Panathinaikos in the final

Panathinaikos advanced to the final of the men’s volleyball tournament of Gubio on Saturday. The “greens” defeated Taranto 3-2 in the first semi-final of the competition and on Sunday they will face one of Ciserna or Padua in the final.

The “clover” was losing 0-2 sets, but reacted and won in the tie break. Leading for the “greens” were Kovar and Hernandez with 18 points each.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 8-7, 16-14, 21-20, 23-25

2nd set: 6-8, 11-16, 13-21, 17-25

3rd set: 8-6, 16-10, 21-15, 25-19

4th set: 8-6, 16-14, 21-17, 25-23

5th set: 3-5, 10-8, 11-12, 21-19

*Panathinaikos’ points came from 5 aces, 60 attacks, 9 blocks and 37 opponent errors and Prisma Taranto’s points came from 6 aces, 63 attacks, 7 blocks and 35 opponent errors.

The sets: 23-25, 17-25, 25-19, 25-23, 21-19 in 212′.

PANATHINAIKOS (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Kovar 18 (17/32 ref., 1 block, 77% sub-55% no.), Ierethuelo 1 (1/1 ref.), Petraeus 11 (10/17 ref., 1 ace), Hernandez 18 (17/ 44 ref., 1 ace), Voulkidis 2 (2/7 ref.), Protopsaltis 12 (8/14 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks, 88%sub-47% no.), Kontostathis (l, 45% sub -34% no.), Kasambalis 4 (2/2 ref., 2 blocks), Markou, Rangel 8 (5/11 ref., 3 blocks)

PRISM TARANTO (Mastrangelo Vincenzo): Gargiulo 9 (7/11 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Aletti 8 (8/13 ff.), Trinidad De Haro 4 (2/4 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Lanza 21 (18/43 ref., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 50% sub-21%r.), Russell 22 (20/38 fr., 2 aces), Raffaelli 10 (6/20 fr., 1 ace, 3 blocks, 42%fr. -35% no.), Rizzo (l, 59% ref- 31% no.), Sala 2 (2/5 eff.), Bonacci, Gutierrez