Unlike last year, teams dropping from the Champions League qualifications dominated the first legs of the quarter-finals, though none of the four match-ups produced decisive gaps between the respective sides.<\/p>\n
In the all-French battle Strasbourg blew a bigger win away: after scoring three goals in a span of 2:12 minutes early in the second period against Marseille they enjoyed an 8-4 lead at halftime. However, they could score a single goal in the entire second half while their fellows from the South saved their chance by reducing the gap to two goals.<\/p>\n
The other “national” clash at the Adriatic coasts between the Montenegrins saw a balanced battle for a while, host Primorac even led 8-6 against Jadran with 6:13 to go. However, the favourites hit back hard and netted four in 2:41 minutes to go 8-10 up. Though Primorac pulled one back but the visitors had the last laugh, scored in the very last second and sailed away with a 2-goal victory.<\/p>\n
In Sicily, Ortigia (ITA) and Vouliagmeni (GRE) were entangled into a tremendous battle where neither side could build a two-goal cushion during the match. Though the hosts took the lead early in the fourth, the Greeks responded with two and shut out the Italians for the last 4:31 minutes to earn a hard-fought 7-8 win.<\/p>\n
Terrassa (ESP) faced an uphill battle versus the star-studded line-up of OSC but the Spaniards\u2019 heroic efforts paid off. Though Hungarians seemed to take control in the second period, the hosts didn\u2019t let OSC\u2019s offense start rolling. The visitors could take a two-goal lead three times in the second half but Terrassa came back to even on every occasion, what\u2019s more, they even retook the lead at 8-7 with 3:17 to go. A double in 87 seconds put OSC ahead once more but Ivan Gallego buried a man-up with 0:05 remaining on the clock, saving the match to a tie.<\/p>\n
Euro Cup, Quarter-finals, 1st<\/sup> leg<\/strong><\/p>\n Team Strasbourg (FRA) v CN Marseille (FRA) 9-7<\/p>\n CC Ortigia (ITA) v Vouliagmeni (GRE) 7-8<\/p>\n Primorac Kotor (MNE) v Jadran Carine Herceg Novi (MNE) 9-11<\/p>\n CN Terrassa (ESP) v A Hid-OSC Budapest (HUN) 9-9<\/p>\n Return leg is due on 5 December.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2014 The above press release was posted by Swimming World in conjunction with LEN<\/i>. For press releases and advertising inquiries please contact<\/i> Advertising@SwimmingWorld.com<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unlike last year, teams dropping from the Champions League qualifications dominated the first legs of the quarter-finals, though none of the four match-ups produced decisive gaps between the respective sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":319253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[72466,54416],"class_list":["post-339109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-water-polo","tag-euro-cup","tag-water-polo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n