Women’s Challenge Cup: Panathinaikos and PAOK want two sets, AEK hopes for a surprise

Panathinaikos will be in Tsvole from midday on Tuesday, October 17th for the second game against the Dutch team for the Women’s 64 Challenge Cup.

The Greens finished the first game last week at the Mets with 3-1 sets and need two sets on Wednesday evening (10/18, 9 p.m.) to advance to the next phase of the competition.

Panathinaikos athlete Sheridan Atkinson said: “I expect Tsvole to be very energetic at home. They will have a lot of people and the support of their fans, but now we know how they play. We want to get the victory for Panathinaikos.”.

PAOK in Cyprus for qualification

For Game 2 of the “64” phase of the CEV Women’s Challenge Cup, PAOK traveled to Cyprus to face Olympiada Neapolis on Tuesday, October 17 at 8:00 p.m.

Dikefalos took a clear lead after winning 3-1 in the first leg in Thessaloniki and now only needs two sets to qualify.

Darko Zakots’ team has a challenging week ahead of them, because after tomorrow’s game (October 17th), they also have to master the “derby” of the premiere of the Women’s Volley League against OSFP (October 21st).

Against him will be Olympiada Neapolis, which had no commitments in the Cypriot championship and will fight to overturn the result of the first game.

Regarding game 2 against Olympiada Neapolis, Darko Zakots explained on the club’s official website, acpaok.gr: “I don’t expect an easy game. We have an idea of ​​the opponent from the first game. We are a team with a strong character that never gives up. We want to repeat the same picture as in the first game and qualify for the next round. Our situation is getting better every day. Tomorrow we need two sets to qualify, but we’re just thinking about winning!”

With Blanco and Paskova for the downfall of AEK

The AEK women’s team is in Romania preparing for the challenge against Voluntari, in the second match between them for the “64” phase of the Challenge Cup.

“Union” meets Volundari on Wednesday (October 18th, 5 p.m.) and needs a win to qualify. In the first set he suffered a 3-2 set defeat and wants to qualify for victory with 3-1 or 3-0. If he wins 3:2, everything will be decided in the “golden” set.

A positive thing for Yunus Ocal is that Blanco and Paskova are available to him. Yunus Ocal said in conversation with aek.gr: “We go into the second game knowing how important it is.” My players have played games like this many times in their careers. You know exactly what to do. We will return from Romania with a victory.”

For her part, Anna Kalandatze said: “On Wednesday we will face an opponent who has shown us that he doesn’t give up.” They have the lead, but that doesn’t mean it’s over. We are a fighting team and we want to prove it. Let’s go to Romania to overthrow.”