Olympiacos did not succeed against the superior Galatasaray

Against a strong team with great quality in all positions, the Olympic he failed and was defeated by 3-0 from Galatasaray to the closed “M. Merkouris” of Rentis, in the first game of the two teams for his “8”. Challenge Cup.

OR Galatasaray gained a huge lead to qualify for the semi-finals of the event after needing just two sets in the second leg in Istanbul on January 24, with the “red and whites” chasing the breakthrough (win 0-3 or 1-3 and capture the golden set).

The match was essentially decided in the second set, where o Olympic even led with 20-15, but the Turkish team overturned it to their detriment and made it 2-0.

With their self-confidence high, the Galata players easily won the third set, with Juveli to be the leader with 19 points. OR Bunch she was the best for Piraeus, scoring 18 points.

The sets: 0-3 (11-25, 24-26, 17-25)

OLYMPIAN (Lorenzo Micelli): Nizetich 1 (1/9 ref., 50% sub. – 31% excellent), Emmanuelidou 6 (5/8 ref., 1 ace), Fariol 5 (3/7 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Koumboura 18 (17/39 ff., 1 block), Abderrahim 3 (1/17 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 75% sub. – 25% excellent), Di Iulius / Artakianou (l., 46% sub. – 31% excellent), Sampati (l.), Lavda, Lambrousi, Kalandatze, Fakopoulidou 2 (2/3 s. , 17% sub – 17% excellent)

GALATASARAY (Alberto Bigarelli): Aydin 8 (8/22 ff., 63% sub. – 31% excellent), Bongaerts 6 (3/3 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Guveli 19 (12/18 ff., 1 ace, 6 blocks) , Timmerman 10 (9/10 ff., 1 block), Karoutasou 13 (9/27 ff., 3 aces, 1 block), Lazovic 7 (5/13 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 62% sub. – 38% excellent) / Yatgin (l., 56% sub. – 38% excellent), Hatsimustafaoglou, Yarkin ( l.)