First step for Olympiakos

First step for Olympiakos. The Red and Whites beat Neftokhimik Burgas 3-1 in their opening match of the Men’s Volleyball Champions League Third Qualifying Round in Romania and need two more wins at the weekend against Prometei and Galati to qualify for the group stage of the top-flight class of European intercollegiate organization.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 8-6, 16-11, 21-17, 25-20

2nd set: 8-6, 15-16, 20-21, 27-29

3rd set: 8-2, 16-9, 21-12, 25-17

4th set: 8-6, 16-11, 21-17, 26-24

*Olympiakos’ points came from 12 aces, 51 attacks, 11 blocks and 29 opponent errors and Burgas’s points came from 1 ace, 48 attacks, 6 blocks and 35 opponent errors.

The sets: 25-20, 27-29, 25-17, 26-24 in 106′

OLYMPIAN (Daniel Castellani): Pagenk 9 (8/16 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Koumendakis 13 (8/20 ff., 3 aces, 2 blocks, 58% sub. – 21% excellent), Zoupani 8 (8/17 ff.) , Travica 2 (1/3 ref., 1 ace), Juric 16 (8/12 ref., 1 ace, 7 blocks), Hidalgo 12 (10/23 ref., 2 aces, 56% sub. – 20% excellent ) / Tziavras (l, 40% sub. – 10% excellent), Stern 14 (9/16 ff., 4 aces, 1 block), Gustavao

NEFTOKHIMIK BURGAS (Atanas Petrov): Chavdarov 6 (6/7 f.), Ragin 5 (5/8 f.), Stanev, Kakh 24 (20/42 f., 4 blocks), Petrov G. 12 (12/25 ref., 30% sub. – 25% excellent) / Drobrev (l, 57% sub. – 29% excellent), Simic, Stankov 2 (1/1 ref., 1 block), Kordev, Nedialkov 2 (1/4 ff., 1 block), Lux

*In the other premiership match, Galati defeated Prometei 3-0 in sets.