OFI defeated the condemned Aristotelis Skydras 3-1 in Heraklion for the third game of the men’s Volley League play outs and temporarily dropped to -5 of the standings, waiting for Pegasos-Athlos later.
OFI was excellent in the first two sets, avoiding many mistakes, in relation to Aristotle and having superiority in the block, but also in the counter attacks. The Crete team had a big difference in the score in the first two sets.
From the moment Aristotle reduced the sets, OFI had no room for losses and gave everything. Although they got a scare when Aristotle took a 17-14 lead with a Torres recital, the Cretans responded with Adami’s serve and Giumaka’s difficult counterattacks. With two 3-0 runs, they led 21-19, there were consecutive errors, Torres cut it to 24-22 and Giumakas made it 25-22 for 3-1.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-6, 16-9, 21-13, 25-17
2nd set: 8-6, 16-12, 21-13, 25-17
3rd set: 8-5, 16-13, 20-21, 22-25
4th set: 6-8, 14-16, 21-19, 25-22
*OFI’s points came from: 5 aces, 42 attacks, 11 blocks, 39 opponent errors and Aristotle Skydras points came from: 6 aces, 45 attacks, 2 blocks, 28 opponent errors.
The sets: 3-1 (25-17, 25-17, 22-25, 25-22)
OFI (Nikos Antoniadis): Shikoku 11p. (10/21f., 1 ace, 50%f., 18%no.), Vaiopoulos 3 (3/11f.), Adami 5 (4 blocks, 1 ace), Ambrao 6 (4/16f., 2 blocks, 42%ap., 17%ap.), Tziumakas 24 (20/46ap., 2 blocks, 2 aces), Blumbergs 9 (5/9ap., 3 blocks, 1 ace) / Chadimas (l. – 53%ap. ), Arabopoulos, Bardakjian
ARISTOTELIS SKYDRAS (Panagiotis Sdraukakis): Vlachopoulos 1 (1 ace), Mendez 3p. (3/12f.), Papageorgiou 3 (1/4f., 2 blocks), Torres 27 (26/44f., 1 ace), Tselios 2 (5/1f., 1 ace) Sarikeisoglou 6 (5/16f., 50%op., 30%no.) / Antoniou (l. – 50%op., 29%op.), Sdraukakis 3 (2/6ep., 1 ace, 57%op., 29%op.), Doudoudis , Flores 8 (7/21 ff., 1 ace, 43% ref., 29% ref.)
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