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He fought against the mighty Sabadel, but in the end Olympiacos succumbed

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In a terrible semifinal at the Papastratio Swimming Pool in Piraeus, Olympiacos failed to against Sabadel, who was cooler in the final minutes, won 15-13 and qualified for the Champions League Polo Polo.

The Reds will play in the small final on Saturday (3/5) with the loser of the second semifinals, San Andreu-Ednsvaros, while the Spaniards will look for the 8th trophy in the event and the third consecutive consecutive winner of the couple.

Olympiacos did not have a good defensive function in the first eight minutes, as he was back 3-1 at the beginning of the match, with Sabadel’s big star scoring two goals by the Catalans, while Vasiliki Pleuritou had temporarily equalized with a penalty.

The “reds”, however, managed and responded and armed the attack on the draw, with Santa and Myriacefalitakis finding nets. In fact, from 4:15 of the first eighty and then they significantly improved their defense when they were back 4-3, managing to close the first period ahead 5-4.

In the second eight minutes, every attempt by Dimitris Kravaritis’s players to escape was fruitless, as the Spaniards were constantly finding solutions at the critical points and staying close to the score. After about 5 minutes without a score in the second quarter, Trich made it 7-6 in the 55 seconds for the half, with Stephens responding to the equalizer. The half time ended with a well-executed Plerito penalty shoot-out and Raikrou’s 8-7 appearance.

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