Euro Cup Semifinals 22/02/14

Leg 1
22/02/2014 20:00	Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara	10 - 12	"SPARTAK-Volgograd" Man
22/02/2014 20:00	HRVATSKI AKADEMSKI VATERPOLO KLUB MLADOST	8 - 8	Circolo Nautico Posillipo

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Spartak Volgograd close to Euro Cup final

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Saturday 22 February 2014, 19:00

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Tim Hartog

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Spartak Volgograd have made a big step towards the final of the Euro Cup tournament. A 10-12 win in Naples, Italy in the first of two semi-final match-ups with Acquachiara has given them an excellent situation going into the home game on the 5th of March. A good start and finish brought the Russians the two-goal victory as the home team in between got more involved and actually led 9-8 going into the final period. But Volgograd dominated that session 1-4 to turn the game around and walk away with the win. In the second semi-final Posillipo saw Mladost forcing an 8-8 tie in the final quarter after having led 5-6 with 8 minutes remaining. Both Giuliano Mattiello and Paride Saccoia toppped Posillipo's scorers list netting a pair of shots. Ivan Milakovic scored two for Mladost. 

Euro Cup 2013-2014
Semi-finals
Saturday 22 February:

Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara (ITA) vs. Spartak Volgograd (RUS) 10-12 (1-3, 4-2, 4-3, 1-4)
Acquachiara scorers: Antonio Petkovic 3, Luigi di Costanzo 3, Fabio Gambacorta 2, Amaurys Perez, Andrea Scotti Galletta.

Spartak Volgograd: Pavel Khalturin 4, Vitaly Yurchik 2, Adel Latypov 2, Segey Lisunov 2, Yury Cheshev, Artem Ashaev.

HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) vs. Dooa Posillipo (ITA) 8-8 (4-3, 0-2, 1-1, 3-2)
Mladost scorers: Ivan Milakovic 2, Luka Bukic, Luka Loncar, Marko Martinic, Duje Zivkovic, Kristijan Milakovic, Ivan Pisk.

Posillipo scorers: Giuliano Mattiello 2, Paride Saccoia 2, Simone Rossi, Gianluigi Foglio, Aleksandar Radovic, Jacopo Mandolini.

Leg 2 to be played Wednesday 5 March.

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Euro Cup ready for semi-finals

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Thursday 20 February 2014, 10:51

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Tim Hartog

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The Euro Cup tournament has come down to the final four participants determing who will battle for the trophy from Saturday onwards. Two Italian sides, both based in the city of Naples, take on either the Russian national champion or the third ranked team from Croatia in two big match-ups to be started next Saturday. Acquachiara plays host to Spartak Volgograd. And the Italians are not coming in under ideal circumstances. In the domestic league 17th round game against Savona, played on Wednesday, the Paulo de Crescenzo coached side suffered a clear 8-14 loss in the battle for 4th place. The Russians finished their preparation for this encounter in Budapest, Hungary where played two test matches of which the one against Szolnok proved to be the most attractive game. The current second seed side in Hungary and Spartak Volgograd finished the game tied 12-12. A scheduled meeting with Vasas was cancelled due to injuries on the Hungarian squad. In the other semi-final Mladost Zagreb takes on current third ranked side in Italy, Dooa Posillipo. Both teams are coming off one-sides wins in the respective home leagues. Mladost rolled past Slovenian representative AVK Branik from Maribor 3-19 in the Adriatic league on Wednesday while Posillipo trashed last ranked Nervi 5-15 in the Italian league on Tuesday. 


Euro Cup 2013-2014
Semi-finals

Saturday 22 February:

20.00: Carpisa Yamamay Acquachiara (ITA) vs. Spartak Volgograd (RUS)
20.00: HAVK Mladost Zagreb (CRO) vs. Dooa Posillipo (ITA)

Leg 2 to be played Wednesday 5 March.

Pictured: Acquachiara's high scorer Antonio Petkovic.