He fought it by making a very positive appearance, but was ultimately defeated by 3-1 sets (23-25, 25-20, 28-26, 31-29) in Poland by the European champion, Zaksafor his first matchday CEV Champions League The Olympic.
The “red and whites” showed themselves to be highly competitive against a top-quality team and despite the defeat, they left promises in view of the continuation and showed themselves capable of fighting equally for the first two places in the group, which give qualification.
Leaders for the Piraeus were Stern (19p), Hidalgo (13) and Koumendakis (12), while for the winners the first scorer was Kaczmarek with 22 points and was followed by Bednorge with 13 and o Smith with 12.
Impressive at the start of the match, Olympiacos stayed close to the score and broke the block of its opponents and finally managed to make it 1-0, winning with 25-23.
However, Zaksa then took a 13-10 lead and then took advantage of the “red and white” mistakes, reaching the 25-20 and leveling at 1-1, before a thrilling third set came, in which the two teams went hand-to-hand until 14-14.
The Poles made it 22-15 with a 7-0 run, but Olympiacos came back and equalized, before Zaksa made it 2-1 at 28-26. Finally, in the fourth set, Olympiacos led 6-2 and 9-5, while reaching 18-15, being in the driver’s seat. Nevertheless, the Poles leveled at 18-18 and the set went to a tie break, where Zaksa found the solutions, reaching victory with 31-29.
The sets: 23-25, 25-20, 28-26, 31-29
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