Olympiacos “cleaned” Zalgiris VDU 3-0 in Kaunas in the first match between them for the “32” of the Challenge Cup women’s volleyball and essentially took the most important step for the “16” of the competition, ahead of next week’s rematch in Renti.
Lorenzo Miceli rested Koumboura, Carraro, Mleinkova, Lambrousis and Emmanouilidou, in view of the derby with Panathinaikos in Metz next Saturday with the substitutes showing a good face and competitive readiness.
Fariol returned to the tarsflex after her obligations with Argentina and was the first scorer with 17 points, while Nizetich (13 points) and Tsitsigianni (12 points) were also in double figures.
Constantello was also positive with 8 points and 3 blocks.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 5-8, 9-16, 13-21, 18-25
2nd set: 5-8, 15-16, 17-21, 21-25
3rd set: 7-8, 12-16, 14-21, 18-25
*Kaunas’ points came from 4 aces, 22 attacks, 6 blocks and 25 opponent errors and Olympiacos’ points came from 8 aces, 42 attacks, 9 blocks and 16 opponent errors.
The sets:18-25, 21-25, 18-25) in 64′
KAUNAS (Saoulius Matikonis): Makauskaite 8 (6/13 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 47% sub – 29% excellent), Valionite 2 (1/5 ref., 1 ace), Kasperavikute 5 (3/7 ref., 2 blocks) , Savukunaite 2 (2/8 ref.), Zooey 1 (1/2 ref.), Ulubelasvili 2 (2/9 ref., 25% ref. – 0% excellent) / Naimovic (l, 47% ref. – 21 % excellent), Rutkauskaite (l), Urbanaite 2 (2 aces), Kiausaite, Rauluseviciute 3 (2/5 ref., 1 block, 50% sub. – 33% excellent), Paukstaite 7 (5/18 ref., 2 block)
OLYMPIAN (Lorenzo Micelli): Konstantellou 8 (5/8 ff., 3 blocks), Nizetich 13 (12/19 ff., 1 ace, 50% sub. – 50% excellent), Vlahakis 6 (4/10 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 67% sub – 17% excellent), Tsitsigianni 12 (11/28 ff., 1 ace), Fariol 17 (9/11 ff., 5 aces, 3 blocks), Tanis 2 (2 blocks) / Sabatis (l, 57% sub. – 32% excellent), Zafiriou 1 (1/2 sub., 67% sub. – 33% excellent)
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