Comfortable victory for PAOK, epic upset of AEK

An epic turnaround was achieved by AEK, which imposed a 3-2 set against Aris, despite losing 2-0, in the tenth game of the Women’s Volley League.

The Thessalonians were stormy at the beginning of the match and took a two-set lead, but the “two-headed” managed to come back and leave with the two points of victory.

The match was a thriller until the tie break, where AEK escaped after 8-8 and 14-10. Aris was reduced to a point, however Nizetich ended the game 15-13.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 6-8, 11-16, 21-20, 25-23

2nd set: 8-7, 16-14, 21-18, 25-22

3rd set: 5-8, 6-16, 9-21, 10-25

4th set: 5-8, 11-16, 16-21, 20-25

5th set: 5-4, 8-10, 9-12, 13-15

*Aris’ points came from 8 aces, 50 attacks, 8 blocks and 27 errors by opponents and A.E.K. they came from 8 aces, 73 attacks, 8 blocks and 21 opponent errors.

The sets: 2-3 (25-23, 25-22, 10-25, 20-25, 13-15) in 108′

LET. ARIS (Yiannis Tsairelis): Tanis 3 (0/5 ref., 3 aces), Aplada 3 (0/3 ref., 3 blocks), Tsoumba 24 (22/59 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Silva 9 (7/11 ref. ., 2 blocks), Caicedo 7 (6/17 ff., 1 ace, 60% sub. – 15% excellent), Betseva 18 (14/26 ff., 2 aces, 2 blocks, 35% sub. – 11% excellent) / Theodosiou (l, 62% sub. – 10% excellent), Kampouri (l), Keramitsopoulou 1 (1/2 ff.), Apostolidou, Dafopoulou 1 (1 ace), Salagoudi.

A.E.K. (Younus Ocal): Nizetich 22 (20/42 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 56% sub. – 19% excellent), Kalandatze 10 (10/12 ref.), Konstantinidou 4 (3/4 ref., 1 block), Calderon 14 (14/30 ff., 27% sub. – 9% excellent), Silva 23 (18/36 ff., 4 aces, 1 block), Kulikova 13 (5/10 ff., 3 aces, 5 blocks) / Artakianou (l, 58% sub. – 31% excellent), Vlahakis 3 (3/5 sub., 11% sub. – 0% excellent).

PAOK continues with the absolute, winning 3-1 set of AO Thiras and continues at +6 from the second Olympiakos.

The islanders came into the match strong and took the 1-0 set with 25-19, but from then on, the “two-headed of the north” dominated. He equalized in a 1-1 set with typical ease (25-16), while in the third set he showed reflexes. Although Santorini came out stronger, it was PAOK who came out victorious, taking the 2-1 set 25-19.

In the fourth set it was a thriller, since Santorini found itself leading 17-14. PAOK equalized at 17-17, but again AO Thiras kept control of the score 20-19. From that point on, the Thessalonians did not leave room and with a streak of six points they cleaned up the victory.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 5-8, 13-16, 18-21, 21-25

2nd set: 8-4, 16-8, 21-12, 25-16

3rd set: 8-6, 16-11, 21-16, 25-21

4th set: 8-5, 14-16, 21-20, 25-21

The sets: 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-21) in 99′.

*PAOK’s points came from 9 aces, 57 attacks, 5 blocks and 25 opponent errors and AO Thiras’s points came from 5 aces, 49 attacks, 5 blocks and 24 opponent errors.

P.A.O.K. (Marco Fenolio): Polynopoulou 8 (5/11 ref., 2 aces, 1 block), Krol 28 (27/52 ref., 1 ace), Klepkou 2 (2/5 ref., 33% sub.-17% excellent), Vergidou 3 (1/1 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Caffrey 11 (9/19 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 57% sub-38% excellent), Blanco 6 (3/15 ff., 2 aces , 1 block) / Xanthopoulou (l, 77% sub.-62% excellent), Iliopoulou, Strandzali 13 (10/25 ff., 2 aces, 1 block, 54% sub.-29% excellent).

A.O. THIRAS (Vladimir Vasovich): Konstandellou 1 (1/3 ref.), Bozic 6 (0/1 ref., 1 ace), Langeger 13 (11/24 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 30% sub.- 10% excellent), Mercado 21 (19/43 ff., 2 aces), Ketsman 11 (9/34 ff., 2 blocks, 39% sub.-20% excellent), Kioutsiuki 7 (4/9 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks) / Belia (l, 47% sub.-35% excellent), Zioga 5 (5/9 ff.), Kalapoda, Tsochatzi, Adamopoulou 1 (1/3 ff.), Faki.