THE Palm tree After the victory he achieved, he reached the 8th round of the Greek Men’s Volleyball Cup 3-0 in the KO game on him walk in Polichni.

As in the league game last Saturday, the Syros team put in a very good performance and left the home team no room for reaction. The first four teams of the A round of the Volley League championship, namely Olympiacos SFP, Panathinaikos AO, PAOK, also remained without a game in the 8th round. and AONS Milon. On Wednesday, three more tickets will be decided in the three scheduled knockout games (match schedule follows).

The leader of Finikas ONEX was Michalovic, who was a separate team offensively. He had 17 attacks out of 32 and gave solutions to the difficult ones. In fact, it was 24-25 with its own attack in the deciding second set, while Yerezuelo scored 24-26 for Finikas.

Phoenix took a 6-3 lead with an ace from Fromm, but the next few points were fairly tied and lacked rhythm for either team. Pegasos equalized 6-6, then passed Milis and Armenakis 11-9, while an ace from Mavrovouniotis made it 15-13. From there, Phoenix upped the pace, leading Michalovics and launching his counterattack. After the tie at 15:15, Fenika’s cross gave the team a 16:17 lead while Jerezuelo’s ace made it 17:20. Again, Michalovic scored with an intelligent placement 18-22, while Finikas “cleaned” the set with two more attacks at 20-25.

The hosts were more determined in the second set and led 5:3. A block from Jerezuelo made it 6-6 as the next few points flowed without either side getting away. With a point from Mavrovouniotis, after some time the score was 10-9, but again Senisic’s players reacted and overtook, increasing a stable lead of 2-3 points. With Michalovic’s ace it was 11-13, Charalambidis went 13-16 and Ierezuelo extended the lead to 13-17, while for Pegasus Mavrovouniotis was the most effective. When the score was 18:22, Pegasos countered and reduced the lead to 21:22 with a 3:0 run. Michalovic brought Foinikas closer to the win with 22:24, but Komitoudis scored the 23:24 with a layup that drew protests from Foinikas for overstepping, while a poor assessment by the “Pirates” brought the tie to 24:24. Again, Michalovic was there for 24-25 while Jerezuelo ended the set with an ace.

The third and final movement was a monologue from Phoenix, who totally dominated and played much more freely and creatively. After the 5:5, the hosts, having lost their minds, made several mistakes, including one by Armenakis who scored 7:11. Klinkenberg’s offense and ace made it 8-13 while Phoenix put on an impressive five-point run. Fromm went 10-15 and with Charalambidis’ place, Jerezuelo’s place and two aces from Michalovics, he made it 10-19. However, Mavrovouniotis responded with two aces for 12-19

Foinikas with Galiotos, Roumeliotakis, Papadopoulos, Manolakis and Paleologos in his composition marched towards the end of the set without leaving any space and despite missing 4 chances at 14-24 Paleologos wrote 18-25.

• The sentences: 0-3 (20-25, 24-26, 18-25) in 78′
• *Pegasus Polichnis points come from 3 aces, 38 attacks, 5 blocks and 16 enemy errors and Phoenix ONEX points come from 8 aces, 39 attacks, 8 blocks and 21 enemy errors
• PEGASUS POLYCHNIS (Iraklis Theodorou): Komitoudis 2 (2/2ff.), Bareto 4 (3/12ff., 1 block, 69% sub. – 50% excellent), Mavrovouniotis 16 (13/26ff., 3 aces, 48 % sub. – 33% excellent), Milis 12 (12/26 sub.), Armenakis 7 (5/8 sub., 2 blocks), Kanellos 1 (1/3 sub.) / Bourakis (l, 52% sub. – 33% excellent), Tsirakis (l), Tokamanis, Khiras 1 (1 block), Terzoglou 1 (1 block, 50% sub. – 25% excellent), Prusalis 1 (1/1 ff.)
• PHONIKAS SYROU ONEH (Aleksandar Senisic): Michalovic 20 (17/32 ref, 3 aces), Papalexiou 3 (1/3 ref, 2 blocks), Charalambidis 9 (5/8 ref, 1 ace, 3 blocks), Yerezuelo 7 ( 3/3 fr., 2 aces, 2 blocks), Klinkenberg 6 (5/9 fr., 1 ace, 86% ref. – 57% excellent), Fromm 7 (6/13 fr., 1 ace, 56% fr – 44% excellent) / Konstantinidis (l, 60% sub. – 50% excellent), Galiotos, Roumeliotakis 1 (1/2 sub., 67% sub. – 33% excellent), Manolakis 1 (1 block), Papadopoulos , Paleologos 1 (1/3 ff.)

The results of the 3rd phase

• Pegasos Polichni – Finikas Syros ONEX 0-3 (20-25, 24-26, 18-25)
• 01/02 17:30 AOP Kifissia – OFI
• 01/02 19.00 Ares – Aristotle
• 01/02 15.30 AEK-Athlos

* The first four teams of the 1st round of Volley League, i.e. Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK and Milonas went without a match

* The draw for the quarter-finals will take place at the EOPE offices on Thursday 2 February 2023 at 12:00 (live streaming www.volleyball.gr).