“Sifunas” Olympiacos seduced Milos and left for the final!

He did his duty and Olympiacos is aiming for the second cup of the season! The “red and white” with a convincing appearance and protagonists Hidalgo and Stern prevailed 3-0 set of Milos in the closed “Tenda” of Kalamata and qualified for Saturday’s final (1/4) where they will claim the 17th trophy of their history!

Sweeping in the first set, Alberto Giuliani’s team, with a recital from the service line and an excellent reception, prevailed with an emphatic 25-15, while in the second they needed a mythical turnaround, “tumbling’ the -8 of the soulful Milos who won the applause of the world.

An impressive streak from the European Cup winners who celebrated it 11th win them in the last 12 matches!

The match

The start of Olympiakos in the first set was explosive, as the “red and whites” had no difficulty finding themselves in front of the score, overturning Milos’ 2-1, with the aces of Pagenk and Stern bringing the score to 5-2. The lead of Alberto Giuliani’s team began to widen despite Herr and Yordanov’s efforts to reduce it, with the result that in the middle of the set the score was 19-11. Hidalgo and Koumendakis entered the equation leading Olympiakos to easily take the set 25-15.

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The beginning of the second set was different with Milonas investing mainly in the first time attacks and with a fully armored block reaching a double score early with 10-5 taking advantage of the mistakes in the “red and white” reception. In fact, the streak of Sakis Psarra’s team continued with Brian and Yordanov taking the lead and bringing the score to +8 (13-5) forcing Alberto Giuliani to call a timeout. The Italian coach threw Dimosthenis Linardo on the taraflex, giving height in front of the net, which helped Olympiacos to go on a 4-0 run and cut it to 13-9. Milonas, however, did not flinch and with two consecutive accurate attacks by Nanopoulos, he brought the score back to safe levels (17-10). The “homeric” battles continued with Milos investing in the serve making it even more difficult for Olympiakos to receive. However, Stern, Hidalgo and Koumendakis managed to reduce the score to 20-17 putting his team back into the game, but Neosmyrniotes brought the score back to +4. However, Olympiacos with a terrible demarcation managed to make a huge turnaround reaching 2-0 with 25-23.

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The third set of the match also started evenly with both teams keeping pace with the score after Milonas came back from the lead of Olympiakos making it 8-8. The Nea Smyrni team reacted by bringing the score back to their favor 10-9. The derby continued with Molina and Yordanov keeping Milos alive in the semi-final to level the score at 15-15 as Hidalgo and Koumendakis put on a grand display. The lead did not change hands in the third set with Koumendakis and Travitsa providing solutions, while on the other hand he had no answers to the attacks in the first period. Thus, the European Cup winner managed to qualify for another final, making it 25-19 for 3-0.

The sets: 25-15, 25-13, 25-19

Here are the match stats…