Olympiacos could not stand against the “beast”.

Olympiacos outside Europe. The “red and whites” lost 0-3 sets to Novara in Italy in the second match between them for the “16” of the Challenge Cup Women’s Volleyball and, combined with their 2-3 set defeat in the first meeting in “Melina Mercouri” on last week, they were left out of the quarter-finals of the competition, where PAOK and Panathinaikos are.

In the first two sets, Olympiacos fell behind early on, but in the third they came out stronger and had a chance to take it. Leading 20-17 and 21-18, Novara even had its first match point at 24-23, Olympiacos went ahead 25-24 and 26-25, but Novara eventually won it 29-27.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 8-1, 16-4, 21-10, 25-13

2nd set: 8-5, 16-13, 21-17, 25-19

3rd set: 5-8, 12-16, 18-21, 29-27

*Novara’s points came from 2 aces, 54 attacks, 6 blocks and 17 opponent errors and Olympiacos’ points came from 2 aces, 32 attacks, 4 blocks and 21 opponent errors.

The sets: 25-13, 25-19, 29-27 in 82′

NOVARA (Lorenzo Bernardi): Szakmari 9 (5/20 ff., 1 ace, 3 blocks, 45% sub. – 10% excellent), Bossio 2 (2/3 ff.), Bossetti 14 (13/25 ff., 1 ace, 69% sub. .- 23% free throws), Danesi 8 (7/12 ref., 1 block), Bonifacio 5 (4/8 ref., 1 block), Akimova 22 (21/38 ref., 1 block) / Fersino (l, 70% sub – 50% excellent), De Nardi, Buis 2 (2/3rd, 57% sub – 14% excellent)

OLYMPIAN (Lorenzo Micelli): Nizetich 7 (6/19 ff., 1 ace, 41% sub. – 15% excellent), Kararo 1 (1 ace), Emmanouilidou 8 (6/12 ff., 2 blocks), Koumboura 2 (2/13 ff. ), Fariole 4 (4/6 ff.), Mleinkova 8 (7/28 ff., 1 ace, 43% sub. – 26% excellent) / Artakianou (l, 57% sub. – 0% excellent), Lambrousi, Vlahaki, Tsitsigianni 8 (7/20 ff., 1 block), Tanis