Producing arguably the biggest upset in the history of the Champions League finals, Vouliagmeni, ranked fourth in their group in the prelims, ousted top favourite Brescia to meet Recco in the semis. The Italian title-holders limited Ferencvaros to four goals and reached the top four for the 8th time in a row. Host Novi Beograd …
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Quarter-finals: Pro Recco (ITA) v FTC-Telekom Budapest (HUN) 8-4 Though FTC opened the scoring with a fine shot from Daniil Merkulov, Recco responded with a blast, Andrea Fondelli fired one from 6m, then, after a killed man-down, Aaron Younger converted their first man-up and Ben Hallock hit a nice one from the centre for 3-1. …
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Quarter-finals: AN Brescia (ITA) v NC Vouliagmeni (GRE) 10-11 Though Brescia opened the game with a fine goal by Jacopo Alesiani – after a great steal he forced an exclusion then finished the one-on-one –, the Italians couldn’t pick up their game. Instead, the Greeks managed to score twice, from a penalty and a man-up, …
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Quarter-finals: Novi Beograd (SBR) v Olympiacos Piraeus (GRE) 13-11 After some ’warm-up’ attempts, Miroslav Perkovic’s easy put-away opened the scoring, then Olympiacos missed a man-up, but soon Marton Vamos’ fine action shot from a sharp angle also put the Greeks on the scoreboard after four minutes. Another 2m set-up, this time buried by Dorde Vucinic, …
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Quarter-finals: Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) v Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) 11-9 The opening period was rather a penalty shootout – five were awarded but only three were landing in the net. Tensions took over, even those with the ‘safest’ hands missed the big chance – Marc Larumbe and Felipe Perrone on the Spanish side …
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Ten-time LEN Champions League winners Pro Recco are three games away from becoming the first team since 1970 to win three titles in a row. However, there are some strong candidates who may prevent the Italians’ Belgrade Triple. The LEN Champions League Final Eight tournament kicks off on Wednesday in the Serbian capital. Winning the …
Pre-game quotes Zodiac CNA Barceloneta (ESP) v Jug Adriatic Osiguranje Dubrovnik (CRO) Elvis Fatovic, coach, Barceloneta “In the past I’ve managed to get used to coaching teams against Croatians and deal with the emotions. I did that on the Australian bench when we played with Croatia and we also met Jug last season here in …
General Clubs • Recco are after a more than 50 years-old record: to win the trophy three times in a row. This happened only once in the history of the competition, Mladost Zagreb made the triple in 1968-69-70. Besides this, there were eight more title-defences: Partizan Beograd (YUG) – 1966, 1967 Partizan Beograd (YUG) – …
Day 14, Group A – Jadran Split (CRO) v Waspo98 Hannover (GER) 12-8 Days after a historical victory and the first-ever championship title (having beaten Jug in a thrilling five-match series), Jadran had one last game to have a worthy ending of the season. On contrary, Waspo’s transformation season didn’t unfold as they perhaps wished …
Day 14, Group A – Vouliagmeni (GRE) v Radnicki Kragujevac (SRB) 9-10 With everything settled, this game was about prestige and for the Greeks, about preparing for their first-ever Final Eight. It was a fine battle, Radnicki wanted to end the season on a high, to leave all the problems they had to deal with …
