Olympiacos-PAOK: One to protect his “home”, the other for the… break

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The time for the league finals of the 2022-23 season… has arrived, with the Olympic and the PAOK to claim this year’s title in Volleyball Leaguefor which three wins are needed.

The “red and whites”, who won first place in the regular season, have the home advantage, hence they welcome tomorrow (18/4) at 19:15 (ERT3, News Bulletin 247 and sport-fm.gr) in “Melina Merkouri” the “two-headed of the North” in the first final.

After the loss of the domestic League Cup, and while it was preceded by the conquest of the Challenge Cup, Olympiacos turns to the last goal of the season. Which is none other than winning the championship and returning to the top, after 2021!

Let’s remember that, in the semi-finals of this year’s Volley League, the Piraeus eliminated Milos easily, with 3-0 victories.

PAOK, on ​​the other hand, is also preparing for the fourth championship in its history and first since 2017.

As we mentioned above, Josko Milenkoski’s team has the home advantage, so by definition a win at Rentis is needed to get that advantage…

To qualify for the finals, PAOK eliminated Panathinaikos in the semi-finals of the Volley League just as easily as his current opponent, beating him with 3-0 victories!

It is also worth noting that this will be the 80th derby between the two teams since 1998, when the new points system was introduced. With Olympiakos in the lead even counting the… three times more victories than PAOK, with 60-19!

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