Our national team lost on penalties (19-18) against Italy - For 7th place with Serbia

In the penalty shootout our National Youth Men's Water Polo team (U19) was defeated by Italy with 19-18 (regular match 14-14), for the European Championship, which is held in Burgas, Bulgaria and will claim on Saturday (7/9) at 14.00 the seventh place in the competition against Serbia.

We remind you that in the context of the third match of Group B, on Tuesday (3/9), the players of Ilias Machira beat the Italians 12-10.

The game was uneventful with consecutive changes in the score. In the last 16 seconds, the Greek group equalized at 14-14, with Spyros Lykoudis (scoring a total of 6 goals). In the penalty shootout, however, our internationals missed five out of nine executions, while it is characteristic that 18 attempts were needed from both sides to emerge the winner.

Detailed variation HERE

ITALY – GREECE 19-18

Eight minutes: 4-4, 4-4, 4-3, 2-3 and on penalties 5-4

GREECE (Ilias Machiras): Partsoglou, Lykoudis 6, Nikolaidis G., Georgaras 3, Tottis 1, Laskaridis, Konstantopoulos 2, Bitsakos 2, Karatzas, Angelopoulos 2, Spahits 2, Siamas, Levantis .

Italy's goals were scored by: Maffei 6, Gugliotta 4, Gabacciani 4, Demarchi 2, Miraldi 1, Gandolfo 1, Salipande 1.

The results

(Positions 11-12): Bulgaria – Romania 13-18

(Positions 9-10): Netherlands - Turkey 12-10

(Positions 5-8): Serbia – Germany 10-13

(Positions 5-8): Italy - GREECE 19-18 (reg. match 14-14)

(Positions 1-4): Montenegro – Hungary 6-5

(Positions 1-4): Spain – Croatia 10-14

Saturday's program (7/9)

14:00 (Seats 7-8): Serbia - GREECE

15:45 (Seats 5-6): Germany - Italy

17:30 (Positions 3-4): Hungary – Spain

19:15 (Final): Montenegro - Croatia

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