Aris lost 1-3 sets to Asterix in Thessaloniki in their Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup Round of 16 opener and need a win by the same score or 3-0 in next week’s return leg in Belgium to claim in the “golden” set his qualification to the quarter-finals of the event.
The gymnasts of Yannis Tsairelis fought the game and all the sets were decided in the details.
Aris missed a big chance to take the first set, leading 21-18, but Asterix with individual scores 1-7 pulled the trigger and took the lead.
Aris reacted in the second set and, although he found himself “chasing” the score early (4-8), 13-16 became 21-18 and the tie was 25-21.
The “yellows” were in control of the third and fourth sets until 16-14, as Asterix then counterattacked and won both sets 25-23.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-7, 16-14, 21-18, 22-25
2nd set: 4-8, 13-16, 21-18, 25-21
3rd set: 8-6, 16-14, 19-21, 23-25
4th set: 8-4, 16-13, 18-21, 23-25
The sets: 22-25, 25-21, 23-25, 23-25 ​​in 100′.
*Mars’ points came from 6 aces, 51 attacks, 8 blocks and 28 opponent errors and Asterix’s points came from 7 aces, 59 attacks, 8 blocks and 22 opponent errors.
ARIS (Yiannis Tsairelis): Tani 2 (0/1 ref., 2 aces), Aplada 5 (1/4 ref., 4 blocks), Tsoumba 19 (18/47 ref., 1 block), Silva 3 (2/5 ref., 1 block ), Kaisedo 12 (10/22 ff., 2 aces, 31% sub.-19% excellent), Betseva 24 (20/35 ff., 2 aces, 2 blocks, 32% sub.-19% excellent) / Kakuratou (l, 58% sub.-53% excellent), Theodosiou (l), Keramitsopoulou, Apostolidou, Montana
ASTERIX (Chris Jansnick): Kuhleberg 11 (6/13 fr., 1 ace, 4 blocks), Overwater 7 (4/10 fr., 3 blocks), Maring 28 (23/45 fr., 5 aces), Stragier 14 (14/33 fr. . Cos 2 (1/2 ref., 1 block), Debuc, Wooters
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