Panathinaikos “cleaned” PAOK 3-1 set in Pylaia in the second quarter-final of the “Nikos Samaras” League Cup and, in combination with the 3-2 set victory in the first match in Marousi last month, solemnly took the qualification to the semi-finals of the competition, where he will face Milos, on January 18 and 21.
“Two-headed” won the first set, but then the “greens” dominated in all areas.
Panathinaikos entered the game better and took a 10-5 lead, making PAOK’s reception quite difficult. The “greens” reached 12-15, but with the services of Van De Dries, PAOK equalized and took the lead 20-19. Panathinaikos reached 23-24, but the “black and white” with a 3-0 streak with Costa made it 26-24 and 1-0.
In the second set, the two opponents went point by point until 9-9, but there Panathinaikos took the lead 13-10 and 20-16. PAOK tied 23-23 with Van De Dries, but Panathinaikos went to three bowl sets and Hernandez made it 25-27 and 1-1.
In the third set, Panathinaikos led 12-8 with Rangel and Frago and 15-11 with the latter and maintained a solid lead, reaching a 2-1 set.
In the fourth set, PAOK led 4-1 against Vols, but the foreigners of Panathinaikos won 7-14 and 8-17, PAOK constantly made mistakes in defense and attack and Panathinaikos reached 13-25!
Fluctuation:
1st set: 5-8, 14-16, 20-21, 26-24
2nd set: 7-8, 13-16, 17-21, 25-27
3rd set: 5-8, 12-16, 16-21, 21-25
4th set: 6-8, 7-16, 11-21, 13-25
*PAOK’s points came from: 5 aces, 51 attacks, 6 blocks, 23 opponent errors and Panathinaikos’ points came from: 6 aces, 66 attacks, 6 blocks, 23 opponent errors.
The sets: 26-24, 25-27, 21-25, 13-25
PAOK (Josko Milekonski): Day 9 p.m. (8/16f., 1 block, 53%f., 26%f.), Costa 9 (5/14f., 3 blocks, 1 ace), Walsh 2 (2 aces), Voulkidis 9 (8/10f., 1 block), Raptis 16 (15/32f., 35%f., 24%f.), Van de Dries 12 (10/31f., 1 block, 1 ace) / Kokkinakis (min. – 74%f., 47% no.), Takouridis, Gatsis, Butos 1 (1/1f.), Mouchlias 2 (2/4f.), Ilias
PANATHINAIKOS (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kovar 18 (17/31f., 72%f., 39%f.), Petraeus 9 (6/12f., 2 blocks, 1 ace), Jacobsen, Rangel 16 (12/16f., 3 blocks, 1 ace) , Franckos 12 (11/12, 63% pt., 37% pt.), Hernandez 23 (20/35 pt., 1 block, 2 aces) / Zisis (min. – 56% pt., 28% pt.), Bassis, Markos, Georgiou
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