Maybe his friends Panathinaikos to create a hot atmosphere at the St. Thomas Indoor to help Andreopoulos’s team overturn the 3-0 of the first match in Turkey, but the Halkbank proved superior despite the pressure, beat me 3-2 sets and solemnly qualified for the Challenge Cup finals.
The “greens” needed a 3-0 or 3-1 victory and then to prevail in the golden set to be in the next phase, however this did not happen after the guests reached 2-0 and the rest of the sets were just procedural, but the “clover” showed that it has … metal, after forcing its opponent in the first set loss in the tournament!
The finals will be held on March 15 and 22, while the other contender for the title will be the winner of the pair between Narbonne and Ljubljana.
The match
The Turks started the game better and the 1-5 that arrived quickly, forced Andreopoulos to get a time out. This woke up his players who tied at 6-6. Armed with their good reception and Hernandez, Halkbank began to open the gap (11-14, 13-15).
From that point, the Turks ran a partial score of 6-1 that put the “greens” with difficulty (14-21). With Protopsaltis in the service, the “clover” reacted and reduced to 19-21! However, the guests pressed the accelerator and comfortably reached 1-0 (19-25) without losing a point.
The second set was an absolute derby at the beginning, with the two teams reaching 9-9 together. Andreopoulos, Protopsaltis and Den Dris opened the gap to +3 (13-10), but the Turks with Gulmezoglou as their main spokesman, overturned the score and made it 14-16. Hernandez continued to score, but some mistakes of Halkbank kept Panathinaikos close, but it did not “step” well. The “greens” did not find solutions, the score became 21-24 and a won block out on Den Dries, made it 2-0 (22-25) and the qualification.
They may have already been eliminated, but the hosts decided to fight it. With Bruno finding points in all ways for Halbank, Panathinaikos had to fight and was finally rewarded (1-2 sets, 30-28), after consecutive lost match balls of the guests. The “greens” took advantage of the hot Dan Driss, their impenetrable block and the changes of the Turks turned 11-11 into 25-17 and tied at 2-2!
In the tie break, Andreopoulos’s team took a significant lead for the victory (8-6, 11-8, 13-11), but the Turks turned it around (13-14) and managed after a great effort to get the “double” with 18-20 and 3-2 sets.
The sets (19-25, 21-25, 30-28, 25-17, 18-20)
PANATHINAIKOS A.O. (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Protopsaltis 15 (12/25 ff., 2 aces, 1 block, 56% yp-41% excellent), Jacobsen 3 (2/2 ff., 1 block), Rangel 11 (7/14 ff. ., 4 blocks), Andreopoulos Ch. 8 (7/10 ff., 50% yp-42% excellent), Van de Dries 19 (14/37 ff., 3 aces, 2 blocks), Stalekar 5 (5 / 10 ff.) / Garas (l, 45% yp-24% excellent), Bassis 2 (1/3 ff., 1 block), Tailor 10 (9/23 ff., 1 ace, 23% yp-15 % excellent).
HALKBANK (Tanner Attic): Keskin 3 (3 blocks), Vigras 16 (10/15 ep., 1 ace, 5 blocks), Bruno 12 (12/18 ep., 53% minus-40% excellent), Karasou 2 ( 1/2 ff., 1 block), Hernandez 15 (14/24 ff., 1 ace), Goulmezoglou 12 (8/19 ff., 4 blocks, 46% vs.-29% excellent) / Done (l, 60 % yp-43% excellent), Ergül (l), Ekci 3 (1/1 ff., 2 aces), Vuτiσεevi 12 12 (12/26 ff.), Aydin 3 (2/6 ff., 1 ace), Bairam 3 (1/10 fps, 1 ace, 1 block, 59% vs.-29% excellent).
The live of the match
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