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Spectacle on Korčula: All-Star match and Ratko Rudić's farewell to water polo

A spectacle on Korčula: All-Star match and farewell to Ratko Rudić from water polo
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On Korčula, this weekend is all about water polo, since on Saturday, after the expert panel, at which the former coach of Serbia Dejan Savić also spoke, in the evening hours, in front of full stands, the All-Star match between the Croatian national team from 2012 was played. , which under the leadership of Ratko Rudić won the Olympic gold in London and the World Team, for which, in addition to numerous other greats, Andrija Prlainović and Duško Pijetlović played, and Igor Milanović led them from the bench.

The legendary world coach, the most trophy-winning of all time, Ratko Rudić, officially said goodbye to water polo as he deserves, even though he put an end to his coaching career four years ago after the season that was interrupted due to the corona virus.

In Rudić's last match, the golden Croatian generation from London 2012 faced the world team in Korčula. The result was certainly in the background, but it remains recorded that in the end it was a draw 13:13.

Croatia played in Pavić, D. Burić, Bošković, Dobud, Joković, Buljubašić, Muslim, Bušlje, Sukno, Barač, Hinić, Obradović and Vićan, while the World Team was represented by Andrija Prlainović, Duško Pijetlović, Aleksandar Ivović, Boris Zloković, Daniel Lopez Pinedo, Tamas Kašaš, Valentino Galo, Mateo Aikardi, Hristos Afrudakis, Jorgos Afrudakis, Zoltan Seči and Felipe Perone, and the team was also filled by Mihovil Marinović from Galeb, while this team was led from the bench by another member of the Hall of Fame , Igor Milanović.

The judges were Nenad Periš from Split and Vlaho Radičević from Dubrovnik. Tonight at the Korčula Cultural Center, at 8:00 p.m., a screening of the documentary film "It Happened" directed by Dejan Aćimović, about the most trophy-winning coach in the world, Ratko Rudić, is scheduled.

Croatia 2012 – World Team 13:13 (3:4, 5:3, 2:3, 3:3).

Scorers for Croatia 2012: Sukno 3, Bušlje 2, Dobud 2, Joković 2, Bošković 1, Buljubasic 1, Muslim 1, Obradović 1.

Scorers for the World Team: Prlainović 3, Zloković 2, Perrone 2, Galo 2, Afroudakis 2, Ivović 1, Aikardi 1

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