Derby with its top in the background Volleyball League in the shadow of the sad episodes in Rentis. A few days after the match that never ended for the “Nikos Samaras” League Cup, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos cross their “swords” for the 8th matchday of the Volley League.
The two “eternal” rivals are running an impressive undefeated streak within the borders, with Panathinaikos counting its only score loss in Pylaia against PAOK (2-3 sets) at a time when the champions of Greece count only “clean” victories in the championship and are located at -2 with one match less.
Common component of the two, the European defeats from which they come. On the one hand, the home team Olympiacos was defeated in Rentis 3-1 from Zirat, for his 3rd matchday CEV Champions Leaguewhile Panathinaikos fought, but failed to “bend” it Monza at Metz.
The Argentinian coach of Olympiakos, Daniel Castellani stated: “Derby, different from the previous one, because it’s for the championship. We are excited for this game, we want to play games like this. We will fight for the positive result, for the victory. We did some good things in the previous Champions League match, I want to see a good performance tomorrow as well.”
The international winger of Olympiakos, Raphael Koumentakis stated: “It’s a derby, for us the victory is important. We want to stay first in the standings. We know what the conditions will be like tomorrow, we know we won’t be playing with our world, but we are committed to volleyball and only volleyball. We hope to play a good game.”
The Cuban diagonal of Panathinaikos, Fernando Hernandezstated: “We are going through an intense period of time and we must be committed to our competitive side. We played a very strong match against Monza and next week we have the rematch. In between there is the away match against Olympiakos and we want to show up ready for that as well. We like to play at a high level all the time anyway and that’s what it’s all about to be able to play against teams like Italy’s Monza.”
Referees: Papadogoulas, Mylonakis, Match Observer: Kalpaktsoglou, Referee Observer: Georgopoulos, Supervisors: Kapotis, Katsiaras, Secretariat: Karatzoglidou.
The match will start at 20:00 and will be televised by ERT3.
The history of the two teams:
Since 1998, when the new scoring system was established in the league, there have been 75 league games and Olympiacos leads the way in victories 46-29.
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