He painted “green” the exciting derby with her AEK The Panathinaikos!
The Kalmazidis players took a 2-0 set lead but saw their opponents come back to equalize before celebrating the big win with 3-2 (26-24, 25-21, 17-25, 23-25, 15-13) and staying on top of the Women’s Volleyball League
The match was ambiguous from the start, with AEK being better in the details and taking the first two sets 26-24 and 25-21, before Panathinaikos dominated the third set, which they won 25-17. The “greens” reached the draw, taking the fourth set with a margin of 25-23, while in the tie break the two teams went hand in hand in the score, with Panathinaikos getting the big victory thanks to the 15-13 advantage!
Panathinaikos (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Chatziefstratiadou 6 (5/9 ff., 1 block), Karkases 24 (21/45 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 55% sub. – 24% excellent), Atkinson 20 (19/48 ff., 1 ace) , Grotous 13 (9/23 ff., 4 aces, 80% sub. – 60% excellent), Papafotiou 2 (2/3 ff.), Samadan 19 (14/28 ff., 4 aces, 1 block) / Roga (l, 34% sub. – 9% excellent), Belia (l, 57% sub. – 29% excellent), Fumaki, Vassilantonaki, Metaxas, Genitsaridis.
AEK (Younus Ocal): Strandzali 11 (11/37 ref., 54% sub. – 30% excellent), Kalandatze 4 (4/13 ref.), Karits 28 (24/61 ref., 4 blocks), Konstantinidou 5 (3/3 ref. , 2 aces), Blanco 20 (12/18 ff., 2 aces, 6 blocks), Sole 5 (4/19 ff., 1 block, 70% sub. – 40% excellent) / Cosmas (l, 50% sub .– 5% excellent), Xintara (l), Iota 4 (3/7 ff., 1 ace).
THE Olympic made a show of force in Keracini against the Apolloniusreaching a comfortable 3-0 victory (25-17, 25-8, 25-14), while the third in the standings, AO Thirahad a victorious passage from Thessaloniki and Palataki, winning 3-1 PAOK (25-13, 16-25, 25-11, 25-20).
In the remaining games of the day for the fourth round of the Women’s Volleyball League, Lamia-Thetis 0-3 (23-25, 16-25, 25-20), Pefka-Aris 3-0 (25-19, 28-26, 25-22) and Ilysiakos-Markopoulos 1-3 (22-25, 25-14, 17-25, 23-25).
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