Saturday against one of Olympiakos or Panioni. If, in fact, the “red and white” qualify, then the team of Nikos Deligiannis will secure a European “ticket” for the next season.

Apollon took the lead from the start, but Peristeri did not let him escape, so the first half ended 5-4 for the “light brigade”. In the second half, Apollon led 7-5 after the third eight minutes and 9-7 before Diplaros made the final 10-7.

At 4:29” before the end, after using VAR, the referees dismissed Angelos Foskolos as a substitute. At 4:16, Kostas Chondrokoukis was sent off with a replacement for a strong protest.

The eight minutes: 2-4, 2-1, 1-2, 2-3

GS PERISTERIOU (Kostas Loudis): Anagnostou, Bitsakos Ch. 1, Papadimitriou, Prekas, Chrysospathis 2, Koukoumakis, Andzits 1, Karuntzos, Foskolos, Beristianos, Torakis 2, Bitsakos Andr. 1, Holland, Bitsakos K., Aleuridis

APOLLON SMYRNIS (Nikos Deligiannis): Galanopoulos, Alamanos 1, Bogdanovich 2, Mokkas, Troulos, Diplaros 1, Sousiasvili, Chondrokoukis, Goniotakis 1, Gardikas 4, Tsachilides, Solanakis 1, Kavousanos, Tottis, Tsiavaliaris