PAOK submitted again 3:0 set The Mladost for the Phase of 32 of the CEV Cup and progressed to the next phase.

Despite not having newly signed French winger Axel Trutsev and Menelaos Kokkinakis on the bench to protect him, Dikefalos had a big 3-0 lead in Zagreb and got today’s game right.

With Vassilis Mouchlia appearing in the starting line-up for the first time this year and providing solutions, PAOK kept up with Mladost in the first set until the score was 14:14, then they managed to get away (16:14, 21:17) and 25 :18 to reach.

Since PAOK was only one set away from qualification, the situation did not change in the second round. The Black and Whites led again with 16:14 and consistently had a difference of 2:3 points as they were able to easily accept the change to 25:20.

With qualification decided, Milenkoski started making changes early on, gradually withdrawing all of the main players, but PAOK had no problems and comfortably made it 25-20 and 3-0.

The next opponent is the Italian Allianz Milano of former Olympiakos coach Roberto Piazza as well as Osniel Mercarejo Erdandez, Matei Kaczynski and Yuki Ishikawa.

• The sentences: 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-20) in 75′
• PAOK’s points came from 45 attacks (50% efficiency), 5 blocks and 25 opponent errors (13 lost serves) and Mladost’s points came from 1 ace, 31 attacks (37% efficiency), 6 blocks and 23 opponent errors (15 lost serves) .
• PAOK (Josko Milenkoski): Mouchlias 12 (11/25 ff., 1 block, 89% sub.-44% excellent), Van Harderen 8 (8/18 ff., 72% sub.-52% excellent), Blankenau 2 ( 0/1 point, 2 blocks), Gatsis 2 (2/5 ref.), Takouridis 4 (4/8 ref.), Van Den Dries 19 (17/26 ref., 2 blocks), / Konstantinidis (l, 100 % sub.-50% excellent), Papalexiou 1 (1/4 ff.), Saltaferidis, Sidiropoulos, Linardos 2 (2/3 ff.)
• Mladost (Ratko Peris): Götz, Smalley (0/6 Ref., 43% Ref. – 00% excellent), Milic 3 (3/3 Ref.), Ecker 12 (11/19 Ref., 1 Block, 67% Ref . .-00% excellent) Gaits 2 (2/5 ff.), Quanziger 10 (9/29 ff., 1 ace) / Pervan (l, 60% sub.-60% excellent), Busak-Vidakovic (l, 60% under -20% excellent), Ivić 1 (0/1 ref., 1 block), Vlasic 3 (2/7 ref., 1 block, 66% under -29% excellent), Jakopec 1 (0/ 2 3pt ., 1 block), Stankovic 1 (1/2 pt.)

As in training, Panathinaikos won a 3-1 set against Sousa and qualified for the round of 16 of the Challenge Cup, where they will face Italy’s Monza.

The Greens confirmed their competitive superiority, with excellent serves and blocks they easily won the first two sets and made qualification clear.

Then Dimitris Andreopoulos gave playing time to all his players who managed to end the game with a win.

The first scorer for Panathinaikos was Markou with 16 points, who played in place of Hernandez for three sets.

Panathinaikos – Sousa 3-1

The sentences: 25-16, 25-12, 23-25, 25-16

*Panathinaikos’ points came from 11 aces, 51 attacks (58% efficiency), 8 blocks and 28 opponent errors (16 misses) and Sousa’s points came from 2 aces, 28 attacks (41% efficiency), 10 blocks and 29 opponent errors ( 21 serves lost). The sets: 3-1 (25-16, 25-12, 23-25, 25-16) in 88′

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kovar 9 (7/12 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 82% sub. – 55% excellent), Yerezuelo 3 (2/2 ref., 1 block), Petraes 6 (1/ 3 Ref. ., 2 Aces, 3 Blocks), Hernandez 3 (2/3 Ref., 1 Block), Voulkidis 9 (5/10 Ref., 3 Aces, 1 Block), Protopsaltis 7 (6/10 Ref., 1 Ace, 100% sub. – 67% excellent) / Kontostathis (l., 83% sub. – 67% excellent), Zisis (l., 50% sub. – 50% excellent), Kasampalis, Papaggelopoulos 6 (5/ 7 ff., 1 ace), Frankos 5 (5/12 ff., 50% Sub. – 10% Excellent), Kostopoulos 6 (6/12 ff., 50% Sub. – 22% Excellent), Markou 16 (12 /17 ff ., 3 aces, 1 block).

SOUSA (Ziya Rayabov): Villafane 2 (1/1 Ref., 1 Block), Okolic 7 (6/8 Ref., 1 Block), Moroz 2 (1/3 Ref., 1 Ace), Friesen 4 (4/ 10 referees, 29% SG – 21% SG), Hutchenson 7 (5/14 SG, 2 blocks, 52% SG – 24% SG), Morman 4 (2/5 SG, 2 blocks) / Matsuo (l, 58% under – 29% excellent), Imamuliyev (l), Hasanli 1 (1 ace), Bowers, Murray 4 (1/4 ref., 3 blocks), Bray 3 (3/9 ref., 17% under – 17% excellent ), Santangelo 6 (5/13 ff., 1 block).

The second matchday of the Champions League group stage ended with Olympiakos losing 3-0 in sets against Roselare.

In the group’s other match, Zirat won a 3-2 set against ZAKSA to take the lead in the group as it sits at the top with five points, followed by Poland with four.

The rating

1. Zirat 5
2. ZAKSA 4
3. Crack Roselare 3
4. Olympiacos 0

The schedule and results of the group

1st match day

• Kienzenrjin Kozle – Olympiacos SFP 3-1
• Knack Roselare – Zirat Bank 1-3

2nd match day

• Olympiacos SFP – Nak Roselare 3-0
• Zirat Bank – Kienzenrjin Kozle 3-2

3rd matchday

• December 12th, 7:00 p.m.: Olympiacos SFP – Zirat Bank (Türkiye)
• December 13th, 9:30 p.m.: Nak Roselare (Belgium) – Kienzenrzyn Kozle (Poland)

4th matchday

• December 19th, 7:00 p.m.: Kizenrgin Kozle (Poland) – Zirat Bank (Turkey)
• December 20th, 9:30 p.m.: Nak Roselare (Belgium) – Olympiacos SFP

5th matchday

• January 10th, 5:00 p.m.: Zirat Bank (Turkey) – Nak Roselare (Belgium)
• November 1st, 7:30 p.m.: Olympiacos SFP – Kienzenrzyn Kozle (Poland)

6th matchday

• January 17th, 9:00 p.m.: Zirat Bank (Türkiye) – Olympiacos SFP
• January 17th, 9:30 p.m.: Kienzenrzyn Kozle (Poland) – Nak Roselare (Belgium)