PAOK – Olympiakos 2-3: They clinched the win but the Red-Whites missed a valuable point

However, in a game with many faces, Olympiakos defeated PAOK 3-2 at PAOK Sports Arena leave a point that can seem extremely important in the Men’s Volley League title fight.

The Red-Whites were superb in the opening two sets, leading 2-0, but then PAOK managed to pick up the pace and send the match into a tiebreak.

There, Olympiakos at least managed to claim victory and stay alive in the title fight but are three points behind Panathinaikos, who welcome him next Thursday.

The game: In the first two sets, Olympiacos particularly impressed with the serve and caused many problems in the reception of PAOK.

The block defense worked perfectly and with two sets of carbon, the red-whites made it 0:2. PAOK lasted until the half in both and there the visitors managed to break away and easily claim their conquest.

These applied in the first two sentences. In the third, PAOK began to find rhythm mainly through its service, the block began to work and the image of the game changed.

PAOK managed to build a nine-point difference, but Olympiakos managed to get back into the set claim through his serve. The red and white even reduced to the point, but in the end Udris gave the sentence to the hosts.

In the fourth set, PAOK equalized again early, hitting +5 (17-12) and going 2-2, 25-20 with no resistance.

In the tie-break, the two teams fought to the end. PAOK led 9-7, but that’s where Dalakouras’ serve changed the picture of the set. The Red-Whites overtook and went 11-13.

Barun took the point and then Takouridis leveled the tiebreak with an ace, but final talk belonged to Olympiakos, with Mailovic ending the match making it 13-15.

PAOK – Olympiacos 2-3

The sets: 2-3 (19-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-20, 13-15) at 126΄.PAOK: Walsh, Udris, Koumentakis, Barnes, Brown, Petreas and Libero Kokkinakis.

* The points of PAOK came: 5 aces, 11 blocks, 59 attacks, 27 errors of the opponents and the Olympic SFP The points came: 8 aces, 66 attacks, 3 blocks, 31 opponent errors.

Π.Α.Ο.Κ. (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Brown 14p. (10/19cm., 4 blocks), Petreas 2 (2/4cm.), Walsh 5 (2/3cm., 2 blocks, 1 ace), Koumentakis 11 (11/29cm., 66% Yp., 47% No . .), Barnes 17 (12/23ff., 2 blocks, 72% yp., 52% no.), Udris 21 (7/36 p.m., 2 blocks) / Kokkinakis (l. – 68% yp., 32% No. .), Tzioumakas, Sotiriou 1 (1 block), Gatsis 3 (3/4ff.), Bourakis (l.). Tzioumakas.

OLYMPIAKOS SFP (Alberto Giuliani): Payenk 15p. (11/13m., 4 aces), Stivachtis, Mikhailovich 12 (12/27m., 69% min., 34% no.), Tepan 24 (23/43m., 1 ace), Zoupanis 7 (4/5m. , 2 blocks, 1 ace), Perits 16 (14/29ff., 2 aces, 50% min., 15% no.) / Zisis (l. – 65% min., 46% no.), Prousalis, Andreadis, Papadopoulos Iraklis 3 (2/2 row, 1 block), Dalakouras.