National Polo: With Giannato and Andreas the 15th for the World Cup

The 19 -year -old Nikos Giannatos It is the new person chosen by Theodoris Vlachos, in the 15th of the Men’s National Pole in the run -up to the final phase of the World Cup, which takes place in Podgorica, Montenegro from April 11 to 13. The left -handed regional was established this year in the first team of Vouliagmeni, scoring 16 goals in 19 A1 appearances, while also recording some very good appearances in European competitions. Thus, the federal coach decided to give him a chance to the “big ones”, taking advantage of his absence of injured Alexandros Papanastasiou for a long time.

New person in National is also the Manos Andreas of Vouliagmeni, selected as the second goalkeeper instead of Panagiotis Tzortzatou, while for the first time Nikos Gardikas of Apollo Smyrnis and Vangelis Pouros of Olympiacos will compete. In relation to the 13th Olympic Games, Zannis Alafigis and Kostas Giouvetsis are returning, and it is recalled that Yiannis Fountoulis and Angelos Vlachopoulos are now besides the federal technician.

In detail, the 15th of the Greek team for Podgorica: Manos Zerdevas, Dinos Genidounias, Dimitris Skoumbakis, Kostas Giouvetsis, Stelios Argyropoulos, Vangelis Pouros, Nikos Gillas, Stathis Kalogeropoulos, Zannis Alafigis, Kostas Kakas

The mission will be accompanied, in addition to Thodoris Vlachos, by Tasos Schizas’ associate, physiotherapist Andreas Tzanis, Lefteris Katsinoulas video manager and manager George Margiouklas, as a mission leader.

The final phase of the World Cup is played with eight teams and knockout matches. In the Friday quarter -finals (11/4, 19:20 Greek time), National will face Japan and, if it is, on Saturday’s semifinals (12/4) will most likely cross Hungary, which is expected to overcome the Netherlands obstacle. In the other quarter -finals, Spain will play with Germany and Montenegro with Croatia.