He took a “walk” and is waiting for… the next opponent, Olympiacos

Olympiacos is ready for the next qualifying round of the Men’s Volleyball Champions League. The “red and white” beat Strumica in North Macedonia comfortably 3-0 in the first match of the first qualifying round of the top-ranked European club competition and go to the rematch next Tuesday in Rentis just to formally “seal” the qualification.

Olympiacos led 9-3 with Djuric as the protagonist and Volkov’s efforts for the home team did not bring results, since the “red and white” reached 17-13 after the continuous attacks of Strumitsa and finally 25-15.

In the second set, Olympiacos led 7-3 and 15-6 with Perrin and Atanasievics. Strumitsa tried to reduce, but the Greek champions reached 25-17.

The “red and white” gained a margin of safety in the third set as well and reached the final 25-15.

The sets: 15-25, 16-25, 15-25

Strumitsa’s points came from 3 aces, 20 attacks, 2 blocks and 22 opponent errors while Olympiakos’s came from 5 aces, 42 attacks, 10 blocks and 18 opponent errors

Strumitsa (Kirill Rykliev): Iliev 2 (2/11 ref., 38% sub. – 23% excellent), Richliev 1 (0/4 ref., 1 block), Mazjunkov 4 (3/10 ref., 1 ace), Volkov 8 (6/ 17 ref., 2 aces, 48% sub. – 33% excellent), Nakov 2 (1/8 ref., 1 block), Milev B. 5 (5/13 ref., 67% sub. – 67% excellent) / Angelovsky (l., 62% sub. – 44% excellent), Stankov 1 (1/1 s.), Arapov (l.), Milev G. 1 (1/3 s., 33% sub. – 33% excellent), Iliev K. 1 (1/1 ff.), Grkovsky

OLYMPIAN (Andrea Gardini): Pagenk 7 (6/9 ff., 1 block), Perrin 16 (11/16 ff., 3 aces, 2 blocks, 88% sub. – 75% excellent), Koumentakis 5 (4/12 ff., 1 block, 45% subs – 32% supers), Travica 1 (1/1 fr.), Atanasievic 18 (15/18 fr., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Djuric 10 (5/9 fr., 1 ace, 4 blocks ) / Tziavras (l., 78% sub. – 44% excellent)