Panathinaikos “fell” heroically fighting from the superior Kieri

In the domestic events he turns his interest Panathinaikos. The team of Yiannis Kalmazidis made it difficult for Chieri, but the senior Italian women prevailed in Agios Thomas 3-2 sets and in combination with the 3-0 of the first match they qualified for the next phase Women’s Challenge Cup.

Deposit of soul from the “greens” which after the heavy 25-14 of the first set, they recovered their strength and psychology, tying at 1-1, but the Italian women took the set they needed to qualify.

The match:

In the competitive part, Panathinaikos entered quite scared first tot as Kieri was not in the mood to take risks, as a result of which she built a big difference early on which reached up to 12 points (22-10) and closed the previous set with 25-14.

The “greens” tried in the second set to turn the situation around Grotes and Anthoulis to offer a lot and so they reached the middle of the set leading by 6 (20-14). The team of Yiannis Kalmazidis maintained their advantage and tied at 1-1 after 25-20.

In the third set the guests mobilized their quality and after overturning the -3 disadvantage they managed to find themselves in front of the score with 16-12, while they finished the qualification again with a big difference (6 points) 25-19.

Hopes may have vanished, but Panathinaikos managed to fourth set to come in strongly taking advantage of the elemental looseness shown by the Kieri players. The set was throughout balanced with the “greens” equaling the details with 25-22 leading the match to an… informal tiebreak.

There she Kierimanaged to hold the lead all the time eventually taking the set with 15-10 and therefore the victory with 3-2 sets.

The sets: 14-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 10-15

Fluctuation: 1st set: 5-8, 8-16, 10-21, 14-25 2nd set: 8-4, 16-12, 21-15, 25-20 3rd set: 8-6, 12-16, 16- 21, 19-25 4th set: 6-8, 16-15, 21-20, 25-22 5th set: 2-5, 6-10, 7-12, 10-15 .

Panathinaikos’ points came from 4 aces, 55 attacks, 13 blocks and 21 opponent errors and Chieri’s came from 9 aces, 59 attacks, 12 blocks and 27 opponent errors. The sets: 2-3 (14-25, 25-20, 19-25, 25-22, 10-15) in 112′

Panathinaikos (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Hatziefstratiadou 8 (5/10 ref., 3 blocks), Anae 18 (13/31 ref., 1 ace, 4 blocks, 53% sub. – 23% excellent), Grotous 8 (6/19 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 47% sub – 31% excellent), Papafotiou 3 (3/8 ref.), Anthoulis 21 (19/50 ref., 2 blocks), Medic 10 (5/12 ref., 2 aces, 3 blocks ) / Roga (l, 54% sub. – 27% excellent), Nikologianni 3 (3/10 ff., 67% sub. – 17% excellent), Palasio, Metaxa 1 (1/1 ff.), Merkouri.

Chieri (Julio Bregoli): Kazo 9 (6/22 ref., 2 aces, 1 block, 68% sub. – 32% excellent), Bossio 4 (2/4 ref., 2 blocks), Grobelna 19 (16/37 ref., 3 aces) . , 2 blocks) / Spirito (l, 75% sub. – 30% excellent), Finney (l), Morello 1 (1 ace), Rozanski 4 (4/18 ff., 44% sub. – 19% excellent), Nervini 3 (2/6 ref., 1 ace), Stork 5 (4/8 ref., 1 block), Cone.