Starring Thanasis Protopsaltis, who was also the top scorer with 17 points, Panathinaikos victoriously broke away from Zirineio and grabbed the precious 3 points that keep him at the top of the standings with two rounds to go in the championship. The Greens prevailed 3-0 and remain lucky as they still have games to play against Olympiakos in Renti and Finikas ONEX in Maroussi.

Marks and Kasambalis from Kifissia did not play through injury, while Paleologos was absent with a virus. Rangel, Charalambos were kept on the bench by Panathinaikos for management reasons. Andreopoulos.

In the opening set of the match, Panathinaikos vs. Raptis was the one to go 5-3 up by two points, but then Ambrao’s block brought the two teams back to 5-5.

In the development of the set, Kifissia and Panathinaikos were effective in touch, reaching hand-in-hand to 8-8, but the Greens with consecutive points from Van De Dries from block and counterattack and Ambrao’s attack overtook 12-8. The “Blue-Whites” reacted and equalized with a penalty from Michali and an out from Protopsaltis to 14:14.

The “Clover” with Bassis, who “hurt” his former team from serve, got five straight points, two with aces, turning 16-16 into 21-16. However, Kifissia, with tactical service from Michali and back-to-back blocks from Costopoulos and Linardos, “replied” with his own 6-0, beating 22-21. However, Panathinaikos upped his pace and went on a 3-0 series to hit a double set of bowls 24-22 with a block from Stalekar. Papadopoulos with a block-out kept Kifissia 24-23 “alive”, but in the next phase Van de Dries “lifted the weight with determination” of the attack that finished the set 25-23.

It provided the fans with a mesmerizing spectacle and the second set of the game where both teams played beautiful volleyball. With an attack from Raptis, the guests = 6-4 entered the “driver” position. Kifissia upped his game and equalized 8-8 with a clever placement from leader Giannis Papadopoulos. However, the guests ran a series of 6:0 with Jacobsen on the office and reached 14:8. The “Blue-Whites” shortened the lead to 14:11 with a skillful play by De Weier and Stalekar, but the Slovenian center Panathinaikos brought his team to +5 (16:11) with an attack. The guests “didn’t look back” and won the set 25:16 with an attack by Van de Dries.

In the third set of the game, Kifissia and Panathinaikos took a point-by-point lead 8-8. Then Bassis’ serve “damaged” again in Kifissia as the “Clover” scored seven straight points, two from aces, and “released” the difference to 15-8. Somewhere there the set and game was essentially judged, with the visitors going to +10 (22-12) and eventually winning it 25-16.

Kifisia – Panathinaikos 0-3

* AOP Kifissia’s points came from: 0 aces, 7 blocks, 28 attacks, 20 opponent errors and Panathinaikos AO The points came from: 7 aces, 41 attacks, 7 blocks, 20 opponent errors.

The sets: 0-3 (23-25, 16-25, 16-25) at 76΄.

Α.Ο.Π.ΚΗΦΙΣΙΑΣ (Giannis Orfanos): De Veyer 3p. (2/3m., 1 block), Ambrao 4 (3/13m., 1 block, 35% min., 22% no.), Papadopoulos 7 (7/13m.), Linardos 8 (5/13m., 3 block), Michali 5 (Sep 5/6), Costopoulos 8 (Sep 6/27, 2 blocks, 53% yp., 16% no.) / Kontostathis (l. – 55% yp., 18% no.), Spiliotis, Sonakis (l).

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Protopsaltis 17p. (16/28m., 1 block, 75% Yp.), Jacobsen 7 (3/5m., 2 blocks, 2 aces), Bassis 5 (1/2m., 4 aces), Tailor 8 (7/15m., 1 ace, 53% mins, 13% nos), Van de Dries 8 (6/14m., 2 blocks), Stalecar 8 (6/9m., 2 blocks) / Garas (l. – 60% mins, 7% no.), Roussopoulos, Markou 2 (2/4ff.).