Panathinaikos may have been unstoppable in Europe until now, but in Italy… things were dark. The “greens” were defeated with 3-0 set from Kieri and now the qualification to the “8” of the CEV Challenge Cup becomes more than difficult for the Greek team.
The home team took a huge lead for the rematch that will take place on January 18 in Agios Thomas, with the “clover” now looking not only for a clear victory with 3-0 or 3-1, but also for the “golden” set if they manage to reach there.
The team of Giannis Kalmazidis did not manage to impose their pace at any point of the game, but neither did they stop the impressive Grobelna, who had an excellent day and really did what they wanted on the pitch.
Kuvani Palacio made her debut with the Panathinaikos jersey, who played as a substitute and scored 2 points from attack in 7 attempts. The first scorer for the clover was Anthoulis with 10 points, while Hatziefstratiadou and Anae scored 7 each. Kieri pressed from the service line, hitting 8 aces (with 12 errors), while she had 48% efficiency in the attack (43/90 completed) against 34% of Panathinaikos (32/92 completed).
The sets: 25-18, 25-17, 25-22
KIERI (Julio Bregoli): Cazzo 7 (5/16 ff., 2 aces, 88% sub. – 50% excellent), Bossio 2 (2/2 ff.), Grobbelna 15 (12/29 ff., 2 aces, 1 block), Villani 12 (10/19 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 76% sub – 33% excellent), Butler 7 (4/7 ff., 1 ace, 2 block), Weigel 11 (8/12 ref., 2 aces, 1 block) / Spirito (l, 68% sub. – 37% excellent), Morello, Stork 3 (2/5 ref., 1 block), Mazzaro.
PANATHINAIKOS A.O. (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Hatzieustratiadou 7 (5/10 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Anae 7 (6/19 ff., 1 block, 55% sub. – 18% excellent), Grotous 5 (5/15 ff ., 80% sub. – 47% excellent), Papafotiou 2 (1/3 ref., 1 ace), Anthoulis 10 (9/28 ref., 1 block), Medits 2 (0/4 ref., 2 blocks) / Roga (l, 53% sub. – 26% excellent), Nikologianni 4 (4/7 ff.), Palasio 2 (2/7 ff.), Metaxas.
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