The first step to qualify for its finals Women’s Volley League he did Panathinaikos. The team of Branko Gates was imposed by PAOK in the indoor of Agios Thomas with 3-0 setsin the first match between them for the semifinals of the championship.
The “Bicep of the North” was very competitive in the first two sets, with the “clover” however taking them in detail, 25-22 and 25-23. In the third set the home team dominated and reached the victory with 25-15. The qualification is judged on the two victories and the “greens” will have a double … match bowl, with the first one on Easter Tuesday (26/4) in Thessaloniki.
“It simply came to our notice then. To fight for every point. We have not finished our work. The girls fought it, respect it and apply what we do in training. They show that physically and mentally they follow the plan of the team. “But this is not the time to relax, we focus on the next match and go one step at a time,” said the coach of the winners.
On the other hand, PAOK coach Marco Fenolio said: “Not only did we play this 3 days ago, we did not have time to recover mentally and physically. They played very well, we had an issue at the reception, they put a lot of pressure on us. Today, in any case, Panathinaikos played much better. I can not change much and the issue is to rest and give 100%. You can not do anything less than that, when he plays with a team like Panathinaikos».
The sets: 25-22, 25-23, 25-15.
* Panathinaikos’s points came from 5 aces, 44 attacks, 11 blocks and 15 mistakes of opponents and PAOK came from 5 aces, 37 attacks, 4 blocks and 14 mistakes of opponents.
PANATHINAIKOS AO (Branko Gates): Chatziefstratiadou 6 (4/13 ff., 2 blocks), Konstantinou 13 (8/24 ff., 3 aces, 2m blocks), Cross 12 (7/14 ff., 2 aces, 3 blocks ), Grothes 12 (12/21 ff., 73% min. – 60% excellent), Papafotiou 5 (2/2 ff., 3 blocks), Hadava 12 (11/23 ff., 1 block, 35% min. – 19% excellent) / Roga (l, 83% yp. – 67% excellent), Stepanenko, Papastergiou.
PAOK (Marco Fenolio): Polynopoulou 6 (3/7 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Kalantadze 4 (2/5 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Merteki 14 (14/27 ff., 48% – 48% excellent), Kojiar 13 (11/31 ff., 2 aces), Fidon 6 (5/14 ff., 1 block, 50% min. – 50% excellent), Li Da 2 (1/3 ff.) ., 1 ace) / Xanthopoulou (l, 37% yp. – 37% excellent), Papadopoulou (l), Iliopoulou, Klepkou 1 (1/7 ff., 25% yp. – 25% excellent), Kyparissi.
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