Day two action in the men's water polo competition:
Group B, GREECE 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10
Quarters: 3-3, 1-3, 4-3, 3-1
GREECE: Konstantinos Flegkas, Emmanouil Mylonakis (3), Georgios Dervisis, Konstantinos Genidounias, Ioannis Fountoulis (4), Kyriakos Pontiekas, Christos Afroudakis, Evangelos Delakas (1), Konstantinos Mourikis (2), Christodoulos Kolomvos, Alexandros Gounas, Angelos Vlacholopoulos (1), Stefanos Galanpoulos. Head coach: Theodoros Vlachos
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Merill Moses, Nikola Vavic, Alex Obert, Jackson Kimbell, Alex Roelse (1), Luca Cupido (1), Josh Samuels (2), Tony Azevedo (2), Alex Bowen (1), Bret Bonani (1), Jesse Smith, John Mann (2), McQuin Baron. Head coach: Dejan Udovicic.
Match Report:USA promised so much and failed to deliver the killer blow against Greece, going down fighting against a Greek onslaught that was spearheaded by the wily Emmanouil Mylonakis. It was Mylonakis who scored on extra to narrow the match to 9-10 at 2:43 and it was he who equalised a minute later, also on extra. With the match in the balance, it was left to Evangelos Delakas to squeeze in a shot from deep left to seal the match at 0:31. USA was hugely unlucky not to have gone three goals ahead when 8-6 ahead midway through the third period. The centre forward had his head almost removed from his shoulders but it went unseen by the referees and Angelos Vlachopoulos scored at the other end while controversy reigned poolside. Then more controversy as USA veteran captain Tony Azevedo drew a five-metre foul and scored the goal. Greece complained vehemently and the referees conferred but decided the goal stood. USA had the two-goal margin it seemingly deserved. Then Ioannis Fountoulos became the man of the moment for Greece, scoring his fourth goal on extra, from deep left on the buzzer for 8-9. Dutch convert Alex Roelse netted for his new country for the 10-8 score and the rest was history. Greece levelled at three, four and 10 and both head coaches took yellow cards in the heated event. There was earlier controversy when Greek head coach Theodoros Vlachos called his second timeout of the second period. After some time it was decided that USA would get the ball, as per the rules, but USA head coach Dejan
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