Olympic against PAOK act three for this season, but first title match, as the first trophy of the year is decided on Wednesday afternoon in the closed “Melina Merkouri” of Rentis. (gym Melina Merkouris, Renti, 24/1, 17:00, ERT-3 HDReferees: Vasiliadis, Koutsoulas)
Where the “red and white” (last year’s champions, as they defeated PAOK with 3-1 victories in the series of finals), face the “black and white” (last year’s cup winners, as they prevailed with 3-1 against Olympiakos in the final of the Final 4 of Kalamata ).
In recent years, the two teams have faced each other in the finals of the league, Cup and League Cup, but for the first time they will compete for the Super Cupwith Olympiacos looking for its third title in the institution and PAOK its maiden.
The “red and white” have the home advantage (it came after a draw), but also the tradition on their side, as in addition to the two victories they have celebrated over Dikefalos in the regular season of the Volley League (3-0 in Rentis and 3 -1 at PAOK Sports Arena) remain undefeated in their home matches with the “black and white” from November 7, 2021 (when the Thessaloniki team won 3-2 for the League Cup).
The “black and white” in this their 3rd game of the year against Olympiakos will line up with third different roster… In the match of the first round we had the only participation of Thomas Rousseau in the Volley League (then the Belgian withdrew due to injury), in the match of the second round Axel Truchshev played, while now in the Super Cup they will face the “red and whites” for the first time Markos Galiotos, Alexey Samuilenko with the PAOK shirt.
Galiotos, Konstantinidis were teammates with Dimitris Tzourits in 2022 when Foinikas Syrou, coached by Josko Milenkoski, beat Olympiakos 3-0 in the Super Cup in Rhodes, while Menelaos Kokkinakis was a teammate of Jurich in the Olympiakos team, which had won the Super Cup in Santorini by beating Panathinaikos 3-1.
The Super Cup will be held without the presence of spectatorsas after the events of December 7, it was characterized as “special conditions” race.
The history of the Super Cup
The Super Cup had been off the calendar for several years, though has come back strongly in the last two years with Finikas Syrou and Panathinaikos winning the titles (against Olympiakos the first and PAOK the second).
It will be the 86th derby between the two teams since 1998 when the new scoring system was introduced. Olympiacos leads in victories with 65-20.
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