Olympiacos, Vouliagmeni, Panathinaikos and Ethnikos will play in the Final Four of the Greek Men’s Cup that will take place in Patras on February 3 and 4.
The favorites – Olympiacos and Vouliagmeni – were too strong for their rivals in the quarterfinals, while the highlight of this round was an encounter between Panathinaikos and Peristeri.
Greek Men’s Cup, Quarterfinals
Panathinaikos – Peristeri 9:8 (0:1, 2:1, 3:3, 4:3)
Panathinaikos: Adzic 7, Deuterios 1, Albertis 1.
Peristeri: Karuntzos 4, C. Bitsakos 2, Torakis 1, Chrysospathis 1.
Ydraikos – Ethnikos 5:7 (1:2, 2:2, 2:2, 0:1)
Ydraikos: Liapakis 4, Bertolis 1.
Ethnikos: Katsagounis 2, Beto 2, Thoedosis – Papaloukas 1, Papadogonas 1, Mathiopoulos 1.
Glyfada – Vouliagmeni 8:14 (1:5, 2:4, 4:4, 1:1)
Glyfada: Tsatalios 3, Sargetakis 1, Woodhead 1, Giannopoulos 2, Agortsas 1.
Vouliagmeni: Kalogeropoulos 4, Chalyvopoulos 3, Nikolaidis 2, Alafragkis 2, Papasifakis 1, Kourouvanis 1, Farmer 1.
Chania – Olympiacos 3:22 (0:3, 0:6, 1:7, 2:6)
Chania: Mitrakis 2, Agiorgousis 1.
Olympiacos: Genidounias 6, Fountoulis 5, Liantziris 4, Vamos 2, Filipovic 2, Mourikis 1, Kolomvos 1.
Panathinaikos emerged as a winner in a very balanced battle with Peristeri. There were a lot of turns. The lead was constantly changing the side. The decision came in the dying minutes. In the middle of the fourth period, the score was 7:7. Peristeri had a great chance to take the lead, but Risticevic made a save after Nagl’s shot. At the other end of the field, Deuterios gave Panathinaikos an 8:7 advantage. Three minutes from the end, Foskolos equalized from a penalty shot (8:8). But, in the next possession, Panathinaikos’ Danilo Adzic scored his 7th goal (!) in the match for 9:8. After that, nobody found the net and Panathinaikos went to the Final Four.
Ethnikos led most of the match against Ydraikos, Still, Ydraikos chased the rival successfully. Before the final quarter, only one goal separated the rivals. Ethnikos led 6:5. The visitors’ defense didn’t concede a single goal in the final period, while Ethnikos found the net once for the final score – 7:5.
Vouliagmeni secured a win over Glyfada with a 9:3 first half. Olympiacos showed no mercy to Chios.
