We had another big game in Greek volleyball on Monday afternoon. PAOK took a 2-0 set lead but Panathinaikos, where Hernandez was steadily improving, prevailed 3-2 sets to take the lead in qualifying for the League Cup semifinals.

The game had two images. In the first two sets, PAOK completely dominated and did the same until the final period of the third set where they took a 20-23 lead. There, Panathinaikos turned the game around with a 6-1 lead and reduced the set to 2-1.

From then on, the Greens left no room for a reaction to PAOK. Hernandez fired in attack and serve, everyone else increased their performance and so the greens reached the big surprise with 3:2.

How to qualify: After this development, Panathinaikos needs an any-score win to qualify. On the other hand, PAOK wants a 3-0 or 3-1 win. If PAOK wins 3-2, qualification will be decided in the golden set.

Panathinaikos – PAOK 3-2

The sentences: 21-25, 19-25, 26-24, 25-16, 15-8

*Panathinaikos’ points come from 10 aces, 54 attacks, 13 blocks and 29 errors by opponents and PAOK They came from 12 aces, 55 attacks, 12 blocks and 19 opponent errors.

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kovar 10 (7/22ff, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 59% sub – 41% excellent), Petraeus 11 (5/10 ff, 2 aces, 4 blocks), Jacobsen 1 (1 ace), Rangel 14 (Ref. 10/12, 4 blocks), Frankos 5 (Ref. 5/16, 40% sub – 20% excellent), Hernandez 36 (Ref. 27/44, 6 aces, 3 blocks) / Zisis (l, 47% under – 34% excellent), Georgiou, Bassis, Kostopoulos.

PAOK (Josko Milenkoski): Giorna 12 (11/28ff, 1 ace, 68% sub – 42% excellent), Costa 13 (8/9ff, 1 ace, 4 blocks), Walsh 5 (2/3ff, 2 aces, 1 block), Voulkidis 12 (7/12ff, 3 aces, 2 blocks), Raptis 7 (5/19ff, 2 blocks, 33% sub – 18% excellent), Van De Dries 27 (19/41 ref., 5 aces, 3 blocks) / Kokkinakis (l, 52% sub. – 39% excellent), Ilias, Sotiriou 1 (1/3 ref.), Gatsis, Takouridis, Butos 2 (2/2 ref.).