Volleyball
PAOK – Olympiakos 3:0: The Big Head won the derby, the red and white played with many changes
PAOK won 3-0 in a set against Olympiakos, who started the match with many substitutions. The final regular season standings in the men’s volleyball league.
The match between PAOK and Olympiakos was a prestige match from the start as the final score of the regular season in men’s volleyball league didn’t change.
Dikephalos won 3-0 sets against the Red-Whites, who were playing with all their substitutes, giving them time to continue.
The match: Giuliani’s many changes meant that Olympiacos lacked rhythm early in the game. This was exploited by PAOK, who got away early, with the difference soon turning into double digits.
It is characteristic that Dikephalos even reached +15 and finally finished the first set with 25-11 to 1-0.
The rest of the game presented a completely different picture. Olympiacos had found a rhythm and were more competitive. The Red and White team stayed close to goal for most of the second set, but in the end Dikefalos escaped to win 25-18.
In the third set, PAOK managed to escape earlier in the score but Olympiacos fought back and managed to reduce the score to one point (19-18). However, Milenkoski’s players found a way to end the game by winning the third set 25-18.
PAOK – Olympiacos 3-0
The sentences: 25-11, 25-18, 25-22
PAOK: Walls, Dan Dries, Raptis, Giorna, Skrentau, Voulkidis and Libero Kokkinakis
Olympic: Dalakouras, Komitoudis, Papagelopoulos, Chandrinos, Zoupanis, Linardos and Koltsiakis as libero.
Source: sport 24
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