The derby of the first century of the year was an entertaining twist filled with spectacle. Olympiacos took a 2-0 lead but Panathinaikos turned the tables and won 3-2 sets.

The Greens started the game with problems in reception and in terms of efficiency in attack. But little by little they appeared and managed to achieve the big surprise.

Panathinaikos returned to full form for the first time in a long time after Zisis recovered from injury. At the same time, Kovar increased his performance from the halfway point of the game and proved decisive.

Andreas Fragos, who did a lot of work on the course, was consistently good throughout the game, while Andreopoulos, in general, all greens performed well from the third set onwards.

On the other hand, Olympiacos had to fill the position of libero with Dalakouras, since Gara (he had an operation) and Tziavras could not compete due to a sprain.

Giuliani saw Hidalgo consistently well throughout the game, Pagenk was instrumental in helping with serves and blocks while Stern soared from point to point.

Given the data, the two teams have room for improvement and are expected to give us great fights in Greece but probably also in Europe where they meet in the semi-finals of the Challenge Cup.

It should be noted that there was a little tension at the end of the game, which ended with the immediate intervention of the Panathinaikos people.

The match: Olympiacos was the one who got away first in the score thanks to Pagenk’s serve for +3, which shortly afterwards became +5 for 11-16. He maintained this until 16-21. There Panathinaikos countered and was reduced to two (21-23), but Hidalgo finished a difficult attack 21-24, ending the set at 22-25 in Olympiakos’ favour.

The second set was dramatically underway. Panathinaikos was the one who came into play better this time and managed to build a two-point lead as Olympiacos managed to equalize the set (12-12).

The Reds and Whites then managed to build a difference on their serves to walk away with four 17-21 with Stern’s ace. Andreopoulos’ players with Frankos’ serves went 7-1 to take a 24-22 lead.

Frankos’ run of good serves ended at 24-23. But then Pagenk and Koumendakis spoke, the Slovenian spoiled the reception with his serve, Koumendakis made two big blocks to Hernandez to end the set with Kovar’s attack to 24:26 and 0:2 for Olympiakos.

In the third set, Panathinaikos took the lead from the start. Olympiacos, on the other hand, tried to hold on at two different points, reducing to two points, but this time the greens didn’t let up and made it 1-2 at 25-22.

Panathinaikos managed the reversal in the fourth, which he failed to complete in the second set. Olympiacos got away with two points early on, but the Greens equalized the set 8-8. The Reds and Whites again got away with three and maintained a two-point lead to 17-19.

There the counterattack of Panathinaikos began. The greens took the lead with a partial 3:0 and then we fought a point battle up to 22:22. At this point, Kovar and Hernandez spoke for the shamrock and made it 25-22, sending the match into a tiebreaker.

In the tie-break, Panathinaikos managed to build a difference from the start of the game, which he maintained until the final, achieving the big upset.

Panathinaikos – Olympiacos 3-2

The sentences: 22-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 15-10

*Panathinaikos points come from 8 aces, 50 attacks, 14 blocks and 39 errors and Olympiacos points come from 7 aces, 53 attacks, 13 blocks and 32 errors.

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kovar 17 (12/25 ref, 2 aces, 3 blocks, 50% sub – 29% excellent), Petreas 8 (3/8 ref, 1 ace, 4 blocks), Jacobsen 5 (1/1 ref, 2 aces, 2 blocks), Rangel 13 (10/15ff, 3 blocks), Francos 9 (6/20ff, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 68% sub – 38% excellent), Hernandez 20 (18/ 40 ff., 2 aces) / Zisis (l, 58% sub. – 32% excellent), basis.

OLYMPIACOS SFP (Alberto Giuliani): Pagenk 11 (3/11 ff., 4 aces, 4 blocks), Star 14 (12/36 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Koumentakis 18 (12/26 ff., 1 ace, 5 blocks, 79% ff .- 54% excellent), Travitsa 3 (1/3 ref, 1 ace, 1 block), Linardos 5 (4/8 ref, 1 block), Hidalgo 20 (19/32 ref, 1 block, 21% sub. – 14% excellent) / Dalakouras (l, 46% sub. – 22% excellent), Papagelopoulos, Chandrinos 2 (2/4 ff.).

Easy three points and top for PAOK

PAOK only had a hard time against Milos in the first set and won with a very good performance 3:0 sets in a game for the 6th day of the Volley League Championship. The double-header scored their 5th win in the championship and climbed to 15 points, while Milos suffered their 3rd loss and stayed on 10 points.

With the protagonists of Van de Dries, Rapti, accurate reception and pressure on serve, PAOK got what they wanted without giving Milos the right to react. Van de Dries had an offensive efficiency of 67% and was cut a few times for a total of 22 points. Yorna increased reception along with Kokkinakis, but the former fell back aggressively. Raptis is also good in attack and service.

On the contrary, Milonas lost his footing in the large hall of PAOK Sports Arena, and only Yordanov rose with 19 points.

In the deciding 1st set, Milos led 9-8 with two blocks from Andreadis, Yordanov, but after a lost serve from Her, two aces from Voulkidis and errors from the Neosmirnians, PAOK went 4-0 to 12-9. The difference was maintained until the 22-18 when Milon entered again against Yordanov. After a 3-0 run thanks to the show, Yordanov equalized the game at 22:22 but failed to break through. Van de Dries with an attack and Raptis with a counterattack made it 24-22, Yordanov cut to 24-23 and Raptis with a block from Brian’s hands made it 25-23 to make it 1-0.

In the 2nd set, PAOK impressively came into play with a 4-0 lead thanks to Rapti’s serve, which also yielded 2 aces. Milo tried to backtrack and managed to cut Yordanov to 16-14 with Andreadis’ ace and points from Molina. However, PAOK with the Super Raptis in blocking and attacking and the undefeated Van de Dries pulled off a 3-0 run to make it 19-14. Somewhere there the fight ended. Milo didn’t respond and PAOK comfortably scored 25-18 formed by Raptis for the 2-0 set.

The same picture in the 3rd set, where PAOK led 4:1 and 10:4 against Van de Dries. Milo fell with Hers ace and two personal points from Andreadis at 12-9 but PAOK with a new 3-0 run escaped 15-9 and later with a new 4-0 run they opened the gap to 19-10. The match ended with Nanopoulos losing serve 25-15 and a 3-0 set.

PAOK – Milos 3-0

The sentences: 25-23, 25-18, 25-15 in 73 minutes

*PAOK’s points came from: 5 aces, 36 attacks, 12 blocks, 22 opponent errors and AONS Milos points came from: 3 aces, 36 attacks, 6 blocks, 11 opponent errors.

PAOK (Josko Milenkonski): day 1p. (1/20p., 68%ap., 58%ar.), Costa 7 (5/7p., 2 blocks), Walsh 4 (1/2p., 3 blocks), Voulkidis 5 (1/4p., 2 blocks, 2 aces), Raptis 14 (10/18f., 2 blocks, 2 aces, 25%f., 12%ar), Van de Dries 22 (18/27f., 3 blocks, 1 ace) / Kokkinakis (l – 67% of the population, 56% of the population), Gatsis, Takouridis.

AONS MILON (Sakis Psarras): Brian 5p. (3/8f., 2 blocks), Andreadis 6 (3/10f., 2 blocks, 1 ace), Yordanov 19 (17/34f., 2 blocks), Molina 8 (8/17f., 47%f., 16% no.), Efraimidis 3 (3/10f., 38% p., 38% no.), Her 1 (1 ace) / Chandrinos (l. – 55% p., 45% no.), Theodosis, Dimitoulis, Nanopoulos 3 (2nd/10th floor, 62% occupancy, 23% occupancy), Stratos.

A great win for Athlos in Kifissia

A real performance by Athlos Orestiada in Match 1 of Volley League Game 6. The team from Evros defeated Kifissia 3-2 sets in Zirinio despite losing sets 1-0 with serve as a weapon and protagonists of Kasambali, Kai De Pra, Gladstone and Algoul (unmatched by the others) and hit their first win in the history of the volleyball league.

The game was sensational, with score changes and Athlos was acknowledged for his persistence on serve, good defense and effective counter-attacks. Athlos gave the 4th tiebreak in 6 games in Volley League and took 5 points on the scoreboard.

Kifisia played with Roussopoulos as the main passer instead of Kostas Stivachtis, but the problem was poor reception. Also in the 4th set, Okosanovic left with back pain and Papadopoulos was followed diagonally. Despite block control, Kifisia put pressure on the serve, had “black holes” in reception and few solutions in attack.

This was also their first home defeat and third consecutive tie-break in the league overall. The point he picked up climbed him to 11th overall. The leader of Kifissia was Chevers, who scored 21 points but had 34% attack efficiency (15/44 attacks).

Kifissias – Athlos Orestiadas 2-3

The sentences: 25-21, 19-25, 18-25, 25-22, 14-16 at 133′.

*AOP Kifisia’s points come from: 9 aces, 49 attacks, 13 blocks, 30 enemy errors and Athlos Orestiada’s points come from: 12 aces, 60 attacks, 8 blocks, 29 enemy errors.

AOP KIFISIAS (Kostas Christofidelis): Okosanovic 11p. (9/25f., 2 aces), Roussopoulos 7 (1/2f., 5 blocks, 1 ace), Ricardo 15 (15/28f., 53%f., 12%ar.), Spiliotis 8 (2/3f ., 5 blocks, 1 ace), Moreira 9 (7/9 reps, 1 block, 1 ace, 100% reps, 67% reps), Chevers 21 (15/44 reps, 2 blocks, 4 aces, 44% representative, 11% no.) / Kontostathis (l. – 67% no., 21% no.), Oikonomopoulos, Papadopoulos (50% no., 12% no.), Filippakopoulos.

ATHLOS ORESTIADAS (Iliad Kreuzis): Gladstone 16p. (6/9f., 4 blocks, 6 aces), Cayo De Pra 22 (19/35f., 1 block, 2 aces), Kasambalis 5 (2/2f., 3 aces), Algoul 14 (12/18f., 2 blocks), Rizopoulos 11 (9/23f., 1 block, 1 ace, 70%f., 30%f.), Genoff 12 (12/20f., 59% ff., 16%f.) / Veloudis ( l. – 70% of students, 30% of students), Bozidis.

program and results

Saturday 26.11

• Panathinaikos AO – Olympiacos SFP 3-2 (22-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 15-10)
• AOP Kifisias – Athlos Orestiadas 2-3 (25-21, 19-25, 18-25, 25-22, 14-16)
• PAOK-Milos 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-15)

Sunday 27.11

• AOFinikas – AOP Kifisias
• FES Aristotle Skydras – Pegasus Polichnis
• OFH – AO palm

grading

1. Olympiacos 15
2. POC 15
3. Panathinaikos 12
4. Kifisia 11
5. milo 10
6. Finikas Syros 7
7. Athlus Orestiada 5
8. OFI 3
9. pegasus 3
10. Aristotle Skydras 2

Next match day

• Milos – FES Aristotelis Skydras
• AO Finikas – PAOK
• Athlos Orestiadaw – OFI
• Olympiacos SFP – AOP Kifissia
• Pegasos Polichnis – Panathinaikos AO