Stressful premiere with Thetida, but “safe” for Panathinaikos in the championship!

Victorious premiere despite stress for Panathinaikos! The “greens” may have shown an excellent face in the first two sets against Thetis and despite the reaction of the Voula team, they showed character and took the victory 3-1 to the Mets starting with the “right” their obligations in this year’s Volley League women’s championship.

The first set started with Panathinaikos coming in strongly and initially taking the difference to +4 (9-5) and then to +7 (19-12), as a result of which the set ended comfortably with 25-21.

Despite the small lead of Thetidos, Panathinaikos repeated the pattern of the first set and with a short run, reached +4 (12-8). The “greens” led by Samadan dominated the block, opened the gap to eight and finally took the upper hand for 2-0 (25-13).

The start of the third set did not predict its outcome, since Panathinaikos entered with the goal of finishing the victory and found itself at +9 (19-10). Thetida, however, made an incredible comeback and with Maase as the protagonist, reduced it to six (20-14) and ran an incredible streak turning the situation around and reducing it to 2-1 set with the amazing 25-23.

Thetis tried something similar in the fourth set, with Panathinaikos feeling its pressure until 11-11. There, Dragan Nesic’s team pulled away and went to +6 (20-14). But the team from the southern suburbs persisted and equalized with a block by Maase, with Panathinaikos however getting the victory with an ace by Vlahaki (26-24).

Referees: Nikakis, Georgakis, Observer: Georgouleas, Supervisors: Kapotis, Pavlakis, Secretariat: Theodoridou.

Variation: 1st set: 8-5, 16-12, 21-13, 25-16 2nd set: 8-7, 16-12, 21-12, 25-13 3rd set: 8-3, 16-8, 21 -16, 23-25 ​​4th set: 7-8, 16-12, 21-16, 26-24

Panathinaikos’ points came from 10 aces, 62 attacks, 10 blocks and 17 opponent errors and Thetida’s came from 5 aces, 38 attacks, 8 blocks and 27 opponent errors.

The sets: 3-1 (25-16, 25-13, 23-25, 26-24) at 113;

PANATHINAIKOS A.O. (Dragan Nesic): Hatziefstratiadou 9 (6/14 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Grotous 11 (9/27 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 67% sub. – 42% excellent), Papafotiou 3 (3 blocks), Samadan 21 (14/19 ff., 4 aces, 3 blocks), Biarda 19 (17/52 ff., 2 aces), Konstantinou 16 (14/28 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 46% sub. – 18% excellent ) / Belia (l, 73% sub. – 31% excellent), Antonakaki (l), Vlahaki 3 (2/8 ff., 1 ace, 62% sub. – 0% excellent).

A.S.P. THETIS (Manolis Skoulikaris): Tasic 4 (1/15 f., 2 aces, 1 block, 38% sub. – 27% excellent), Merteki 11 (8/42 f., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 62% sub. – 23% excellent), Fleming 6 (6/13 ref.), Speaks 5 (3/8 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Maase 19 (17/53 ref., 2 blocks), Kiuciouki 5 (3/7 ref., 2 blocks ) / Maniatogianni (l, 42% sub. – 27% excellent), Dimitrakakou, Giaouri, Garofalaki 1 (1 ace), Giannelou.