In the first derby of the year between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos in the men’s volleyball league, the red-whites won 3-1 sets.

The crucial point of the game was Olympiakos’ serve game. Castellani’s players served brilliantly, scoring a total of 12 aces while spoiling Panathinaikos’ reception on several occasions.

The red-whites’ first scorer was Hidalgo with 20 points, followed by Stern with 17 and five aces.

On the Panathinaikos side, Hernandez was the top scorer with 21 points, followed by Protopsaltis (12) and Kovar (11).

The match: From the start of the match, Olympiakos Piraeus showed that it had an excellent day in the serving part and managed to build significant differences that the greens were able to absorb, and so the two teams reached the halfway point of the set with the score at 16-16. 16.

From then on, Olympiacos managed to escape the score again as Panathinaikos tried to equalize the difference, but failed to do so this time, and so the first set went to the home team 25-21.

In the second there was a big battle between the two teams, which was decided in detail. They both hit the serve as hard as they could.

This meant that no one could escape and took turns taking the lead until the finale. Finally, the ball landed on the green with a pitch from Hernandez and an ace from Voulkidis, making it 33-31.

From then on, Olympiacos Piraeus completely dominated the derby. Using his serve as a weapon, he managed to easily win the next two sets with 25:22 and 25:20 respectively and achieve a clear 3-1 set win.

Olympiacos Piraeus – Panathinaikos 3-1

The sentences: 25-21, 31-33, 25-22, 25-20

*Olympiakos SFP’s points came from: 11 aces, 45 attacks (48% efficiency), 9 blocks, 40 opponent errors (22 lost serves) and PAOK points came from: 10 aces, 42 attacks (41% efficiency), 10 blocks, 34 opponent errors (22 missed shots).

OLYMPIACOS SFP (Daniel Castellani): Payenk 8p. (5/10f., 3 blocks), Stern 17 (11/31f., 1 block, 5 aces), Koumentakis 12 (10/19f., 2 blocks, 41%f., 30%f.), Travitsa 5 ( 1/1sp., 1 block, 3 aces), Djuric 4 (2/6sp., 1 block, 1 ace), Hidalgo 20 (16/27sp., 1 block, 3 aces) / Dziavras (l. – 22%sp ., 11% no), Vaiopoulos, Komitoudis.

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kasambalis 3p. (1/1f., 2 aces), Kovar 11 (7/25f., 3 blocks, 1 ace, 55%p., 35%ar.), Petreas 4 (1/4f., 2 blocks, 1 aces), Hernandez 21 (18/39f., 1 block, 2 aces), Voulkidis 9 (5/10f., 2 aces, 2 blocks), Protopsaltis 12 (8/21f., 2 aces, 2 blocks, 32%f., 24 %nr.) / Kontostathis (min. – 23% op., 15% op.), Zisis (min. – 67% op., 50% op.), Rangel 2 (2/2ep.).

PAOK continues its upward trend

PAOK celebrates its fourth and consecutive victory in the Volley League Championship, in the city that won the Greek Cup in 2002-23.

Dikefalos won the first game against Kalamata 80 for the professional championship with a 3-1 set and climbed to 3rd place in the overall standings with 13 points. This left Milonas, who will not compete this weekend because his match with Foinikas Syros was postponed. Once again Bram Van de Dries did not take part.

PAOK’s big star was Axel Truchchev, who took the reception and led the attack in Van de Dries’ absence. Christos Saltaferidis was positive with 13/24 completed attacks and covered the gap in the Belgian corner as much as possible. Van Harderen also had a great performance with 16 points and an excellent reception.

AOKalamata 80 did not have a good reception, the development was monotonous and predictable and, with the exception of the 3rd set, it was unable to play a leading role. It is characteristic that Kalamata’s attack had an efficiency of 37%, while PAOK’s attack reached 48%.

Kalamata 80 – PAOK 1-3

The sentences: 17-25, 22-25, 28-26, 18-25 in 86′.

*AOKalamata 80 points came from: 4 aces, 46 attacks (37% efficiency), 6 blocks, 29 opponent’s errors (20 lost serves) and PAOK points came from: 7 aces, 56 attacks (48% efficiency), 9 blocks, 29 enemy mistakes (18 misses).

AO KALAMATA 80 (Panagiotis Dakouris): Kostas Dalakouras 1 (1/3f.), Alexakis 4 (2/5f., 1 block, 1 ace), Christofas ​​​​12 (8/20f., 3 blocks, 1 ace), West 5 (4/4f ., 1 block), Ocampo 17 (17/51 ref.), Koenen 13 (10/31 ref., 1 block, 2 aces, 49% ref., 24% ref.) / Dakouris E. (55% ref. , 40% Ref.), Mantekas 3 (3/10f., 54% op., 54% no.), Salonitis, Bieito 1 (1/1f.), Lykouresis.

PAOK (Josko Milenkowski): Van Harderen 16p. (14/34f., 1 block, 41%ap., 22%number), Saltaferidis 13 (13/24f.), Blankenau 5 (3/4f., 2 blocks), Gatsis 6 (3/6f., 1 block , 2 aces), Takouridis 7 (3/9f., 1 block, 3 aces), Truchchev 25 (20/40, 4 blocks, 1 ace, 59% F., 27% No.) / Kokkinakis (l. – 71 % of the population, 41% of the population), Linardos.

The schedule and results of the 7th matchday

Saturday December 16th

• High School, Kalamata Elementary School, 5:00 p.m. (live streaming ESAP TV): AO Kalamata 80 – PAOK
• Melina Merkouri Gymnasium, Renti, 20:00 (ERT-3 – HD): Olympiacos SFP – Panathinaikos AO

Sunday December 17th

• D. Vikelas High School, Ermoupoli, 17:00 (live streaming ESAP TV): AO Finikas Syros – AONS Milon
• Zirineio Gym, Kifissia, 19:00 (live streaming ESAP TV): AOP Kifisias – Pegasos Polichni

Repo AS Athlos Orestiada.

Grading

1. Olympiacos 21
2. Panathenaic 20
3. PAOK 13
4. Milos 12
5. Phoenix 8
6. Kalamata 80 6
7. Sports 4
8. Pegasus 3
9. Kifissia 0