Player of TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen comments TTCLM Round 3 The 2009 runner-up of the Table Tennis Champions League Men TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen has 2-1 score after Round 3 in the Group A. Dubravko SKORIC`s “Young Guns” grabbed very important 3:0 away victory against Vaillante Angers Sports TT what could be a crucial in the battle for the second spot and the ticket for the quarter-finals. Jakub DYJAS who beat Jens LUNDQVIST after full five games in the third match commented this clash and chances of his side in the upcoming rounds: “It was very tough game against Jens LUNDQVIST. It seems like the final score 3:0 is easy but at the end it wasn’t at all. I am happy that I managed to win my game. Angers has good players and new European champion Emmanuel LEBESSON. We would like to keep the second place in our group and of course if we can beat Orenburg It would be fantastic. However we are focused on our games against Angers and Roskilde. Against Rosklide we should win but in this competition you never know especially when you play away. We will try to give our best in order to reach the quarter-final.”
Nominees for ITTF Breakthrough Star & Star Coach are Released
To celebrate one month to go until the 2016 ITTF Star Awards to on 8 December in Doha Qatar the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced the nominees for the 2016 Breakthrough Star & 2016 Star Coach awards. The 2016 ITTF Star Awards will be the fourth edition of the ITTF’s year-ending extravaganza to honor the achievements of athletes and coaches in 2016 this time in Doha Qatar’s famous Sheraton Hotel. The Breakthrough Star award recognizes the rising stars in the sport while the ITTF Star Coach acknowledges the people behind our top players and celebrates their spectacular performance on the international stage Nominees in the running for the 2016 Breakthrough Star & Star Coach are: Breakthrough Star presented by the Monday Club: Team England made up of Liam PITCHFORD Paul DRINKHALL & Sam WALKER – Reached the Semifinals of the World Team Championships for the first time in 33 years as well as Rio 2016 Olympic Games Quarterfinals for the first time for Great Britain. Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) – Started the year ranking 10th in the world amongst under 18 players and by July Harimoto was ranked number 1 after a historic win at the ITTF World Tour Japan Open Under 21 event at just 12 years of age. Miu HIRANO (JPN) – At 16 years of age Hirano became the youngest ever Women’s World Cup Champion and the first ever Japanese player to win the title. Nomination Video:https://youtu.be/io0cGsBWXIE. Star Coach presented by Butterfly: Patrick CHILA (FRA) – Led Emmanuel LEBESSON and Simon GAUZY to the European Championships Men’s Singles Final the first time two Frenchmen ever contested the final and the first French champion since 1976. Alan COOKE (ENG) – Led the English men’s team to the semifinals of the World Team Championships for the first time in 33 years as well as the Great Britain team to the Olympic Quarterfinals for the first time. LIU Guoliang (CHN) – Led the Chinese men’s team to all the major titles in 2016: World Team Champion Olympic Team & Singles Champions and Men’s World Cup Champion. Nomination Video:https://youtu.be/rcvmY_sely0. Fans are now able to vote for their Male & Female Star players as well as for the Star Point of the year on ITTFStarAwards.com! Voting closes on 13 November 2016. The winners of the 2016 Male & Female Table Tennis Star will based on 50% on fans’ votes and 50% on results from the expert panel judging made up of their peers and media experts while the Star Point will be fully based on fans’ choice. The remaining awards (Star Coach Breakthrough Star Male & Female Para Table Tennis Star and the Fair Play Star) will be dependent on expert judging. You can vote for the ITTF Star Point Award here
BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF on its way to the TTCLM quarter-finals
Timo BOLL after Round 3 win against KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN stated that his team managed to “save a little power for the next weeks” Ten times TTCLM champion BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF won two their games in just three days playing against KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN (3:0) in the TTCLM Round 3 and with ASV Grunwettersbach (3:1) in the Round 7 of 2016/17 Bundesliga. German side actual No. 2 seed in the best club competition of Old Continent now tops Group D with 3-0 score. Coach Danny HEISTER stated after the game: “It was a very clear victory for us certainly because Torun missed two good players but it was important to win 3:0. Stefan had certainly the most difficult match against Pavel SIRUCEK. In set four and five however he was superior and has mastered it well. Now we are in a good position for the next matches to reach the quarter finals.” Timo BOLL beat Konrad KULPA in the opening game to improve his 2016/17 individual score to 5-0. Six time European champion in Men Singles Event explains: “Of course we were profiting from the fact that the two top players were not there or had failed but we were still concentrating on our game and Stefan (FEGERL) had a bit of fighting not only with his opponent but with himself because he felt not that well. It is good that he won and gets more self-confidence and we saved as a team a little power for the next weeks.” Polish side couldn’t count on both Tomasz KOTOWSKI and Cazuo MATSUMOTO. Their coach Kazimierz WISZOWATY stated after the game: „The team of Borussia Duesseldorf was much better than we did and deserved. We paid our apprenticeship with our young team. Unfortunately our great talent Tomasz KOTOWSKI got injured in morning of the match during the training. He had shown very good performances lately. Congratulations to Duesseldorf.”
TTCLM Round 3: Four clubs remain unbeaten
FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG AS PONTOISE CERGY FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS and BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF have won their Round 3 matches TTCLM Round 3 is concluded by six matches held on Friday night as four clubs preserved their unbeaten status: top seed and three times champion Orenburg in Group A reigning TTCLM champion Pontoise in Group B the 1985/86 Champions League winner Saarbrucken in Group C and ten times champion of this prestigious competition Borussia in Group D. FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG showed no mercy against ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 putting in the line-up all three World`s Top 8 players: Jun MIZUTANI (No. 5) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (No. 6) and Vladimir SAMSONOV (No. 8). Each of them beat his opponent in straight games. Other Russian team was successful in the Group B. The 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC defeated 2015/16 finalist ESLOVS Al BORDTENNIS 3:2. Eslovs` XU Hui did his job by winning two matches but Verkhnaya Pyshma`s side showed good team work as each their player won one encounter: Andrej GACINA vs. Truls MOREGARDH Grigory VLASOV vs. Daniel KOSIBA and Alexander SHIBAEV vs. Truls MOREGARDH. AS PONTOISE CERGY recorded a clear 3:0 win in Poland. Mattias KARLSSON Marcos FREITAS and Tristan FLORE overcame Mitsuki YOSHIDA Mattias OVERSJO and WANG Yang respectively. Group C match in Saarbrucken was very emotional for TTC OSTRAVA 2016`s Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC who was hosted by his two double partners actual Bojan TOKIC and former one Slobodan GRUJIC (now coach of German club). But TOKIC beat him in the third encounter. Other two Saarbrucken points came from Patrick FRANZISKA who defeated CHIANG Hung Chieh and Tomas TREGLER. Host team couldn’t count on Tiago APOLONIA. In same group (C) G.V. HENNEBONT TT was too strong for BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI 3:0. Polish side took just one set in total. BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF also recorded a very fast victory against KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN. Timo BOLL Stefan FEGERL and Anton KALLBER saved some energy for Sunday`s Bundesliga round. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 3 GROUP A FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG – ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 3:0 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Ewardus OOSTWOUDER 3:0 (11:6 11:7 11:5) Jun MIZUTANI – ZHAI Yujia 3:0 (11:6 11:3 11:4) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Claus NIELSEN 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:7) GROUP B UMMC – ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS 3:2 Andrej GACINA – Truls MOREGARDH 3:0 (11:4 14:12 11:8) Alexander SHIBAEV – XU Hui 1:3 (11:5 12:14 6:11 8:11) Grigory VLASOV – Daniel KOSIBA 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:7) Andrej GACINA –XU Hui 1:3 (11:8 9:11 8:11 6:11) Alexander SHIBAEV – Truls MOREGARDH 3:0 (11:3 16:14 11:5) KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK – AS PONTOISE CERGY0 0:3 Mitsuki YOSHIDA – Mattias KARLSSON 0:3 (10:12 7:11 7:11) Mattias OVERSJO – Marcos FREITAS 2:3 (5:11 9:11 12:10 11:7 9:11) WANG Yang – Tristan FLORE 2:3 (4:11 11:6 8:11 12:10 7:11) GROUP C FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS – TTC OSTRAVA 2016 3:1 Patrick FRANZISKA – CHIANG Hung Chieh 3:2 (11:6 9:11 12:14 11:4 11:2) Patrick BAUM – Tomas TREGLER 1:3 (5:11 8:11 12:10 7:11) Bojan TOKIC – Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC 3:1 (3:11 11:6 11:7 11:9) Patrick FRANZISKA – Tomas TREGLER 3:0 (11:5 11:9 12:10) G.V. HENNEBONT TT – BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI 3:0 Liam PITCHFORD – Artur MICHALCZYK 3:0 (11:7 11:3 11:8) CHEN Chien-An – GAO Ning 3:1 (11:8 11:13 11:9 11:8) Quentin ROBINOT – Daniel GORAK 3:0 (11:9 14:12 12:10) GROUP D BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF – KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:0 Timo BOLL – Konrad KULPA 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:3) Stefan FEGERL – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:2 (8:11 14:12 6:11 11:2 11:7) Anton KALLBERG – Damian WEDERLICH 3:0 (11:9 11:5 11:5)
Linz survives in Bad Driburg Saint Quentin shocks Postas
Visitors won in all four matches in the Round 3 of 2016/17 ECLW All four Round 3 matches of the 2016/17 European Champions Women belonged to the visitors: Postas Sport Egyesulet – TT SAINT QUENTIN 0:3 TuS bad Driburg – LINZ AG FROSCHBERG 2:3 ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – SZEKSZARD AC 0:3 SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – METZ TT 0:3. Two times ECLW champion LINZ AG FROSCHBERG the winner of 2008/09 and 2012/13 had a hard job in Germany against ECLW newcomer TuS bad Driburg. Guests played without LIU Jia but led 2:0 after first two encounters. Host side managed to level and 19-year-old Nina MITTELHAM was very close to upset Sophia POLCANOVA who managed to reverse the 0-2 scoreline. After Round 3 French club TT Saint Quentin is very close to secure the second spot of Group A as it beat Postas Sport Egyesulet 3:0 (9:1). Daniela MONTEIRO-Dodean ZENG Jing and Aurore DESSAINT defeated LI Jiao Ruta PASKAUSKIENE and Rita KERTAI respectively. Reigning ECLW champion TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE is safe on the leading place of Group A thus TT Saunt Quentin and Postas need to decide the final standings in the ultimate round. Szekszrad AC took the leading spot of the Group C as they beat ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly. It was second win in a row of Hungarian side which now tops that group. LIN Ye beat Galia DVORAK in the four games of the opener Polina MIKHAILOVA defeated former individual European champion LI Fen in straight games and Dora MADARASZ confirmed Szekszard victory overcoming Shino ONO. Metz showed no mercy playing its Round 3 match against Czech Republic`s SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin. Opening clash was fully exciting as Elizabeta SAMARA was extended to full distance by Renata STRBIKOVA. World No. 13 YU Fu has got just two points in the first set against Natalia PARTYKA but won while Pauline CHASSELIN was better than Solomiya BRATEYKO. The 2016/17 ECLW Round 3 GROUP A Postas Sport Egyesulet – TT SAINT QUENTIN 0:3 LI Jiao – Daniela DODEAN-MONTEIRO 1:3 (10:12 9:11 11:6 8:11) Ruta PASKAUSKIENE – ZENG Jian 0:3 (5:11 6:11 8:11) Rita KERTAI – Aurore DESSAINT 0:3 (6:11 4:11 8:11) GROUP B TuS bad Driburg – LINZ AG FROSCHBERG 2:3 SHI Qi – Sophia POLCANOVA 1:3 (9:11 11:8 14:16 9:11) Nina MITTELHAM – ZHANG Mo 1:3 (7:11 11:5 9:11 6:11) Sarah DE NUTTE – Linda BERGSTROM 3:2 (8:11 13:11 7:11 11:5 11:7) SHI Qi – ZHANG Mo 3:2 (10:12 11:13 11:7 11:7 14:12) Nina MITTELHAM – Sophia POLCANOVA 2:3 (13:11 11:8 8:11 6:11 2:11) GROUP C ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – SZEKSZARD AC 0:3 Galia DVORAK – LIN Ye 1:3 (4:11 11:7 7:11 6:11) LI Fen – Polina MIKHAILOVA 0:3 (7:11 10:12 4:11) Shino ONO – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (11:9 8:11 9:11 7:11) GROUP D SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – METZ TT 0:3 Renata STRBIKOVA – Elizabeta SAMARA 2:3 (11:6 11:9 11:13 4:11 9:11) Natalia PARTYKA – YU Fu 1:3 (11:2 8:11 9:11 6:11) Solomiya BRATEYKO – Pauline CHASELLIN 1:3 (7:11 11:7 6:11 9:11)
French favorites awaits qualifiers in knock out phase
Third Round of the ETTU Cup The draw for the Third round of the Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup was held yesterday. A top seed enters the competition in the knock out phase on 25th November. In the Men’s ETTU Cup top seeded Stella Sport La Romagne will host Spanish Cajasur Priego TM. On the lower half of the draw no. two seed French Istres Tennis De Table will host STK Starr Varazdin. Qualifiers TTC Kazan of Russia will travel to Spain to play against no. three and four seeds DKV Borges Vall whilst Austria’s Stockerau awaits STK Libertas Marincolor. In another four duels Belgium’s Logis Auderghem TT will play against Romania’s CS Mioveni Austria’s SPG Linz will meet Turkish Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü Ukraine’s Fortune will meet Slovakia’s SK Vydrany. Sweden’s Halmstad will play against SKK El Nino Praha. The top seeds in the Women’s ETTU Cup French CP Lyssois Lille Metropole will host Spanish Tecnigen Linares whilst no. sto seeds Russia’s TTC Kazan will host Netherlands’ Dozy Den Helder/Noordkop. The other matches in Third Round are: Hungary’s Budaörsi 2i sc vs. Belgium’s TT Vedrinamur Czech’s TT Moravsky Krumlov vs. Turkey’s Tigem Sports Club Serbia’s Novi Sad vs. A.C.D. Se Sao Joao Italy’s asv Eppan Tischtennis Raiffeisen vs. Portugal’s GDCS Juncal Spanish CTT Balaguer Villart Logistic vs. Greece’s AO DAO Tavrou Romania’s ACS Dumbravita vs. Sweden’s Sparvägen BTK.
GAUZY beats LEBESSON in the remake of the recent gold medal showdown
Two French players meet again in the TTCLM Round 3 clash Vaillante Sports Angers TT – TTC LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen 0:3 as GAUZY beat European champion LEBESSON in four games Simon GAUZY didn’t wait too long to take “revenge” on Emmanuel LEBESSON who defeated him in the recent LIEBHERR 2016 ITTF European Championships in Budapest. Two French players met tonight in the TTCLM Round 3 match between Vaillante Sports Angers TT and TTC LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen as German side won away 3:0. GAUZY beat LEBESSON 3:1 (12:14 14:12 11:8 12:10) after Budapest`s gold medal contest in which he lost 4:1 (14:12 9:11 11:7 11:3 11:6). The 22 year-old French player the oldest member of the Ochsenhausen`s line-up managed to save two set balls in the fourth game concluding this encounter by four consecutive points (8:10 12:10). Both GAUZY and LEBESSON are occupying their best ever spots on the ITTF World Ranking List: GAUZY is No. 14 LEBESSON No. 29. Jakub DYJAS found himself in a bad situation in the early fifth set against Jens LUNDQVIST who led 6:3 but managed to secure clear 3:0 victory of Ochsenhausen. Simon GAUZY & “Young Guns” now have 2-1 score in the Group A. The 2013 TTCLM runner-up CHARTRES ASTT beat away SPG WALTER WELS 3:1. Par GERELL provided an early lead beating WANG Jian Jun in four games. Austrian side delivered an amazing answer as World No. 129 Zsolt PETO overcame No. 43 Robert GARDOS after full five games. Serbian player won decisive fifth set after 32 points in total having many excellent serves. In the ultimate point his return clipped the edge of the table. Joao MONTEIRO brought new lead to his side defeating Mihai BOBOCICA in straight games while GARDOS beat WANG reversing 0:2 scoreline. TTCLM Round 3 GROUP A Vaillante Sports Angers TT – TTC LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen 0:3 Jon PERSSON – Yuto MURAMATSU 1:3 (8:11 12:10 10:12 9:11) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Simon GAUZY 1:3 (14:12 12:14 8:11 10:12) Jens LUNDQVIST – Jakub DYJAS 2:3 (8:11 11:9 10:12 12:10 9:11) GROUP D SPG WALTER WELS – CHARTRES ASTT 1:3 WANG Jian Jun – Par GERELL 1:3 (5:11 11:7 8:11 11:13) Zsolt PETO – Robert GARDOS 3:2 (12:10 7:11 6:11 11:7 17:15) Mihai BOBOCICA – Joao MONTEIRO 0:3 (8:11 10:12 9:11) WANG Jian Jun – Robert GARDOS 2:3 (12:10 11:2 8:11 10:12 6:11)
ECLW Round 3: Two clashes between Hungarian and French clubs
Third round will be held this Friday (November 4th) All four matches of the 2016/17 European Champions League Women will be held this Friday November 4th as two will confront Hungarian and French clubs: Postas Sport Egyesulet – TT SAINT QUENTIN in the Group A and ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – SZEKSZARD AC in the Group C. Other two are TuS bad Driburg vs. LINZ AG FROSCHBERG in the Group B and SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin vs. METZ TT in the Group D. Postas Sport Egyesulet and TT SAINT QUENTIN will play for their first victory in the ongoing season bearing in mind that both were beaten by reigning champion TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE in the previous rounds. Both clubs have medal winning players from the recent LIEBHERR 2016 ITTF European Championships Daniela DODEAN-MONTEIRO in the host team and Ruta PASKAUSKIENE on the oposite side. Two times ECLW winner LINZ AG FROSCHBERG visits Germany`s team TuS bad Driburg in the Group B game. LIU Jia & Co. target their second consecutive win while ECLW newcomer plays for its very first victory. ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly hosts SZEKSZARD AC as both sides are determined to improve their group stage record to 2-0. Both teams overcame BURSA BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESPOR in the first two rounds of Group C. METZ TT aims second consecutive victory in the Group B after 3:1 win against actual ECLW runner-up and No. 2 seed KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg. French side will be hosted by SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin which lost to Poland`s champion in the opening round. The 2016/17 ECLW Round 3 (November 4th) Group A 16:00 CET: Postas Sport Egyesulet – TT SAINT QUENTIN Group B 19:00 CET: TuS bad Driburg – LINZ AG FROSCHBERG Group C 16:00 CET: ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – SZEKSZARD AC Group D 19:00 CET: SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – METZ TT
TTCLM Round 3: BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF targets third win in a row
In spite of having some problems in its line-up German side aims win against KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN TTCLM Round 3 will be held this Thursday and Friday (November 3rd-4th) as ten times TTCLM champion BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF hosts KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN. German side wasn’t in full swing in this week having just Sharat Kamal ACHANTA on the team’s practices but Coach Danny HEISTER stressed on club’s website that his side in spite of all these circumstances has enough quality to beat Polish team: „On the paper we are the favorites. Timo BOLL was in China this week Anton KALLBERG played for national team of Sweden while Kristian KARLSSON is on his way to recover after his inflammation in the left foot. Thus we had just Kamal ACHANTA on the practices this week”. Other Group D game will be staged in Austria where SPG WALTER WELS welcomes the 2013 TTCLM runner-up CHARTRES ASTT. Borussia Dusseldorf leads in this company with 2-0 score while Chartres and Energa-Manekin Torun stand on 1-1 each. VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT faces TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN in the battle for the second place of Group A which will see also the clash between top seeded TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG and ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61. Reigning TTCLM champion travels to Poland to meet KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK. Marcos FREITAS & Co. target third consecutive victory while two runner-ups of the TTCLM UMMC (2013 finalist) and ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS (2016 finalist) will play one against another to improve their group stage record to 2-1. Group C confronts two sides with different experiences in first two rounds: unbeaten FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS hosts win-seeking TTC OSTRAVA 2016. G. V. HENNEBONT TT and BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI will play in France having 1-1 score each. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 3 (November 3-4th) GROUP A VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT – TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN (November 3rd 19:00 CET) TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG – ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 (November 4th 14:00 CET) GROUP B UMMC – ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS (November 4th 15:30 CET) KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK – AS PONTOISE CERGY (November 4th 18:30 CET) GROUP C FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS – TTC OSTRAVA 2016 (November 4th 19:00 CET) G.V. HENNEBONT TT – BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI (November 4th 20:00 CET) GROUP D SPG WALTER WELS – CHARTRES ASTT (November 3rd 18:30 CET) BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF – KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN (November 4th 19:30 CET)
England beat Greece after reversing a 0-2 scoreline
England again showed they are a team which fights to the very end as they beat Greece after reversing a 0-2 scoreline. The line-up of Liam PITCHFORD Paul DRINKHALL and Sam WALKER famously snatched victory from difficult positions in winning World Team Championships bronze medals this year and again while wearing GB colours at the Rio Olympics. It was no different against Greece who led 2-0 when Konstantinos PAPAGEORGIOU beat PITCHFORD 3-2 (11-13 10-12 11-3 11-5 13-11) and Panagiotis GIONIS defeated DRINKHALL in three close sets (11-9 12-10 13-11). When Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS led the deciding set 10-8 against WALKER England were facing defeat. But WALKER took the next four points to seal a 3-2 (7-11 10-12 11-6 11-6 12-10) win and keep the host country alive. PITCHFORD showed all his skills to beat GIONIS 3-1 (6-11 13-11 13-11 13-11) but still the match was not over as PAPAGEORGIOU led DRINKHALL 2-1. But the top-ranked England player turned his match around -2 (11-9 5-11 9-11 11-9 11-5) and gave England the overall victory they craved in front of their home crowd. The match was also shown live on the Facebook page of TheSPORTbible and more than two million unique viewers watched the action. PITCHFORD said: “That’s what we’re all about – fighting supporting and never giving in. We’ve had a few close games now and won them all. “It was a team performance we played for each other and fought for each other. “It’s not the best we’ve played but we won and that’s the main thing.” GIONIS said: “It was a great game for both teams and the spectators. “All the games were very close. It was in small details and England were happy in the end. It will be very exciting when we play in Greece and we will see.”
