Aris defeated Olympiakos with a twist in a twist!

Olympiacos, which was defeated, lost ground from second place in the women’s Volleyball League 3-2 sets from Aris, in the 18th game.

The “red and white” went to 41 points they dropped to fourth placeafter the victory of Panathinaikos over Thetis.

The match was exciting, with Aris to overthrow the… overthrow of Olympiakos and get an important victory, which raised him to 23 points.

Aris completely dominated the first set, going all the way +6 (22-16) and made it 1-0, but the “red and white” made the turnaround and took the lead in the score with 2-1.

In the second set, Aris again had the initiative until 22-18, with Olympiakos running five point streak for 23-22. The two teams went “hand-to-hand” to 25-25, with the Piraeus team ending the set for 1-1.

The third set had a completely different picture, with Olympiakos escaping after 11-11 and with a run of five points it reached 16-11, while with a new run after 19-16 it reached 2-1 set with 25-18.

The match caught fire in the fourth set. The two teams went almost point-to-point at 18-18, with Aris, from then on, completely dominating and sending the match to a tie-break with 25-19.

The derby remained until the end. Olympiacos led 7-4, with Aris reducing the block to 7-6 with a weapon. The “red and white” kept the lead until 10-7, but were unable to stop a four-point streak by the “yellows”, who led 11-10. Olympiacos reacted again and took a 12-11 lead, but that’s where his…powers ended, with Aris gassing for the 3-2 set with 15-12.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 8-6, 16-11, 21-15, 25-18

2nd set: 8-5, 16-14, 21-18, 25-27

3rd set: 8-7, 11-16, 16-21, 18-25

4th set: 8-7, 16-15, 21-18, 25-19

5th set: 3-5, 7-10, 11-12, 25-12

The sets: 3-2 (25-18, 25-27, 18-25, 25-19, 15-12) in 113′.

*Aris’ points came from 9 aces, 60 attacks, 16 blocks and 23 opponent errors and Olympiacos’ points came from 9 aces, 55 attacks, 13 blocks and 24 opponent errors.

Olympiakos (Lorenzo Micelli): Emmanuilidou 13 (6/11 ref., 2 aces, 5 blocks), Winters 18 (15/33 ref., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 45% sub.-30% excellent), Lamprousi 2 (0/2 ref. , 2 blocks), Salas 13 (10/31 ff., 2 aces, 1 block, 41% sub.-30% excellent), Tsitsigianni 8 (7/21 ff., 1 block), Kararo 1 (0/2 ff ., 1 ace) / Kosmas (l, 41% sub.-29% excellent), Giota 2 (1/4 ref., 1 ace), Christodoulou 2 (1/2 ref., 1 block), Genitsaridis 16 (15 /33 ff., 1 block), Zafiriou.

In detail, the program of the 18th matchday:

Saturday 25/2

ZAON-PAOK 0-3

(3-25, 8-25, 13-25)

Ares-Olympiakos 3-2

(25-18, 25-27, 18-25, 25-19, 15-12)

Aegaleo-AEK 1-3

(25-7, 13-25, 22-25, 21-25)

Elysiakos-Thera 0-3

(17-25, 16-25, 20-25)

Markopoulo-Lamia 3-0

(25-21, 25-21, 25-16)

Thetis-Panathinaikos 0-3

(10-25, 14-25, 19-25)