The sweetest defeat of Milos

Wednesday’s defeat will probably be the “sweetest” in the history of Milos until the next one. The Black and Greens of New Izmir lost 2-3 sets to Zadruga in Austria in their second round of 32 CEV Cup men’s volleyball match, but their 3-0 set win in the first leg last week gave them the “ticket” to the next phase.

Milonas will now face the winner of the Düren (Germany) – Strumitsa (Northern M.) match.

The Nea Smyrni team found themselves losing with 0-1 set, they tied easily and everything was decided in the third set. Although he found himself behind in the score with 12-8, 24-23, 25-24 and 28-27, he managed to withstand the pressure and take the set 30-28 and automatically the qualification, with the last two sets having formal importance.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 7-8, 14-16, 17-21, 27-25

2nd set: 5-8, 11-16, 17-21, 19-25

3rd set: 8-7, 16-14, 21-17, 28-30

4th set: 8-2, 16-9, 21-14, 25-17

5th set: 2-5, 10-9, 12-11, 20-18

*Zadruga’s points came from 5 aces, 70 attacks (45% efficiency), 15 blocks and 29 opponent errors (16 misses) and Milos’ points came from 5 aces, 72 attacks (53% efficiency), 13 blocks and 25 errors opponents (16 lost serves).

The sets: 27-25, 19-25, 28-30, 25-17, 20-18 in 133′

ZANDRUGA (Michael Murauer): Szabo 5 (5/8 ff.), Horvath 10 (9/24 ff., 1 block, 47% sub. – 33% excellent), Mandilaris 10 (10/28 ff.), Kamino 14 (14/29 ff. . % excellent), Steiner (l), Stochs 2 (1/1 ref., 1 block), Dzenis 5 (2/4 ref., 3 blocks), Krasnig 9 (9/13 ref.), Grzegorczyk 5 (5/ 14 ff., 50% sub – 50% excellent), Bridge, Mosina

MILON (Sakis Psarras): Charalambidis 11 (8/14 ff., 3 blocks), Bassis 15 (10/15 ff., 2 aces, 3 blocks), Yordanov 16 (16/32 ff.), Molina 12 (9/17 ff., 1 ace , 2 blocks, 57% sub. – 52% excellent), Polouyan 10 (9/13 ff., 1 block, 57% sub. – 26% excellent), Hand 1 (1 block) / Chandrinos (l, 60% sub – 44% excellent), Mandelidis 2 (1/5 ref., 1 block), Sousouridis 2 (2 blocks), Kouvaras 3 (3/8 ref.), Kontostathis 3 (3/10 ref., 62% ref. – 38% excellent), Nanopoulos 15 (13/23 ff., 2 aces, 47% sub. – 33% excellent)