Olympiacos cut PAOK’s cough in the tie break

He went to gouge out his eyes but Olympiacos found a great victory! The “red and whites” took a 2-0 lead over PAOK in Renti, the “black and whites” equalized in an emphatic way, but in the tie break the home team showed their spirit and took the two important points, remaining in the hunt for second place, “breaking” the streak of 9 consecutive wins of his team Marco Fenolio.

It remains at the top with a record 17-2 the Thessaloniki team, in Wednesday the Piraeus team with a record of 14-5 and 43 points.

In the competitive part, Olympiacos entered strongly and imposed its rhythm on first set, taking a quick five-point lead (15-10). PAOK responded by leveling the match with a 2-7 run making the score 17-17. However, the “red and white” reacted and with Vilma Salas and Militsa Koumboura as the protagonists, they reached the 25-19 for 1-0.

His development is shocking second set with PAOK taking a lead of four points, for the 9-13, however the total “blackout” gave Olympiakos the right to run an impressive 10-0 run reaching 19-13. the guests reacted by reducing to 22-18 but Olympiacos reached 2-0 after the 25-19.

PAOK’s reaction to third set it came after exciting changes in the score. The 7-10 of Fenolio’s team woke up the hosts who made the upset by reaching the 15-12. From that point onwards the match became a derby with PAOK finally taking the set after a mini “overtime” reaching the 2-1.

The Thessaloniki team was imposing in the fourth set. 5-9 happened immediately 8-18 with the result that the psychology of the “red and white” drops dramatically and the set goes to the “black and white” with the emphatic 11-25 by which the derby would be decided in the tie-break.

There, both teams made mistakes that resulted in them being close to the score. Olympiacos led 10-9 as a result of which PAOK lost its concentration and finally the match 3-2 after 15-11 of Olympiakos.

The sets: 25-19, 25-19, 28-30, 11-25, 15-11