He “conquered” Tel Aviv and Panathinaikos is preparing for qualification

Panathinaikos beat Maccabi in Tel Aviv in the tiebreak in their first match for the “32” of the Men’s Volleyball Cup and is preparing to qualify for the “16”, in view of the rematch in Maroussi next week, where it will definitely qualify with a victory with any score.

Dimitris Andreopoulos’ team won the first set very easily, but then faced many problems in the reception. In the fifth set, the composure of the “green” athletes brought victory.

In the replay next Wednesday, Panathinaikos wants a victory with any score to qualify. The “clover”, if it loses 3-2 sets, then it will claim the qualification in the “golden” set. If Maccabi wins 3-0 or 3-1, then it will qualify.

Panathinaikos dominated the block and had Andreopoulos as the top scorer with 17 points and an impressive percentage in the reception. Dan Dries added 16 points, while Rangel had 14.

For Maccabi, Ensing had 22 points and Foger had 18.

In the tie break, Panathinaikos led 5-3 after a wrong attack by Ensing. The Israelis tied 6-6 with Foger and now both teams went point by point until Panathinaikos led 9-7 with a block by Rangel. The “greens” controlled the match, but the hosts reduced to 11-13 after a mistake by Den Dries. Andreopoulos and De Driss finally gave the set to Panathinaikos.

The sets: 13-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-18, 11-15

Fluctuation:

1st set: 7-8, 8-16, 10-21, 13-25

2nd set: 8-7, 16-12, 21-18, 25-19

3rd set: 7-8, 14-16, 17-21, 18-25

4th set: 8-7, 16-11, 21-14, 25-18

5th set: 3-5, 7-10, 8-12, 11-15

* Maccabi’s points came from: 5 aces, 56 attacks, 8 blocks, 23 opponents ‘mistakes and Panathinaikos came from: 5 aces, 57 attacks, 10 blocks, 30 opponents’ mistakes

MACABI (Gal Galili): Katjelenson 3 (2/5 ff., 1 ace), Ensing 22 (21/51 ff., 1 block), Batskala 11 (5/13 ff., 2 aces, 3 blocks), Hatch 8 (8/14 ff. ), Foger 18 (16/31 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 67% vs.-38% excellent), Sokolov 7 (4/19 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks) / Eisenberg (l, 67% vs. .-43% excellent), Caringal (l), Schtift

PANATHINAIKOS (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Jacobsen 4 (2/3 ff., 2 blocks), Rangel 14 (8/13 ff., 1 ace, 5 blocks), Andreopoulos 17 (14/25 ff., 2 aces, 1 block, 77% yp-45 % excellent), Raptis 11 (11/28 ff., 47% yp-26% excellent), Van de Dries 16 (14/37 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Stalecar 8 (7/10 ff., 1 block) / Garas (l, 64% yp-45% excellent), Synadinos (l), Bassis 2 (1/2 fps, 1 ace)