The seventh place will be fought by National Team of the Junior Men’s water polo at the European Championship held in Burgas, Bulgaria. Elias Machira’s team was defeated today (6/9) by Italy 19-18 on penalties (regular time 14-14), in the qualifying matches for places 5-8, and was left out of the top six in the tournament. Tomorrow (7/9, 14:00) the representative group completes its obligations in the European by facing Serbia for the 7-8 places.
The match was derby in its longest duration, with the two teams unable to “build” a safety gap. It is characteristic that the national team found itself at +2 twice (3-1 and 6-4), while the “blue team” led by three goals (12-9), 1:53 before the end of the third quarter. Then the “blue and white” scored four consecutive goals and regained the lead in the score (13-12), 4:32 before the end. Maffei and Miraldi they put Italy in the lead again (14-13), but Lykoudis with a penalty, 16 seconds before the end, “wrote” the score 14-14 and sent the match to penalties.
18 penalties were executed there, with Demarky to “write” the final 19-18 and give the victory to the “Ajuri”, since a little earlier the Spahic he didn’t give the national team a lead, as he sent the ball to the post, as a result of which the score remained 18-18.
The eight minutes: 4-4, 4-4, 4-3, 2-3.
Penalties: 5-4
Greece (Ilias Machiras): Partsoglou, Lykoudis 6, G. Nikolaidis, Georgaras 3, Tottis 1, Laskaridis, Constantopoulos 2, Bitsakos 2, Karatzas, Angelopoulos 2, Spahits 2, Siamas, Levantis.
Italy’s goals were scored by Maffei 6, Gulotta 4, Gabacciani 4, Demarchi 2, Mirali 1, Gandolfo 1 and Salipande 1.
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