A sweeper Olympic imposed 3-0 sets of PAOK in the third game of the 2nd phase of the Volley League and stayed alive!
The “red and whites” remained in the hunt for the title, approaching the champion Panathinaikos to 2 points. On the other hand, the “biceps of the North” surrendered and lost ground, staying at -4.
“Fires” for the people of Piraeus were brought out by Tepanwho scored 23 points with four blocks, followed by Mijailovich and Dalakouras with nine. For PAOK, he stood out Udris with 13 points and followed by Petreas and Barnes with 11.
In the first set, Olympiacos celebrated with a big upset. The two teams went point by point until 13-13. PAOK, starring Udris, took a two-point lead (15-13), while Barnes’s streak sent him to +4 (16-20). With a series of four points (two by Dalakouras and two by the opponent), Olympiakos equalized, while leading for the first time in the game at 24-23. The “biceps of the North” stopped two set balls of Olympiakos, however a block out that Tepan won and a violation of Brown in the net threw the curtain on the first set with 27-25.
In the second set, Olympiacos took a three-point lead at 12-9 and built a four-point lead at 15-11. PAOK did not manage to find answers, mainly against the terrible Tepan, with the “red and whites making the 2-0 set 25-20.
Even easier took the third set Olympiakos, who built from the beginning of the set a difference of three four points and kept it until the end, for the 3-0 set with 25-17.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-7, 14-16, 17-21, 27-25
2nd set: 8-7, 16-12, 21-16, 25-20
3rd set: 8-6, 16-12, 21-16, 25-17
* The points of Olympiakos came from: 0 aces, 8 blocks, 44 attacks, 25 mistakes of opponents and from PAOK the points came from: 1 ace, 8 blocks, 40 attacks, 13 mistakes of opponents.
The sets: 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-17) at 81΄.
OLYMPIAKOS S.F.P. (Alberto Giuliani): Payenk 7p. (6 / 110m., 1 block), Stivachtis, Mikhailovich 9 (8/17m., 1 block, 70% min., 44% no.), Tepan 23 (19 / 34m., 4 blocks), Zoupanis 4 (4 / 6m.), Dalakouras 9 (7 / 18m., 2 blocks, 60% min., 30% no.) / Zisis (l. – 80% min., 30% no.), Papadopoulos Iraklis, Tziavras (l) , Ephraimidis.
Î .Α.Ο.Κ. (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Brown 7p. (5 / 7ff., 2 blocks), Petreas 11p. (7 / 11m., 3 blocks, 1 ace), Walls 4 (2 / 3m., 2 blocks), Koumentakis 2 (2 / 15m., 43% min., 29% no.), Barnes 11 (10 / 18m. ., 1 block, 76% min., 40% no.), Undris 13 (13 / 40ff.) / Kokkinakis (v. – 75% min., 44% no.), Sotiriou 1 (1/2m.), Gatsis, Bourakis (l).
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