Using the serve as a weapon that brought in 20 aces, Olympiakos won a clear victory (1-3 sets) against the deserved Kifisia in Zirineio as part of the match on round 16 of the men’s volleyball league.

With two rounds to go before the end of the regular season, the Reds and Whites maintained a safe distance from PAOK and as everything shows, the derby between the two teams is likely to decide first place as well.

Of the 20 aces, 11 were hit by Hidalgo and 6 by Stern. Payenk scored two and Koumentakis scored one.

The first set of the match started with Kifisia and Olympiakos alternating in the lead. Okosanovic’s cannons from 9 meters injured the reception of the guests and with the Serb’s three aces, the blue-whites took the lead 8:3.

The Red-Whites upped their game, coming within breathing distance with two Payenk aces to 8-7, but Kifisia went again to +4, 12-8 with Maikon and Ricardo ending difficult periods.

Again the Piraeus team responded with an impressive block from Linardos and an out from Okosanovic to reduce the lead to 13-12. As the set progressed, Payenk’s block and Stern’s ace even gave Olympiakos a 15-14 lead.

The lead changes continued, Kifissia taking the lead again with 19-17 against Maikon and a smart placement from Roussopoulos, but again overtook Olympiacos with Stern on serve 23-22. However, Kifisia was the one who got a 24-23 bowl set with a block from Maikon and eventually won it with another block from Okosanoivc after an amazing 25-23 defense from Ricardo.

The visitors in the second set started better and led 6-4 with consecutive aces from Hidalgo, while a little later the difference reached 5 points 11-6 with Kifissia making mistakes in attack. The Red-Whites continued to have the upper hand, going 14-8 while both coaches received red cards for protests, resulting in a 15-9 score.

Olympiacos didn’t look back, hitting a double score of 24-12 on serve and block weapons and winning the set 25-15 by taking his fourth chance, with Stern winning a block-out.

Chiver’s layup and Stern’s layup gave Kifissia a 5-3 lead early in the 3rd set, with Olympiacos quickly leveling the game 7-7 with Payenk’s block and taking five Hidalgo aces for a 15-8 lead! Kifisia came out of the difficult rotation, then went down with Chevers at 21-17, but Olympiacos was unthreatened and a mistake by the hosts’ American winger took the set 25-18.

Strong “fights” at the net came in the 4th set with Olympiako leading 7-5 and Kifisia 9-9 against Okosanovic. Once again Hidalgo’s serve “hurts” the hosts, the “Red-Whites” take the lead again with 11:9, Okosanovic “replies with the same coin” to equalize 11:11. In the development of the set, the two teams kept the side out and reached together until 15:15. Then Kontostathis’ terrible defense and Chevers’ block and Payenk’s exit brought Kifisia to 17-15 and woke up Zirineio.

Olympiacos responded immediately with a 17-17 equalizer, while a little later they retook the reins 19-18 with a new ace from Hidalgo. The finale of the set was a thrill, with Kifissia taking a 22-21 lead with a block from Ricardo and reaching a set bowl 24-23 with a block won by Okosanovic. Olympiacos and Hidalgo split 24-24, his cross reaching a match bowl 25-24, Okosanovic kept Kifissia alive 25-25. Hidalgo gave Olympiakos a new match point by 26:25 and eventually the red and white team won by 27:25 after the Serbian diagonal was thrown away by Kifissia.

*The points of AOP Aus Kifissia: 7 aces, 39 attacks, 9 blocks, 28 opponent errors and Olympiakos SFP came out: 20 aces, 46 attacks, 9 blocks, 25 opponent errors.

The sentences: 1-3 (25-23, 15-25, 18-25, 25-27) in 121′

AOP KIFISIAS (Kostas Christofidelis): Okosanovic 23p. (17/43 ref., 5 aces, 1 block), Roussopoulos 2 (2/3 ref.), Rego Ricardo 8 (7/11 ref., 1 block), Spiliotis, Maikon 7 (2/5 ref., 5 blocks), Chevers 15 (11/32f., 2 blocks, 2 aces, 49% ref., 6% ref.) / Kontostathis (l. – 58% ref., 21% ref.), Siimitras, Stivachtis, Papadopoulos.

OLYMPIACOS SFP (Alberto Giuliani): Payenk 9p. (5/16f., 2 blocks, 2 aces), Star 23 (16/29f., 6 aces, 1 block), Koumentakis 10 (9/14f., 1 ace, 60%f., 27%f.), Travitsa 1 (1 block), Linardos 7 (3/7 reps, 4 blocks), Hidalgo 24 (12/22, 1 block, 11 aces, 60% reps, 30% reps) / Tziavras L. (69% Repeat .., 14% no.), Komitoudis, Papagelopoulos, Zoupanis 1 (1/1f.), Dalakouras (1/0f., 67%f.).

Panathinaikos – Pegasos Polichnis 3-0

Panathinaikos defeated Pegasus Polichnis 3-0 and spoiled their debut Yannis Orfanou on the guest bench, with him as the main character Jiri Kovar writing 16/17 ended attacks (94% efficiency). Andreopoulos team He achieved 12 positive results in 16 games and rose at 34 degrees.

The greens were completely under control in the first two sets, with a margin of safety from start to finish. In the third set, Pegasos pressed serve to take an 18-17 lead, but Panathinaikos responded immediately with two points from Rangel, regaining control of the score and passing again. Bassi’s ace made it 21-19 and Kovar with two attacks – the second of which was against – made it 23-20. The mediocre quality match ended with both teams making mistakes.

* Panathinaikos points came from: 1 ace, 48 attacks, 6 blocks, 20 opponent errors and Pegasus Polichnis points came from: 1 ace, 35 attacks, 0 blocks, 25 opponent errors.

The sentences: 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-22)

PANATHINAIKOS (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Petraeus 7p. (5/9F, 2 blocks), Jacobsen 1 (1 block), Rangel 9 (8/11F, 1 block), Frankos 10 (9/16F, 1 block, 56%F, 33%F), Hernandez 11 (10 /16f., 1 block) / Zisis (l. – 60%ap., 30%ar.), Georgiou, base 1 (1 ace).

PEGASOS POLYCHNIS (Yiannis Orfanos): Pena Bareto 8 (8/15f., 50%f., 29%f.), Mavrovouniotis 5 (5/10f., 54%f., 15%f.), Milis 11 (11/22ff.), Armenakis 4 (4/8f.), Prusalis 1 (1/3f.), Kanellos 2 (2/7f.) / Bourakis (l. – 75% of the population, 17% of the population), Petsias, Sakoglou 1 (1/1f. ), Kesesides, widow.