Panathinaikos 3-1 Olympiakos: Won the derby in the regular-season final

Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 3-1 in the final game of the Men’s Volley League regular season. The Greens will have a two-point lead over the Reds and Whites in the next phase of the championship.

Panathinaikos dynamically started his first series with protopsaltis in service construction. De Dries took over the baton, with the difference getting bigger (13-7). The red and white tried to reduce service with Mikhailovic. Since the greens managed to break it, they maintained their lead with a “weapon” from the strong service of Protopsaltis and made it 1:0 (25:14) in the sets.

Panathinaikos started the second set strongly, with the greens having a very good block. Olympiacos, of course, managed to stay close. In fact, at one point in the game and with Zoupani on serve, he went 13-14 ahead. The greens took the lead again with good attacks and extended his lead to a 25-21 and 2-0 set.

In the third set, Olympiacos was more competitive in the third set. Both teams were close to goal with neither escaping. Giuliani’s players took an 18-20 lead, but Panathinaikos bounced back before Red and White left. Olympiacos didn’t give up the set and managed to win it 26-24, reducing it to 2-1.

In the fourth set, Panathinaikos came into play strongly, used mistakes on the Red-Whites’ serves and took a 7-3 lead. The Greens escaped 16-9, with Jacobsen’s serve giving Giuliani’s players extra trouble. The game had taken its course, Olympiakos could not catch up despite efforts and the set ended with 25:19 in favor of the Greens, who celebrated the victory.

The sentences: 25-14, 25-21, 24-26, 25-19