He left the upset in the middle and Panathinaikos was eliminated from Turkua

A legendary match in Lille, Panathinaikos made a great effort, but were disqualified by Turkua.

In an epic game, the “greens” looked into each other’s eyes the pioneer of the French championshipthey worked… clock for two and a half sets and despite they led 2-0saw the hosts come back and eventually pull off the complete upset that earned them qualification in the “16” of the Challenge Cup.

A wonderful match from Panathinaikos in the first two sets with the “clover” dramatically reducing its mistakes, working correctly in the block, but being bent by the quality players of Turkua.

Heroic performance by Nielsen who had 24 points, excellent in another match by Thanasis Protopsaltis who had 18 points. The incredible Kukarchev with 25 points and Luengas with 15 are the top scorers of Turkua who in the next round of the Challenge Cup will face the Lublin.

Variation: 1st set: 4-8, 11-16, 16-21, 23-25 ​​2nd set: 8-6, 16-13, 19-21, 22-25 3rd set: 8-5, 16-14, 21 -17, 25-19 4th set: 8-7, 16-14, 21-19, 25-20 5th set: 3-5, 7-10, 11-12, 15-13

Turkua’s points came from 8 aces, 64 attacks, 6 blocks and 32 opponent errors and Panathinaikos’ points came from 2 aces, 61 attacks, 6 blocks and 33 opponent errors.

The sets: 3-2 (23-25, 22-25, 25-19, 25-20, 15-13) at 154;

TURQUOISE (Dorian Ruggero): Walou 4 (2/5 ref., 2 aces), Luengas 15 (15/36 ref., 66% subs. – 28% excellent), Roerig 7 (3/7 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Kukarchev 25 (23/50 fr., 1 ace, 1 block), Martinez 17 (15/24 fr., 1 ace, 1 block, 71% sub. – 29% excellent), Parkinson 7 (6/13 fr., 1 block ) / Lumber (l, 70% subs. – 30% excellent), Arou, Lavigne 3 (3 aces), Huttson.

PANATHINAIKOS A.O. (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Elgert, Gassmann 13 (10/17 ff., 2 aces, 1 block), Nielsen 24 (22/53 ff., 2 blocks), Voulkidis 6 (5/12 ff., 1 block), Kvalen 8 (8/27 ref., 60% sub. – 24% excellent), Protopsaltis 18 (16/32 ref., 2 blocks, 77% sub. – 45% excellent) / Chandrinos (l, 54% sub. – 19% excellent), Kasampalis , Petraeus, Frankos.