The men’s national polo dress rehearsal was successful. The representative group prevailed 21-13 against Georgia in New Smyrni in the last friendly of preparation and showed that it is ready for its participation in the World Cup that will be held in Bucharest, 6/12 of the month.
The National Team had the first say in the match, taking the lead from the start, which, as time went on, it widened to reach the final 21-13.
First scorer for Greece was Alexandros Papanastasiou with 6 goals.
Eight minutes: 4-3, 5-3, 7-5, 5-2
GREECE (Thodoris Vlachos): Zerdevas, Kourouvanis, Skoubakis 2, Giuvetsis 3, Argyropoulos – Kanakakis 1, Papanastasiou 6, Gillas 1, Kalogeropoulos 3, Alafragis 1, Kakaris 2, Nikolaidis, Chalivopoulos 1, Tjortzatos, Dimos 1
GEORGIA (Sakis Kechagias): Razmandze, Ahvlediani 1, Dadvani 1, Susiasvili 2, Chelasvili 3, Vasic 2, Adeyashvili, Saric 1, Imnayashvili, Magravelidze 1, Shikovani, Piesitvats 2, Vetadze, Ditsarenko
Shortly after the match, Thodoris Vlachos announced the 15 that will travel to the Romanian capital.
The “elect” are: Manos Zerdevas, Dinos Genidounias, Dimitris Skoumbakis, Costas Giuvetsis, Stelios Argyropoulos-Kanakakis, Alexandros Papanastasiou, Nikos Gillas, Stathis Kalogeropoulos, Yannis Alafragkis, Costas Kakaris, Dimitris Nikolaidis, Aristidis Chalyvopoulos, Panagiotis Tzortzatos, Takis Dimou, Nikos Kourouvanis
The team will be accompanied, in addition to the federal technician, by his partner, Tasos Schizas, the physical therapist, Andreas Tzannis, the video analyst, Christos Kodelas, and the team manager, Giorgos Margiouklas, as team leader. With them is the international referee, Giorgos Stavridis.
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