Volleyball
Olympiacos – Panathinaikos 3:1: In the final with a great salas that made it 1:0
Olympiakos had a terrible performance against Panathinaikos and Vilma Salas won the match with a big gun 3-1 and made it 1-0 in the series of Finals.
The first of the three steps to winning the championship was taken by Olympiacos, who defeated Panathinaikos 3–1 in the closed “Melina Mercouri” in Rentis and scored 1–0 in the series of women’s volleyball league finals. Panathinaikos led 1-0 in sets but the Reds and Whites had a terrible day with Vilma Salas making the difference.
The Cuban lifted the weight of the attack, Olympiacos’ block did its job and Hippe spoiled Panathinaikos’ reception. The Greens fought until the third set, until the fourth they couldn’t keep up with Olympiakos and are now 0-1 behind in the final series.
The next meeting of the two teams will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd at 18:00 in the hall of Ag. Thomas in Maroussi. Olympiacos and Panathinaikos meet again after 7 years and the 2014-15 season in the A1 Women’s Final.
The race
Panathinaikos started the first set dynamically, found valuable points from Manolina Konstantinou and gradually built up a difference. Olympiakos reduced had an opportunity to take the set to 2 points but the referees gave Hippe and Cross an out attack and then closed the first set for the greens.
The picture changed in the second set, Olympiacos took the lead and increased it to five points. The greens reduced, but Salas and Giota equalized again, bringing the difference to four (15-11). Panathinaikos was able to parry the counterballs but couldn’t finish, Brabia’s substitution didn’t go through and Olympiakos took the second set and brought the first final to a draw.
The third set was a derby, Olympiakos maintained a small two-point lead, Panathinaikos tried to equalize. The greens took the lead, Olympiakos didn’t let the score go by, they took the lead again by two. Since then, the red-whites have kept their composure and remained focused and took a 2-1 lead in sets.
Olympiakos had a chance since winning the third set, starting 7-1 and crushing Panathinaikos. Mistakes from the greens coupled with the hosts’ effectiveness on the counterattack gave Olympiacos a clear lead. The Paris players dominated and made it 1-0 in the final and won the fourth set.
THE SENTENCES: 20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-8
Source: sport 24
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Kazan “Zenit” became the winner of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup among men’s teams.
On Friday, the Kazan team beat Lokomotiv from Novosibirsk – 3-1 (25:19, 25:17, 23:25, 25:21).
Zenit won the Russian Super Cup for the third year in a row. In total, the Kazan team has a record 11 victories in the tournament. Lokomotiv took part in the decisive matches for the trophy four times, but were defeated each time.
For the first time in history, the Russian Super Cup was held in the Final Four format. All meetings took place in St. Petersburg.
Source: Sportbox
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Kazan “Zenit” defeated “Zenith” from St. Petersburg in the semi-finals of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup among men’s teams.
The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 3-2 (25:20, 25:17, 18:25, 23:25, 15:12) in favor of the Kazan team.
In the other semi-final earlier on Thursday, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk defeated Dynamo Moscow in four sets.
The final match between Lokomotiv and Zenit will take place on Friday, starting at 19:30 Moscow time.
Watch the live broadcast of the game on the Match TV and Match! Planet” (from 19:35 Moscow time), as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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Novosibirsk Lokomotiv defeated Dynamo Moscow in the semi-finals of the Russian Volleyball Super Cup among men’s teams.
The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 3–1 (21:25, 25:20, 25:13, 30:28).
In the other semi-final, which will take place later on Thursday, St. Petersburg and Kazan Zenit will meet.
The final match will take place on December 26.
Watch the live broadcast of the second semi-final on the Match TV and Match! Planet” (from 18:35 Moscow time), as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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