PAOK comfortably passed Veria, a victory for Finikas

PAOK victoriously passed Veria and defeated Filippos by 3-0 sets to finish first place in the Men’s Volley League regular season for the second time in their history (after the 2014-15 season). Dikefalos has caught 37 points and will reach Vfasis with a 2-point advantage over Panathinaikos and 4 points ahead of Olympiakos and Finikas ONEX.

PAOK with the main libero Bourakis instead of Kokkinakis and Diagonal Bhutto instead of Udris and passer Terzis instead of Walsh easily defeated the Filippos, who otherwise played at a disadvantage in doubles with OFI. for staying in the category, which will be judged after 4 wins. The first game will take place in Crete, while the announcement leaves room for two games to be played at each team’s headquarters.

PAOK came into play strongly, leading 8-4 with two aces from Kuklinski. PAOK idle kept the difference, always had easy solutions and kept the difference. For his part, Terzis pressed the service and increased the difference to 21-14 with the block PAOK. The set ended with an attack from Kuklinski.

Same picture in the 2nd set with PAOK going for a series of 3-0 for 14-9 and 17-10 after mistakes by the hosts. Boutos went on the offensive and his personal point made it 25-19. PAOK led 8-3 in the third set and with a 5-0 run from Bhutto, Terzi and Tzioumaka, PAOK escaped 12-7. The difference grew until the end and the match ended 25-15 with Gatsis’ point against his old team.

Fluctuation:

• 1st set: 4-8, 13-16, 14-21, 16-25
• 2nd set: 6-8, 10-16, 15-21, 19-25
• 3rd set: 3-8, 8-16, 13-21, 15-25

* APS Filippos Veria’s points came from: 2 aces, 22 attacks, 2 blocks, 24 opponent errors and PAOK. The points came from: 5 aces, 10 blocks, 37 attacks, 23 opponent errors.

The sets: 0-3 (16-25, 19-25, 15-25) at 62΄.

Α.Π.Σ.ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ ΒΕΡΟΙΑΣ (Takis Christoforidis): Stefanidis 12 points, (11/24 points, 1 block, 52% sub. 48% no.), Giagos, Siri 7 (6/26 points, 1 block), Varvesiotis 2 (2/14 points), Doutoudis 1 ( 1/2m.), Sioutis 1 (1 ace) / Michelakis (l. – 77% min., 54% no.), Bozorgi 1 (1/3m.), Koupatsiaris 2 (1 ace, 1/2m.).

Π.Α.Ο.Κ. (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Tercis 7p. (4/4m., 3 aces), Sotiriou 4 (4/8m.), Gatsis 7 (4/5m., 3 blocks), Takouridis 4 (3/5m., 1 block), Kouklinski 7 (4/8m. , 1 block, 2 aces), Undris 5 (4/4m., 1 block) / Bourakis (l. – 65% Yp., 45% no.), Burns 4 (4/9m.), Boutos 10 (6/ 18ff., 4 blocks).

Wins for Finikas and Milonas

Although AOFoinikas ONEX was tied with 1-1 sets against Kifissia, they managed to win by 3-1 sets and equalized on the thread of the regular season with Olympiakos with 30 points and thus enter Vifasis with -4 points from PAOK, -2 from Panathinaikos, same points as Olympiakos, +7 from Milonas and +8 from Kifissia.

Ideal finale for AONS miles in the championship phase. Sakis Psarras’ team defeated OFI 3-1 in Heraklion and overtook Kifissia on the thread to take 5th place in the final standings. This means that he will enter with +1 point from Kifissia to Vifasis but -7 from Finika, Olympiakos, -9 from Panathinaikos and -11 from champion PAOK.

Phase B points:

1. POC 12
2. Panathinaikos 10
3. Olympia 8th
4. Φοίνικας 8
5. miles 1
6. Kifisia 0
7. OFI – playouts
8. Filippos Veria – game rounds