As in training, Panathinaikos won a 3-1 set against Sousa and qualified for the round of 16 of the Challenge Cup, where they will face Italy’s Monza.

The Greens confirmed their competitive superiority, with excellent serves and blocks they easily won the first two sets and made qualification clear.

Then Dimitris Andreopoulos gave playing time to all his players who managed to end the game with a win.

The first scorer for Panathinaikos was Markou with 16 points, who played in place of Hernandez for three sets.

Panathinaikos – Sousa 3-1

The sentences: 25-16, 25-12, 23-25, 25-16

*Panathinaikos’ points came from 11 aces, 51 attacks (58% efficiency), 8 blocks and 28 opponent errors (16 misses) and Sousa’s points came from 2 aces, 28 attacks (41% efficiency), 10 blocks and 29 opponent errors ( 21 serves lost). The sets: 3-1 (25-16, 25-12, 23-25, 25-16) in 88′

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kovar 9 (7/12 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 82% sub. – 55% excellent), Yerezuelo 3 (2/2 ref., 1 block), Petraes 6 (1/ 3 Ref. ., 2 Aces, 3 Blocks), Hernandez 3 (2/3 Ref., 1 Block), Voulkidis 9 (5/10 Ref., 3 Aces, 1 Block), Protopsaltis 7 (6/10 Ref., 1 Ace, 100% sub. – 67% excellent) / Kontostathis (l., 83% sub. – 67% excellent), Zisis (l., 50% sub. – 50% excellent), Kasampalis, Papaggelopoulos 6 (5/ 7 ff., 1 ace), Frankos 5 (5/12 ff., 50% Sub. – 10% Excellent), Kostopoulos 6 (6/12 ff., 50% Sub. – 22% Excellent), Markou 16 (12 /17 ff ., 3 aces, 1 block).

SOUSA (Ziya Rayabov): Villafane 2 (1/1 Ref., 1 Block), Okolic 7 (6/8 Ref., 1 Block), Moroz 2 (1/3 Ref., 1 Ace), Friesen 4 (4/ 10 referees, 29% SG – 21% SG), Hutchenson 7 (5/14 SG, 2 blocks, 52% SG – 24% SG), Morman 4 (2/5 SG, 2 blocks) / Matsuo (l, 58% under – 29% excellent), Imamuliyev (l), Hasanli 1 (1 ace), Bowers, Murray 4 (1/4 ref., 3 blocks), Bray 3 (3/9 ref., 17% under – 17% excellent ), Santangelo 6 (5/13 ff., 1 block).