OFI – Athlos 3-0: Big win for Cretans hoping to stay put

With one weapon, the serve, giving him 14 aces and the main protagonists Giumaka, Shikuku OFH defeated Athlos Orestiadas in 3-0 sets and 2 matches before the end of the playoffs reduced the difference between them to -2 and now everything is open for the 8th place. Place in the final ranking, which also leads to staying in the Volley League he got a point and the advantage of a draw. The total score today was 75-56 while in Orestiada 75-57.

Athlos probably had his worst performance this year and now embarked on great adventures. However, they have an advantage in the schedule as they have the two remaining games to play at home against Aristotelis Skydras who is relegated but fights in all games and Pegasos Polichnis who secured 7th place and his whereabouts. To stay safe, Athlos needs to score at least 5 points in 2 games.

OFH on the contrary, it has two away games against the same teams, first against Pegasus in Polichni and then against Aristotelis in Skydra, but with the momentum gained it shows that it can make one of the biggest surprises in the history of volley league. It goes without saying that the Cretan team will be aiming for two or three points in the remaining games.

OFI – Athlos 3-0

The sentences: 25-18, 25-18, 25-20 in 72 minutes.

*OFI’s points came: 14 aces, 35 attacks, 4 blocks, 22 opponent errors and Athlos’ points came the points: 3 aces, 30 attacks, 1 block, 22 opponent errors.

OFH (Nikos Antoniadis): Shikoku 11p. (5/10 reps, 5 aces, 1 block, 25% op, 17% nos), Adami 4 (3 aces, 1 block), Vaiopoulos 4 (2/2 reps, 1 block, 1 ace), Bloombergs 5 (3/6f., 2 aces), Rodrigo Ambrao 3 (2/8f., 1 ace, 69%f., 19%ar.), Tziumakas 26 (23/33f., 3 aces) / Tsadimas (l .- 27% sub., 20% no.), Arabopoulos.

ATHLOS ORESTIADAS (Yiannis Laios): Gladstone 4p. (3/4f., 1 block), Kayo 6 (6/11f., 40%f.), Kasampalis 3 (3 aces), Algul 3 (3/6f.), Albo 13 (13/25f.), Rizopoulos 2 (2/5f., 33%f., 22%f.) / Veloudis (l. – 45%f., 5%f.), Tsioutsiuloudis, Ioannidis 3 (3/4f.).

The rating

1. Pegasus Polychni 28
2. Athlus Orestiada 20
3. OFI 18
4. FES Aristotelis Skydras 5

Saturday 22nd April – Matchday 5

• “Alexandros Nikolaidis” High School, Polichni 17:00 (Live Streaming ESAP TV, You Tube): Pegasos Polichni – OFI
• “Nikos Samaras” High School, Orestiada, 19:00 (Live Streaming ESAP TV, You Tube): Athlos Orestiada – FES Aristotle Skydras

Saturday 29 April – Matchday 6

• Kalybion Gymnasium, 17:00 (Live Streaming ESAP TV, You Tube): FES Aristoteles Skydras – OFI
• “Nikos Samaras” High School, Orestiada, 19:00 (Live Streaming ESAP TV, You Tube): Athlos Orestiada – Pegasos Polichnis