Panathinaikos tied the Vikings and… they are in the quarterfinals!

Leveling Panathinaikos in Norway! The Greek champions put on a terrific display in Norway, beating me 3-0 set her Viking and they hold tightly in their hands the ticket to his semi-finals Challenge Cup.

At December 14 the rematch at the closed Agios Thomas with the “greens” having to… kill themselves to lose qualification.

1st set

The “greens”, despite starting quite sluggishly in the first set, found the answers and took a three-point lead. The Norwegians did everything to turn the situation around but the excellent Jiri Kovar cleaned up the set by 25-20 for 1-0.

2nd set

The second set turned into a performance for a role from Panathinaikos. Dimitris Andreopoulos’ men left no room for the hosts to claim dominance and took an 8-point lead, ending the set in summary proceedings with 25-17.

3rd set

Viking made a last-ditch effort to come back and gave the Greek doubles a hard time in the third set, as they took a 16-15 lead.

However, the players of Dimitris Andreopoulos reacted immediately and ended the case of “qualification” by winning the last set with 23-25 for the 3-0.

The sets: 20-25, 17-25, 23-25

Her points Viking came from 1 ace, 34 attacks, 6 blocks and 19 opponent errors and Panathinaikou they came from 5 aces, 35 attacks, 6 blocks and 29 opponent errors.

Viking (Scott Olsen): Bjeland Q. 12 (11/23 ff., 1 block), Soreng 1 (1 ace), Breke 4 (4/11 ff., 47% sub. – 33% excellent), Masaid 5 (4/9 ff., 1 block), Bjeland K. 10 (8/22 ref., 2 blocks, 46% ref. – 23% excellent), Flaskier 5 (4/9 ref., 1 block) / Olsen (l, 36% ref. – 14% excellent), Hopland, Sunde 4 (3/8 ref., 1 block, 73% sub. – 27% excellent), Evensen, Langlois.

Panathinaikos (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kovar 13 (10/16 ref., 2 aces, 1 block, 79% sub. – 43% excellent), Petraeus 5 (3/4 ref., 2 blocks), Jacobsen 1 (1 ace), Rangel 8 (7/ 9 ref., 1 block), Kostopoulos 6 (4/13 ref., 2 blocks), Hernandez 8 (7/12 ref., 1 ace) / Zisis (l, 39% sub. – 17% excellent), Georgiou, Basis 1 (1/5 ff.), Markou 4 (3/9 ff., 1 ace).

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