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| Season 2009-2010 | Game day 4 | 07/11/2007, 19:00 |
 | Great Britain |
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Poland |  |
| 8-9 (2-2, 3-3, 2-2, 1-2)
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Manchester Aquatics Centre
Referee: Cem Filiksac, Rik Rykert
Delegate: Jacques Racine
Spectators: 300 |
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07/11/2007 - Wolfgang Philipps |
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Final result stands: Poland keeps three precious points |
Confusion in the pool was joined by confusion at the pool-side.
Foto: Wolfgang Philipps |
The final result of yesterday night´s game between Great Britain and Poland at 2007 Men´s European “B” Championships in Manchester, Great Britain stands. A promising British protest could not be handed in right in time, so that the final result of 9-8 to Poland became a matter of fact.
As observers claimed, Poland’s Robert Sekula failed to clear the pitch in the correct way, when he was excluded 87 seconds before the end. He left the pool at the score of 8-8 and did not enter the penalty box at all, but a penalty-shot for a wrong re-entry of the substitute player was not given. Furthermore the last time-out called by British head coach Eelco Uri 2.4 seconds before end proved as series of irritations, when the British players were not allowed to take their position after 45 seconds.
In case of a successful protest against the wrong re-entry the last 67 seconds, the playing time at the moment of the illegal re-entry, had to be replayed one day later, and the game would have started with a further man-up play for Britain. From the British point of view a tie would have been enough to secure the third place here in Group B, which would have granted a place in the medal round and a berth at the Qualification Tournaments for the 2008 European Championships.
In any case the home team got some impressions how a big match can be. The British missed a good chance to make it for the medal round of their won, missing too many man-up chances. In the 30th minute Adam Scholefield brought the score to 8-7, and a tie would have already enough to make it for the medal round. But 2.4 seconds before final whistle Tomasz Rozycki scored the winning goal for the Polish team, and the last time-out called by Britain ended with a series of confusion.
Britain has one more chance to take the medal round berth tomorrow by a victory against the second-ranked team from the Ukraine. The Polish could make it for the medals now, but need help by the second-ranked Ukrainians tomorrow night.
Great Britain vs. Poland 8-9 (2-2, 3-3, 2-2, 1-2)
Great Britain: Ed Scott - Sean Ryder, Mark Banwell 1, Scott Carpenter, Craig Figes 1, Andrew Squires, Alex Parsonage 2, Tom Curwen 2, Rob Parker 1, Adam Scholefield 2, Chris Gilbertson, Matthew Thresher, Matthew Birch
Head coach: Eelco Uri
Poland: Michal Diakonow - Marcin Scierwicki 1, Piotr Michalski, Adam Perka 1, Marek Debski, Pawel Ulchurski, Tomasz Rozycki 4, Michal Bar, Radoslaw Haraczko, Robert Sekula, Piotr Wojcik 2, Wojciech Leszek, Rafal Wocik 1.
Head coach: Edward Kujawa.
Personal fouls: 3/12
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