Volleyball
Men’s Volleyball League: Olympiakos defeated fighter Milonas and closed their gap to the top
Olympiacos defeated fighter Milonas 3-0 to set the top of the men’s volleyball league on fire.
Olympiakos struggled but defeated Milonas unbeaten in Nea Smyrni, got the substance they wanted and went into the home stretch of the derby with PAOK, where they narrowly missed a point. Olympiacos has 14 points, PAOK has 15 and champion Panathinaikos has 16 points.
The protagonists of Olympiakos were Payenk and Tepan, who remained unbeaten in the net in the final of all three sets. The two sides will meet again for the trophy on Wednesday, albeit at Renti’s Melina Mercouri.
In the first set, Olympiakos rested with the hosts’ mistakes and led 10:6. Milonas gnawed at the difference until he tied with Chandrinos at 19:19. Michalovic and Payenk made it 21-19, Olympiakos kept the +2 and made a 1-0 set with two points from Tepan to 25-23.
In the 2nd set with a series of 4:0 through the block of Payenk, Peric, Tepan, Olympiakos led 13:9. He kept the lead until the end despite pressure from Milonas and Tepan with two points finished the set 25-22.
In the 3rd set, Milonas led 11-10 with Brian, but with a 3-0 streak again thanks to the block, Olympiakos passed 13-11, retained the lead and the match ended with a point from Payenk for 25-23.
Milon – Olympiacos 0-3
The sets: 23-25, 22-25, 23-25 in 79΄.
* A.ON.S.Milon’s points came from: 1 ace, 4; Attacks, 6 blocks, 20 errors opponents and the Olympic SFP The points came from: 2 aces, 7 blocks, 43 attacks, 23 opponent errors.
Α.Ο.Ν.Σ.ΜΙΛΩΝ (Sakis Psarras): Chandrino’s Spyros 7p. (4/15 mins, 2 blocks, 1 ace, 64% mins, 50% nos), Brian 8 (8/10 mins), Urcevic 1 (1 block), Spyriounis 2 (2/11 mins, 50% Min., 12% No.), Kaislasalo 19 (17/32 Sep, 2 blocks), Maciei 6 (5/10 Sept, 1 block) / Chandrinos (l. – 69% Yp. , 38% no.), Mouchlias 5 (5/10m., 64% yes, 27% no), Veloudis (l), Tsarkatoglou.
OLYMPIAKOS SFP (Alberto Giuliani): Payenk 13p. (10/13m., 2 blocks, 1 ace), Stivachtis 1 (1/1m.), Mikhailovich 7 (6/16m., 1 block, 55% Yp., 27%% No.), Tepan 13 (12/ 20m., 1 block), Zoupani 6 (4/8m., 2 blocks), Peric 12 (10/20m., 1 block, 1 ace, 61% min., 43% no.) / Zisis (l. – 59 % yes, 41% no), Papadopoulos.
The rating
- Panathinaikos 16
- POC 15
- Olympics 14
- Φοίνικας ΟΝΕΧ 8
- miles 1
- Kifisia 0
* Finikas and Kifissia have fewer games
Next game
3rd race – March 12, 2022
- Panathinaikos AO – Α.Ο.Π.Κηφισιάς
- Olympiacos SFP – Π.Α.Ο.Κ.
- Α.Ο.Φοίνικας ΟΝΕΧ – Α.Ο.Ν.Σ.Μίλων
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