Flirted with defeat, but PAOK left Spain with a qualification lead!

He made the easy difficult, but PAOK took a narrow lead for qualification! The “two-headed man of the north” saw her San Roque to come back from a 2-0 deficit and to tie the first match of the phase at 2-2 “32” of the Challenge Cupbut in the tie break, he kept his composure, improved his reception and finally prevailed 3-2 sets in Spain.

On November 20 in Pylaia, the rematch with PAOK looking for a clean victory against San Roque in order to be the one who will get the ticket for the next phase.

We remind you that in case of qualification, PAOK will face the winner of MAV Foxconn and Holding Graz.

The variation:

1st set: 8-5, 16-15, 20-21, 24-24, 25-27

2nd set: 8-7, 15-16, 19-21, 20-25

3rd set: 8-5, 16-8, 21-11, 25-14

4th set: 6-8, 12-16, 19-21, 24-24, 26-24

5th set: 4-5, 7-10, 9-12, 11-15

* San Roque Bataan’s points came from 54 attacks, 13 blocks, 6 aces and 34 opponent errors, while PAOK’s from 51 attacks, 12 blocks, 6 aces and 36 opponent errors.

The sets: 2-3 (25-27, 20-25, 25-14, 26-24, 11-15) in 136′

San Roque (Alberto Rodriguez): Grossi 9 (4/9 ref., 1 ace, 4 blocks), Lucia 9 (4/12 ref., 2 aces, 5 blocks), Diversi 8 (3/4 ref., 3 aces, 1 block), Jimenez 10 (9/23 ff., 1 block 45% sub.-35% excellent), Fuentes 19 (18/32 ff., 1 ace, 53% sub.-38% excellent), Pinto 18 (16/36 ff., 2 blocks) / Gaiardo (l, 18% sub.-05% excellent), Arotsa

PAOK (Josko Milenkoski): Nascimento 20 (16/34 ref., 3 aces, 1 block, 43% sub.-30% excellent), Lobizenko 10 (5/12 ref., 5 blocks), Chemink 3 (2/2 ref., 1 block) , Mouchlias D. 21 (16/38 ref., 1 ace, 4 blocks), Takouridis (0/3 ref.), Laftov 12 (11/24 ref., 1 ace, 44% sub.-36% excellent) / Kokkinakis (l, 65% sub.-26% excellent), Mouchlias B., Ivankovic 1 (1/2 ref.), Bassis 2 (0/1 ref., 1 ace, 1 block).