Olympiacos – Kifissia 3-0: Easy three points with a star for the red and white

Starring Toncek Stern, Olympiacos defeated AOP Kifisias by a 3-0 set in the game that opened Round 7 of the Men’s Volley League Championship to lead the Volley League Championship race with 18 points. Stern scored 23 points (17/26 reps, 1 block, 5 aces). Chandrinos played in Hidalgo’s place as a key winger in the third set.

Kifissia competed without Grigoris Kontostathis and Ricardo, who have a virus and high fever. Giannis Kosmas played as libero and made a positive impression. Papadopoulos played in place of Ricardo as a key winger.

In the first set of the game, Olympiacos pressed from 9 meters and took a 8-4 lead with two aces from Payenk. Kifisia reacted and shortened it to 8-6 with Maikon’s block, but then the red-white “injured” the reception of the guests and got a clear difference to the 16-10.

Kostas Christofidelis’ players improved their performance, “gnawing” the difference and reducing it to 21-17, while a block from Cheivres and a smart place from Oksanovic also made it -2 (21-19). Despite Olympiacos being under pressure, he retained the lead and reached a triple bowl set with Hidalgo 24-21, which the home side finished with a counterattack by Dallakouras 25-21.

It was the home side who started better in the second set and took a 5-2 lead, but Kifisia recovered to equalize 5-5 after Okosanovic’s impressive block against Hidalgo. The Red-Whites, showing determination at net, retook the lead and even went 12-7 on consecutive points from Dallakouras. Olympiacos with consecutive points went 20-11, Kifisia with Siimitra and Maikon on serve reached 24-19 and Stern finished the set 25-19.

The picture of the game didn’t change in the 3rd set either, Olympiakos had…superpowers and took an early 5-1 lead with Stern’s powerful serves. The northern suburbs team temporarily fell 6-4, but Dallacura’s winning block opened the gap again to 10-5. A charge from Okosanovic drew Kifissia closer to 12-9, but after some time Payenk increased to 14-9.

The “Blue-Whites” showed “stubbornness” and returned to the set win with a 16:14 reduction with a counterattack from Okosanovic and a block from Maikon, while in the set development they gained a “breathing” distance with a place from Chevers 17 -16 The decisive factor in the final outcome of the match was Chandrinos’ successful block which gave Olympiacos a lead of 20-17.Kifisia couldn’t come back as Olympiakos won the set with consecutive aces from Stern 25-18.

Olympiacos – Kifisia 3-0

The sets: 3:0 (25:21, 25:19, 25:18) in 73 minutes

*The points of Olympiakos SFP came from: 7 aces, 48 ​​attacks, 6 blocks, 14 opponent errors and from AOP Kifissia came: 3 aces, 22 attacks, 5 blocks, 28 opponent errors.

OLYMPIACOS SFP (Alberto Giuliani): Payenk 8p. (6/7f., 2 aces), Star 23 (17/26f., 1 block, 5 aces), Travitsa 2 (1/1f., 1 block), Dalakouras 10 (10/17f., 31%f., 25%nr.), Linardos 8 (5/10f., 3 blocks), Hidalgo 4 (4/11f., 81%f., 75%f.) / Tziavras (l. – 40%f., 20%f . .), Chandrinos 6 (5/8 floor, 1 block, 50% floor space, 50% floor space), Petsias.

AOP KIFISIAS (Kostas Christofidelis): Okosanovic 10p. (8/24f., 1 block, 1 ace), Stivachtis, Papadopoulos 5 (5/14f., 22%p., 6%ar.), Spiliotis 2 (1/2f., 1 block), Moreira 4 (2 /5f., 1 block, 1 ace), Chevers 8 (6/21f., 1 block, 1 ace, 47%f., 41%f.) / Kosmas (l. – 33%f., 33%f. ), Roussopoulos, Siimitras, Oikonomopoulos.

program and results

Saturday 10.12

• Olympiacos SFP – AOP Kifissia 3-0
• Milos – FES Aristotelis Skydras
• AO Finikas – PAOK
• Pegasos Polichnis – Panathinaikos AO

Sunday 11.12

• Athlus Orestiada – OFI

grading

1. Olympiacos 18
2. POC 15
3. Panathinaikos 12
4. Kifisia 11
5. 11 Finikas Syros
6. milo 10
7. Athlus Orestiada 5
8. pegasus 5
9. OFI 3
10. Aristotle Skydras 3

Next match day

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