He did his duty in Brasov and… he watches Champions League o Olympic!
The “red and white” comfortably prevailed 3-0 sets (25-20, 25-19, 25-20) of the local Corona in the first match for the 3rd qualifying round and are now needed even two sets in next week’s home leg (22/10, 19:00) to stamp the “ticket” for the groups.
His team Andrea Gardini he had the title of favorite from the start and confirmed it on the field as well, with the Romanians opposing the Piraeus more in the first two sets, but not being able to stop them and bowing to the superiority of the visitors.
Olympiacos, although it had only 22% excellent receptionserved just three aces, and Travitsa orchestrated the attack flawlessly, delivering 56% efficiency (48/86), with the number rising to 63% in the second set. Piraeus also had a good block (9 in three sets), with single black spot the mistakes (20 against Brasov’s 15, which, however, did not pay off).
The sets: 20-25, 19-25, 20-25
Fluctuation:
1st set: 6-8, 12-16, 17-21, 20-25
2nd set: 5-8, 12-16, 13-21, 19-25
3rd set: 6-8, 12-16, 16-21, 20-25
*Brasov’s points came from 3 aces, 31 attacks, 9 blocks and 20 opponent errors and Olympiacos’ points came from 3 aces, 48 attacks, 9 blocks and 15 opponent errors.
The sets: 0-3 (20-25, 19-25, 20-25) in 76′
BRASOF (Laurentiou Litsa): Colito 8 (8/15 ff.), Gomans 10 (7/20 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 63% sub – 44% excellent), Graham 5 (4/6 ff., 1 ace), Lupu 1 (1/7 ff.), Arkiez, Stosavlevich 4 (3/13 ff., 1 block, 29% sub. – 14% excellent) / Kantor (l, 43% sub. – 29% excellent), Magdas, Melnikov 3 (2/9 fr., 1 block), Laza, Kovacevic 6 (5/12 fr., 1 block, 25% sub. – 13% excellent), Butler 2 (1/2 fr., 1 ace).
OLYMPIACOS S.F.P. (Andrea Gardini): Pagenk 8 (6/11 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Perrin 18 (14/25 ff., 1 ace, 3 blocks, 54% sub. – 15% excellent), Koumendakis 5 (5/15 ff., 30% sub – 26% excellent), Travica 1 (1 block), Atanasijevic 18 (17/26 ref., 1 block), Djuric 10 (6/8 ref., 1 ace, 3 block) / Dziavras (l, 29% sub – 21% excellent).
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