He got a “double” in Switzerland and PAOK ceremoniously qualified

To them “32” of the CEV Challenge Cup qualified o PAOK! The Thessalonians prevailed with 3-1 set her Nafels in Switzerland, even having his followers on his side. In the next phase they will face Montana Volley from Bulgaria.

In the first set, the doubleheader pushed the Swiss reception hard thanks to Walsh’s amazing serves. The Canadian “maestro” of PAOK with his serves gave Dikefalos the opportunity to take an important early lead, 2-8. With a good percentage in reception (64%) but also in attack (52%), PAOK continued to maintain its difference at high levels throughout the set. With solid Rapti and Van Den Dries, PAOK made it 16-25 to 0-1 in the sets.

PAOK lined up with the same composition in the second set, with Josko Milenkoski’s players playing at a high tempo. The doubleheader took advantage of the very poor reception of the Swiss (26%) and “hitting” with Rapti and Van Den Dries controlled the set throughout its duration. With the Belgian diagonal leading offensively playing at 45%, PAOK easily made 0-2 in the sets with 15-25, “sealing” the case of qualification early on.

In the third set, and with the qualification having been decided, Josko Milenkoski distributed the participation time to the rest of his athletes. In a very close set in terms of the differences between the two teams, the “black and white” were unable to… finish the game, with the Swiss going down 25-23 to 1-2.

In the fourth set, the Thessaloniki team lined up with: Walls, Rapti, Takouridis, Sotiriou, Costa, Buto and libero Kokkinakis. With his “weapon” attacking in the last set (57%), Dikefalos did not get into any further adventures, as far as the fourth set is concerned. With Rapti, Sotiriou and Buto playing more than 50%, PAOK with 18-25 made it 1-3, celebrating the qualification with two wins against the Swiss.

The variance:



1st set: 2-8, 10-16, 16-21, 16-25

2nd set: 4-8, 14-16, 15-21, 15-25

3rd set: 8-6, 16-15, 21-19, 25-23

4th set: 6-8, 11-16, 18-21, 18-25

The sets: 1-3 (16-25, 15-15, 25-23, 18-25) in 96′

PAOK (Milenkoski): Ilias, Giorna 5 (4/7 ref., 1 ace, 40% sub.-30% excellent), Kosta 8 (6/7 ref., 1 block, 1 ace), Michelakis (l), Walls 6 (2/2 ref., 4 aces), Kokkinakis (l, 88% ref.-65% excellent), Voulkidis 1 (1/1 ref.), Sotiriou (3/9 ref., 50% ref.- 25 % excellent), Gatsis, Takouridis 5 (3/5 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Raptis 17 (13/25 ff., 2 aces, 2 blocks), Van Den Dries 19 (14/26 ff., 3 aces, 2 blocks), Butos 3 (3/5 ff.).

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