PAOK bent down and Panathinaikos qualified for the finals!

After a terrible battle, Panathinaikos was imposed 3-2 sets of PAOK and returned after seven years in the finals of the Women’s Volley League.

The “greens” made it 2-0 in the series of semifinals, with the “biceps of the North” not giving up until the last points, in an exciting game. Their opponent in the final will emerge from the pair of Aris with Olympiakos, who play tomorrow (Wednesday 26/4) with the “red and whites” having the lead.

PAOK entered the match determined to stay … alive for the qualification and comfortably took the first set with 25-15while Panathinaikos responded in a similar way, tying the game at 1-1 with 25-13.

In the third set the match caught fire. The hosts maintained a slight advantage (14-10), with the guests taking the lead with 19-18. The thriller continued, with both teams reaching the final hand in hand (23-23, 25-25) and PAOK taking the lead again for the 2-1 with 27-25.

Panathinaikos regained its strength in the fourth set and comfortably equalized again with 25-13sending the match to the tie break.

There, PAOK came in stronger and took the lead with 10-9, but the “greens”, led by Grotesht, stepped on the accelerator and took the big victory for 3-2 set with 15-12.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 7-8, 16-10, 21-12, 25-15

2nd set: 3-8, 9-16, 13-21, 13-25

3rd set: 7-8, 16-12, 20-21, 27-25

4th set: 5-8, 9-16, 11-21, 13-25

5th set: 3-5, 10-9, 10-12, 12-15

* PAOK’s points came from 2 aces, 58 attacks, 7 blocks and 23 mistakes of opponents and Panathinaikos came from 7 aces, 64 attacks, 1 block and 33 mistakes of opponents.

The sets: 2-3 (25-15, 13-25, 27-25, 13-25, 12-15) at 114 ‘

PAOK (Marco Fenolio): Polinopoulou 9 (7/15 ff., 2 blocks), Kalantadze 5 (5/14 ff.), Merteki 8 (7/31 ff., 1 block, 52% min – 40% excellent), Kojiar 30 (29 / 62 ff., 1 ace), Fidon 6 (5/19 ff., 1 block, 44% min. – 24% excellent), Li Da 4 (2/5 ff., 1 ace, 1 block) / Xanthopoulou (l , 35% min. – 15% excellent), Papadopoulou (l), Iliopoulou, Klepkou 2 (1/17 ff., 1 block, 48% min. – 38% excellent), Kyparissi 1 (1/3 ff.), Terzoglou, Tsioga 2 (1/1 ff., 1 block).

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Branko Gates): Chatziefstratiadou 8 (7/15 ff., 1 block), Konstantinou 8 (8/32 ff.), Kros 16 (16/26 ff.), Grothes 18 (18/50 ff., 54% min. – 27% excellent ), Papafotiou 5 (3/3 ff., 2 aces), Khantava 15 (12/40 ff., 3 aces, 37% min. – 23% excellent) / Roga (l, 33% min. – 19% excellent) , Stepanenko, Papastergiou 1 (1 ace), Metaxa 1 (1 ace).

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