Act three at finals of this year’s Volley Leaguewith Panathinaikos and Olympiakos facing each other tonight (18:00, EPT-3, sport-fm.gr) in Metz’s stadium!
The “red and white” lead with 2-0 and they are looking for one more victory in order to celebrate the coveted title, having made the break in the first final and doubling their victories last Monday (15/4) at “Melina Merkouri”, now “hugging” the cup!
With the well-known absences of Allen Pagenk and Nikos Zoupanis, his team will line up in tonight’s derby Daniel Castellaniwho after the end of the second final stated: “The scenario, so far, is ideal for us, but we know that nothing is finished and we know the quality of Panathinaikos. We will go to the Mets as if the series is tied at 0-0. We have played very good volleyball and we are happy about that”.
As for him Panathinaikos, has his back against the wall and will be looking for a reaction tonight, so that he can take the first step towards an upset, which if it comes rightly will be described as epic. However, in order to succeed, he will have to improve a lot of the elements of his game, since in the first final he paid for his many mistakes that “gave” 24 points to his opponents, while in the second he did not manage to find a single point from his serve .
“We are in a difficult situation. We have lost both games and in fact with a relatively easy score. There is nothing else, there is a next game, we have to do everything we can to turn the series around and that is what we will try to do. We know our backs are against the wall, but that’s where we’re at right now.”said the coach of the “greens” after the derby in Rentis, Dimitris Andreopoulos.
Olympiacos have not lost a single set so far in this year’s Volley League finals series, while they have won three of the four most recent ‘eternal’ derbies, while Panathinaikos have celebrated victory in two of the three previous home meetings. them with his greatest rival.
Referees: Mylonakis, Fragakis
Match Observer: Perros
Arbitration Observer: Georgopoulos
Referee Challenge: Voudouris
Supervisors: Katsiaras, Varatasis
Secretariat: Misaka
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