His victories in the championship were “paired” by Athlos Orestiada. The team of Ilias Kreuzis prevailed 3-1 his set OFI at the crowded “Nikos Samaras” for her 7th matchdayachieving his first outright victory in Volleyball League and second consecutive this season, unlike the Cretans who have only tasted the joy of victory once.
In the competitive part, the team of Ilias Kreuzis showed their moods from the very first set managing to get a “short” three-point lead which he widened after the excellent defenses and the organized block making it 20-15. There, guests did not manage to put up much resistance and the set ended with the maximum difference which was 7 points, for 25-18.
The project continued and the second set, with Algoul and Caius giving recitals over the net, while Kassabalis and Gladstone were impenetrable in reception. Despite OFI’s initial lead of 4 points, the hosts found the necessary solutions and managed to tie the score and even turn it around in the middle of the set making it 18-15. Naturally, the Cretans “collapsed” from that point on and the set went to Athlos with 25-17 for the 2-0.
In the third set OFI was playing its… existence in the match and managed to overturn it at the expense of -4 and take a lead of one point (15-14). The contribution of Ambraos and Arabopoulos from the service line was decisive, with Athlos on the other hand throwing away the leads they had. The set took wild beauty but also… overtime with OFI celebrating his victory at the end with 28-26 reducing to 2-1.
Athlos Orestiadas, was not in the mood for adventures and entered the fourth set to clear the game. The Cretans took the lead at the beginning of the set, but Ilias Kreuzi’s players stepped on the gas and left at +4. The guests managed to “nibble” the difference, but the block and serve of the Athlos players was what decided the match, giving the victory to the Orestiada team with 25-17 for the 3-1.
Athlos’ points came from 10 aces, 58 attacks, 10 blocks and 23 opponent errors and OFI’s came from 5 aces, 27 attacks, 12 blocks and 36 opponent errors
The sets: 3-1 (25-18, 25-17, 26-28, 25-17) in 106′
Athlos Orestiada (Ilias Kreuzis): Gladstone 12 (7/11 ff., 3 aces, 2 blocks), Caio 12 (8/26 ff., 3 aces, 1 block), Kasambalis 4 (4/5 ff.), Algoul 16 (11/15 ff. , 5 blocks), Rizopoulos 10 (7/16 ff., 3 aces, 80% sub. – 20% excellent), Genoff 24 (31/30 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 59% sub. – 22% excellent ) / Veloudis (l, 70% sub. – 15% excellent), Tsolakidis, Bozidis.
OFI (Kostas Delikostas): Jarvis 12 (6/17 ff., 1 ace, 5 blocks, 50% sub – 25% excellent), Widow 4 (2/7 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Shikuku 12 (9/20 ff., 2 aces, 1 block), Adami 1 (1/2 ref.), Vaiopoulos 8 (4/11 ref., 4 blocks), Ambrao 7 (5/22 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 45% ref. – 36% excellent) / Tsadimas (l, 50% sub. – 27% excellent), Kafantaris, Bardakjian, Arabopoulos, Tsalikian.
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