Desperate for qualification, Olympiacos passed Giessen in Germany!

He defeated Hildesheim and set a bow for the qualification o Olympic!

Andrea Gardini’s side put in another impressive performance of late, coming away with a great win in Germany with score 3-0 Giessen set (20-25, 22-25, 19-24) for his 4th matchday CEV Champions League!

With this victory, Piraeus moved up to second place in the standings with 8 pointsat -2 from Monza and at +3 from Galatasaray, now holding luck in their hands even for the first place in the group!

Leading for the Greek team was Atanasijevic with 12 points, with Perin and Koumendakis following in performance with 11 and 7 points respectively.

The match:

OR Giessen she was the one who entered the match strongly, having the upper hand early on in the score in the first set, simultaneously building big differences as time went on. It is characteristic that the Germans led with 9-5 and a little later with 15-9. Somewhere there, Olympic skyrocketed his performance and starring him Atanasijevicnot only tied the match (15-15 and 18-18), but he managed to win the first set with a score of 25-20, winning 16 of the last 21 points of the match!

With acquired speed and psychology at the height, his players entered the second Andrea Gardinimaintaining throughout the set the upper hand in the score. With the trio of Atanasijevic, Payenk and Koumendakis leading the way in scoring and Giessen falling into many mistakes, as a result of the “red and white” pressure, Olympiacos steadily maintained a 2-3 point lead, thus reaching at 2-0 with a score of 25-22!

With them Perrin and Atanasiewicz to come forward and the defense and the blocks to work… watch, Olympiacos did not face any particular difficulties in the third and final set, thus reaching a comfortable victory with a score of 25-19.

The sets: 20-25, 22-25, 19-25.