Olympiacos took revenge on PAOK with a terrible upset!

Olympiakos “recovered” from the defeats in the League Cup and Olympiakos won with an epic upset over PAOK in the derby of the 4th game of the men’s Volley League.

Thessaloniki led 2-0 sets indoors at Rentis, but the “red and whites” pressed the accelerator and celebrated an epic upset, continuing undefeated in the league.

PAOK, on ​​the other hand, suffered its second defeat and is in third place with seven points.

In the first set, PAOK escaped with a series of six points and made it 11-4 and kept a solid lead of four with five points for the 1-0 set with 25-19.

The battle started in the second set, with “the biceps of the north” again maintaining the lead until 15-12. Olympiacos led him to a series of mistakes and for the first time took the lead with 16-15, while PAOK regained the reins at 18-17. The two teams went hand in hand to 24-24, with the lead alternating. Peric’s mistake led PAOK to the first set point, with Pagenk stopping him. The Thessalonians lost two more sets of bowls due to a mistake by Koumentakis and an attack by Dalakouras, but an attack by Petreas and a mistake by Egleskalns made PAOK 2-0 set 29-27.

The balances changed rapidly in the third set, with Olympiakos stepping up the attack and leading 10-4. PAOK ran a partial series (5-1) and reduced to 11-9, but the “red and whites” gradually opened the difference in their favor and reduced to 2-1 sets with 25-19.

Monologue was the fourth set for Olympiakos, which took advantage of PAOK’s downfall and made the 2-2 set 25-12.

The battles in the fifth set were also terrible. The “biceps of the north” was ahead with 2-3, while Piraeus escaped to +3 (6-3) and with a new series doubled the difference (11-5). Koumentakis reduced to 11-6, but a mistake by PAOK and two attacks by Peric threw Olympiakos to 14-6. Koumentakis reduced again to 14-7, with Engleskals finishing the game with 15-7.

The highlights:

Fluctuation:

1st set: 4-8, 12-16, 16-21, 19-25

2nd set: 8-7, 16-15, 20-21, 27-29

3rd set: 8-3, 16-12, 21-16, 25-19

4th set: 8-4, 16-6, 21-9, 25-12

5th set: 5-3, 10-5, 12-6, 15-7

* The points of Olympiakos came from: 7 aces, 59 attacks, 10 blocks, 35 mistakes of opponents and PAOK came from: 5 aces, 55 attacks, 12 blocks, 20 mistakes of opponents.

The sets: 3-2 (19-25, 27-29, 25-19, 25-12, 15-7) at 115΄

Olympiacos (Dimitris Kazazis): Pagenk 12p. (10/14cm, 2 blocks), Stivachtis 2 (1 / 1cm., 1 ace), Englescals 18 (17 / 42cm., 1 ace), Zoupani 4 (1 / 2cm., 2 blocks), Dalakouras 10 (9 / 13m., 1 ace, 48% min. 36% no.), Perits 22 (18 / 28m., 1 ace, 56% min., 25% no.) / Zisis (min. – 50% min., 37% no.), Charalambidis, Andreadis 6 (2 / 6ept., 4 blocks), Kasambalis 1 (1 ace), Tziavras (l.), Ephraimidis 1 (1 / 3ept., 50%).

PAOK (Yiannis Kalmazidis): Brown 8p. (5 / 9m., 2 blocks, 1 ace), Petreas 10 (7 / 14m., 3 blocks), Walsh 3 (1/4m., 2 blocks), Koumentakis 21 (18 / 38m., 3 aces, 49% , 37% no.), Kouklinski 18 (14 / 29m., 3 blocks, 1 ace, 45% min., 26n.), Boutos 7 (5 / 15m., 2 blocks) / Kokkinakis (l. – 67 % yp., 50% no.), Takouridis 1 (1 / 2m.), Gatsis 1 (1 / 1m.), Tzioumakas St., Terzis, Sotiriou, Andris.