Dominant Olympiacos, dethroned Panathinaikos and left for the final of the League Cup!

He painted “red and white” this year’s second “eternal” derby and left for the final of the League Cup Olympic!

Three weeks after winning the championship (1-3 sets), the “red and whites” again went through Metz’s Closed, this time for the semi-finals of the League Cup and thanks to the victory with 3-1 set over the champion Panathinaikos, they got the coveted ticket for the grand final of the event, which will be held in Arta (11/12) and will decide the first title of the season!

With the trio of Atanasievic (13pt.), Last year (13pm) and Koumendakis (16p.) to dominate offensively, but also with the many mistakes committed by the “greens”, his team Andrea Gardini she was superior for most of the match, thus reaching a very large lead!

For Panathinaikos, who lost the chance to defend last year’s title, the standouts were Nielsen and Gusman with 21 and 17 points respectively.

Now, his team Andrea Gardini is waiting to find out his opponent in the final of the institution, which will result from tomorrow’s (28/11, 17:30) match between PAOK and OFI in Palataki.

The match:

THE Olympic he was the one who entered the match very strongly and thanks to his very good and reliable block, but also the points of Koumendakis and Perin, he managed to take the lead with +4 for 11-7. The time out of Dimitris Andreopoulos seemed to “wake up” him Panathinaikoswho reacted and with a counterattack of duration equalized at 17-17. With points from Payenk and Perrin, the “red and whites” ran a quick 3-0 run for 20-17, before the visitors reduced the score shortly after (20-21) with Nielsen as the star. Somewhere there, however, the winners of Perin and Koumendakis, as well as the block of Travitsa, brought the Piraeus to 24-21, conquering the first set with 25-21 after the Cantor’s mistake.

The response of the “clover” was immediate and even resounding, since Andeopoulos’ team dramatically increased its performance in defense and attack in the second set. Without losing the lead in the score, Panathinaikos maintained a small difference of 1-2 points until 8-7. From that point on, Olympiakos’ mistakes, combined with the excellent “green” blocks, but also his heavy and powerful hits Nielsenthe hosts “lost” the score, reaching +8 and 18-10 and shortly after at +9 (20-11)! With a small “breakout”, Piraeus reduced to 20-14, with Panathinaikos responding with a 5-1 run, tying the sets at 1-1 (25-15).

The game was fairly balanced for most of its time third and nodal set, as no team could escape the score and “build” solid foundations for its conquest. With the blocks and very good defenses to have the first say, the two “eternals” were tied with a score of 10-10 and a little later with 15-15. Voulikidis and Nielsen found points for Panathinaikos, but the mistakes of the “greens” led the match to a new draw (18-18). At that point, Atanasievic and Koumendakis with two points each, sent the Olympiacos at +5 (18-23), with the “red and white” in the crucial last piece showing tremendous composure and reaching the conquest of the set with score 25-20.

With acquired speed and with the psychology at its height, the “red and white” entered strongly in the fourth and last set, while the “greens” were finding solutions with the inspirations of Nielsen and Gusman. From the middle of the set onwards, Olympiacos stepped on the gas and with its very good blocks, but also the four serious mistakes of the home team in the last nine points, they easily reached the conquest of the set and the victory with score 25-21.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 5-8, 14-16, 18-21, 21-25

2nd set: 8-6, 16-8, 21-14, 25-15

3rd set: 8-6, 15-16, 18-21, 20-25

4th set: 8-5, 14-16, 15-21, 21-25

*Panathinaikos’ points came from 10 aces, 47 attacks (52% efficiency), 8 blocks and 22 opponent errors and Olympiakos’ points came from 7 aces, 41 attacks, 9 blocks and 33 opponent errors.

The sets: 21-25, 25-15, 20-25, 21-25

PANATHINAIKOS (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Elgert 1 (1 block), Gassmann 17 (11/16 ref., 1 ace, 5 blocks), Nielsen 21 (16/32 ref., 5 aces), Voulkidis 8 (7/12 ref., 1 block), Kvalen 11 (8/17 ff., 2 aces, 1 block, 59% sub – 24% excellent), Protopsaltis 6 (5/13 ff., 1 ace, 60% sub. – 37% excellent) / Chandrinos (l, 43% sub. – 14% excellent), Kasampalis 1 (1 ace), Petreas, Markou, Frankos

OLYMPIAN (Andrea Gardini): Pagenk 9 (5/9 ff., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Perrin 13 (9/20 ff., 3 aces, 1 block, 47% sub. – 18% excellent), Papagelopoulos 4 (4/7 ff.) , Koumentakis 16 (13/22 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 33% sub. – 0% excellent), Travitsa 1 (1 block), Atanasijevic 13 (9/19 ff., 2 aces, 2 blocks) / Tziavras (l, 43% sub. – 4% excellent), Konstantinidis (l), Hasbala, Dalakouras 1 ( 1/2 ff.).