He saw the blessing with his own eyes, but Olympiacos escaped the disaster! The “red and white” found it dark in Rentis against the fighting Apollonios and won the match in the details through the tie-break, thus climbing to the top of the standings.
Earlier in Santorini, PAOK knew the defeat with a bad performance by A.O. Thiras 3-0 set to stay 10th in the standings with a 1-2 record.
A difficult victory for Aris as well, who beat G.S. in the tie break. Pefkon (3-2), while Thetida got its second victory in this year’s Volley League, winning 3-1 set against Lamia, thus climbing to 3rd place.
Olympiacos-Apollonios 3-2 sets
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-5, 16-13, 21-14, 25-17
2nd set: 7-8, 16-12, 19-21, 26-28
3rd set: 7-8, 11-16, 16-21, 29-27
4th set: 8-3, 16-13, 20-21, 29-31
5th set: 5-3, 10-7, 12-11, 15-13
*Olympiakos’ points came from 9 aces, 75 attacks, 14 blocks and 26 opponent errors and Apollonius’s points came from 4 aces, 61 attacks, 13 blocks and 38 opponent errors.
OLYMPIACOS S.F.P. (Lorenzo Micelli): Nizetich 23 (21/49 ref., 2 aces, 55% sub. – 19% excellent), Kararo 6 (2/3 ref., 2 aces, 2 blocks), Lamprousi 2 (2/6 ref.), Emmanouilidou 8 (4/13 ref., 4 blocks), Koumboura 27 (23/63 ref., 4 blocks), Mleinkova 27 (21/56 ref., 3 aces, 3 blocks, 51% sub. – 23% excellent) / Artakianou (l, 50% sub. – 17% excellent), Konstandellou 2 (1 ace, 1 block), Tsitsigianni 3 (2/8 ff., 1 ace), Tanis.
O.F.A. APOLLONIOS (Nikos Boutsouris): Pitta 5 (3/9 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Fakopoulidou 15 (12/44 ref., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 41% sub. – 23% excellent), Rapti 18 (18/60 ref., 60% sub – 24% excellent), Lavda 5 (1/3 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Kavadia 10 (5/16 ref., 5 blocks), Asonia 25 (22/60 ref., 1 ace , 2 blocks) / Toulgaridou (l, 64% sub. – 18% excellent), Koumboura, Dialla, Sideratou.
AO Thiras-PAOK
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-1, 16-5, 21-5, 25-12
2nd set: 7-8, 16-14, 21-20, 25-22
3rd set: 8-5, 16-14, 21-18, 25-21
The sets: 3-0 (25-12, 25-22, 25-21) in 74′
*AO Thiras points came from 13 aces, 35 attacks, 10 blocks and 17 opponent errors and PAOK’s points came from 5 aces, 27 attacks, 8 blocks and 15 opponent errors.
A.O. Thiras (Matteo Freschi): Popic 7 (2/8 ref., 2 aces, 3 blocks), Fernandes 13 (9/30 ref., 2 aces, 2 blocks, 31% sub.-14% excellent), Mercado 9 (7/20 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Christodoulou 7 (4/4 ref., 3 aces), Figiok 15 (9/18 ref., 2 aces, 4 blocks, 44% sub.-33% excellent) / Georgiadou (l, 57 % sub.-14% excellent), Karabassi.
P.A.O.K. (Darko Zakocs): Vigars 1 (1 block), Polinopoulou 1 (1/4 ref.), Tsioga 7 (3/6 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Milanova (0/5 ref.), Williams 12 (12/30 ref. , 33% sub.-17% excellent), Kyparissi 7 (5/16 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 33% sub.-27% excellent) / Xanthopoulou (l, 33% sub.-20% excellent), Iliopoulou, Klepkou 12 (6/18 ff., 3 aces, 3 blocks, 67% sub.-11% excellent), Armoutsi, Terzoglou.
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