The four contenders for the title in the Women’s Volley League are thrown into the battle of the semifinals today.
In the first matches of the series Panathinaikos will host PAOK and Olympiacos on Mars, with the qualification being judged on the two victories.
The curtain will open at the indoor of Ag. Thomas on 16:00 for Panathinaikos-PAOK, with the rematch scheduled for Easter Tuesday (26/4).
The “greens” qualified with two victories over AO Thira, while the Thessalonians gave a great battle with AEK and with an epic reversal qualified for the golden set.
The coach of Panathinaikos, Branko Gatessaid about the game: «It’s a big test for us to see what we have achieved after the work we have done in recent weeks. I have confidence in my team and I am sure that we will come together from the beginning to the end of the match to get the victory. I have seen the match that took place a month ago at the headquarters of PAOK and we certainly did not play there at the level we can as a team. However, I am sure that this time we will show our good self and we will have more stability to achieve the desired result.».
For his part, the coach of PAOK, Marco Phenol stated: «I’m really happy to play in games like the semi-finals or the league finals. It will definitely be a very difficult match because Panathinaikos is a very strong team, but we are also full of confidence after the difficult games with AEK. We beat Panathinaikos a month ago at home and we are psychologically and competitively ready for such a match and I personally believe that the qualification is 50-50».
At 18:30 will follow the game indoors of Rentis, with the replay to be held on Wednesday 27/4.
Olympiakos qualified with two comfortable victories over Lamia, while Aris qualified … thriller, since it needed the golden set to bend Thetida.
The coach of the “yellow-blacks”, Giannis Tsairelisstated: «We have achieved our main goal which was the quartet, but that does not mean that we do not have ambitions for the semifinals. Olympiacos is the favorite not only in the games between us, but at the moment also for winning the title. The soul-destroying process with the points and the gold set is over and now the victory counts and we think of him as a team».
The coach of Piraeus, Carlo Parishe said: “Aris will come to play this match after a strong quarterfinal. We have to try to limit the attack of the opponents and at the same time, we have to play an offensive game on our field from the first ball».
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