THE Olympic He became the 13th consecutive year of Greece champion in the Men’s Polo, making it 3-0 in the final against Vouliagmeni. The “reds” dominated 18-14 and reached the 29 titles in the big category.
At the same time, Olympiacos now counts 38 championships after the founding of the swimming federation (then EKOF) in 1928, and were left alone on the list, leaving behind the National with 37!
The Piraeus team won the double season for eighth consecutive season and completed this year’s championship unbeaten (for the third consecutive year), with the sole loss of the tie with Chios in the first phase of the regular season. Indeed, the last defeat of Olympiacos in domestic events was in the semifinals of the 2022 playoffs by Apollo Smyrnis.
At the individual level, this year’s title is of historical importance for Yiannis Fountoulis (who scored seven goals in today’s final, as his 20 -year younger, Dimitris Hatzis). The former National Leader has reached 13 titles and is now Polynesian in the A1 category (since 1987), leaving behind his current coach, George Doska, as well as Sakis Platanitis, Theodoris Hatzitheodorou, Vangelis Delakas and Nikos.
The “reds” completely trapped Vouliagmeni in the first six minutes and led 2-0, with a goal by Genidounia and Fountoulis’ penalty, but the 17-year-old Hatzis scored twice (in the penalty shootout) and tied. A nickel of Nikolaidis from 2m. He gave the home side again in the finale of the first eighty.
With his furious dominant dominance, Olympiacos found solutions to the attack, but was unable to find answers to … Dimitris Hatzis’ estrus. The young man scored from where he wanted, forcing George Doska to change his goalkeeper in the middle of the second period, with Georgatos replacing Zerdeva. The NOB was first (6-5) with Nikos Kastrinakis (the first to score from Vouliagmeni except Hatzis!), The “reds” immediately responded to the diploma and a goal of Fountoulis in the above, but his 7th-7th goalkeeper.
The third period belonged to Olympiacos and it was the one that judged the third final. After Fountoulis’ fourth goal, the hosts scored two consecutive defenses with a lesser player and then, with consecutive cigar goals (one with excellent individual effort), they escaped 10-7. Dinos Genidounias took the “bat”, who with two goals raised the difference to +4 (12-8) and the match had now taken its way. Youth Vouliagmeni did not have the psychology to react, the “gap” grew up even more (16-10) and the party at “Petros Kapagerov” began long before the match was over.
Eight minutes: 3-2, 4-5, 6-2, 5-5
OLYMPIAKOS (Giorgos Doskas): Zerdevas, Gillas, Genidounias 4, Fountoulis 7, Gouvis, Zalanki 2, Bouslie, Alafragis, Kakaris 2, Nikolaidis 1, Dimou, Tzortzatos, Pouros 2, Lykoudis
VOULIAGMENI (Vladimir Vougiasinovic): Andreadis, Halivopoulos, Tottis, Kalogeropoulos, Almyras 1, Ubovic, Hatzis 7, Woodhend 1, N. Kastrinakis 2, Bleesis, Spachits, Giannatos Levantis, Th. Kastrinakis, Patsilinakos