PAOK passed through Orestiada, Den Dries was injured

His first away victory in the Volleyleague was scored by PAOK defeating me 3-0 Athlos in Orestiada for the 6th matchday.

However, the Thessalonians had a lot of difficulty, especially in the first set (23-25) and the third (26-28), while they more easily won the second (18-25).

The bad news of the evening was Den Dries injury who at 20-19 of the first set left with an injury problem and saw the continuation of the game from the bench with ice on his right knee.

The newly acquired Truchchev had an excellent debut, scoring 17 points on 13/23 completions, 4 blocks and just 2 turnovers on 20 receptions. A very good appearance was made by Van Garderen and Saltaferidis, especially in the finale of the 1st set.

Dikefalos rose to 7 points and overtook Athlos and Kalamata 80, while Athlos remained at 4 points and suffered its 4th consecutive defeat.

The two teams renew their appointment for Thursday (7/12), this time in Thessaloniki and at the closed stadium of Mikras at 17:00 for a knockout match against the background of qualifying for the semi-finals of the League Cup.

The sets: 23-25, 18-25, 24-26

Fluctuation:

1st set: 7-8, 14-16, 21-20, 23-25

2nd set: 4-8, 10-16, 15-21, 18-25

3rd set: 8-7, 13-16, 19-21, 24-26

*Athlos Orestiada’s points came from: 4 aces, 37 attacks (45% efficiency), 8 blocks, 16 opponent errors (10 lost serves) and P.A.O.K. points came: 3 aces, 42 attacks (57% efficiency), 6 blocks, 25 opponent errors (16 misses).

ATHLOS ORESTIADAS (Christian Kitsigoi): Buyati 10p. (8/23f., 1 block, 1 ace), Alexakis, Ramos Perez 5 (4/5f., 1 block), Sorra 2 (1/1f., 1 block), Bake 18 (16/28f., 2 aces , 54%f., 38%f.), Ristics 10 (6/22f., 3 blocks, 1 ace, 59%f., 41%f.) / Synadinos (l. – 79%f., 58%f. .), Konstantinidis 2 (1/3ep., 1 block), Bozidis P. 2 (1/1ep., 1 block).

P.A.O.K. (Josko Milenkoski): Van Garderen 16p. (15/23f., 1 block, 78%f., 56%f.), Blankenau 2 (2/3f.), Gatsis 2 (1/4f., 1 block), Takouridis 4 (3/4f., 1 ace), Truchchev 17 (13/23rep., 4 blocks, 50%rep., 30%rep.), Van den Dries 3 (2/6rep., 1 ace) / Kokkinakis (l. – 58%rep., 42 %no.), Saltaferidis 7 (6/11f., 1 ace), Linardos.