He overthrew Panathinaikos and the awesome PAOK was left alone at the top!

In a game worthy of the level of both teams, the PAOK celebrated a great “double” inside the Indoor of St. Thomas against Panathinaikos (1-3 sets)a result that consolidates the “black and whites” at the top of the Volley League and all this in a match that started half an hour late!

Thus, the Thessalonians reached them 31 points in 12 games, while the “clover” that has one less (with the Phoenix), was left in 27 and saw Olympiakos to approach him to three. THE Udris was key to the development of the game and the main pillar for Kalmazidis’s team to turn the match, although he lost the first set.

The match



The first set was worthy of the dynamics of the two teams, since until 11-9 of Panathinaikos with an impressive block, no one could escape the score. PAOK went ahead at some point (12-13), but the “greens” with a won Video Check were sent back to +2 (18-16). Andreopoulos’s team arrived has three sets of bowls (24-21), that of Kalmazidis “extinguished” the first two (24-23), but Protopsaltis cleared one of the 1-0 (25-23)!

As in the beginning, so in the second set Panathinaikos and PAOK stayed close, with the “black and whites” reaching the +3 (10-13)with a block by Dan Dries. The 13-15, turned with soul from the “greens” into 17-15 and the “clover” reached 20-18, having the upper hand. But the mistakes of the hosts in combination with three blocks of Brown they made the 7-0 series and gave PAOK the opportunity to equalize at 1-1 (20-25).

The 2-0 was done immediately 2-3 in the third set with blocks again by Brown, a terrible rally ended in Panathinaikos with an attack by Protopsaltis (10-10), while from then on, the “biceps of the north” imposed its rhythm. From the moment the difference reached +3 (12-15)the whole of Kalmazidis maintained the specific safety difference and even increased it (16-20, 17-21)! The hosts reduced with Protopsaltis and the +2 was maintained for a long time (19-21, 20-22, 21-23), Dan Driss did a bad service (21-24), as did Kouklinski (22-24) , with Belarus however ending the set (22-25) for 1-2.

Brown and Rangel entered the fourth set terribly, in a formal duel between them (4-4), Panathinaikos broke away at +2 (8-6), but the unstoppable Udris responded to literally every attack of the “greens”, broke all the blocks and forced Andreopoulos to call a timeout (11-13). The words of the coach of the “clover” took place (14-14), but with a frantic series PAOK escaped for the first time in +5 (15-20) with Udris having “orgies” in the attack. With Jacobsen in the service scissors… closed abruptly (19-20) and reached 21-22 with lost service from both sides. 22-22 was converted to 22-24 and then 24-24, for Udris to come to finish it for 1-3 (25-27)!



Sets 1-3 (25-23, 20-25, 22-25, 25-27)

PANATHINAIKOS A.O.. (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Lead singer 7p. (5 / 20m., 2 aces, 62% min., 38% no.), Rangel 10 (8 / 15m., 2 blocks), Tailor 10 (8 / 22m., 2 aces, 39% min., 16% no.), Van de Dries 15 (14 / 30m., 1 block), Stalecar 8 (7 / 9m., 1 block) / Garas (l. – 37% min., 11% no.), Bassis, Andreopoulos 3 (3 / 8ff., 67% min., 17% no.).

Π.Α.Ο.Κ. (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Brown 15p. (7 / 8m., 8 blocks), Petreas 11 (8 / 11m., 3 blocks), Walsh 5 (3 / 3m., 1 block, ace), Koumentakis 7 (7 / 15m., 61% min., 28 % No. 35% no.), Sotiriou 1 (1 block), Gatsis, Bourakis (l).

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