O Panathinaikos He won him to the Volley League finals and even with a home advantage at PAOK headquarters, dominating with a 3-1 set (21-25, 24-26, 25-23, 12-25) of the “black and white” in the fourth semifinal of the two teams.
Panathinaikos made it 3-1 in a row and got sweet revenge for his defeat by PAOK in the Greek Cup semifinals. Now the “clover” is waiting to find out his opponent in the finals, which will be the winner of the series between Olympiacos and Milan, in turn at 2-2.
In the first set, after a balance initially, the Greens managed to escape five points. PAOK, with its own series of four points, reduced to 20-22. But Van Gardurn was the player who made 25-21 at the Point Set in favor of Panathinaikos.
In the second set, PAOK, though found at -3, was overturned and led 9-7. The superiority of the Thessaloniki team continued for 20-16. Panathinaikos scored three consecutive points and reduced to 20-19, equalized to 24-24, but with a block of Voulkidis and something of something, the guests eventually made it 2-0.
The third set proved to be a dramatic set in its evolution, with constant alternations in the lead, the match went back to Pontus to reduce PAOK to 2-1, 25-23.
Panathinaikos took advantage of PAOK’s many mistakes in the fourth set, went 12-5 and thanks to the excellent defenses the Greens made it 3-1 in both the sets and in the series.
The sets: 21-25, 24-26, 25-22, 12-25
PAOK (Josko Milencoski): Something 9 (8/25 et seq., 1 Block, 52% Ep. (2/9 et seq., 38% EC – 12% excellent)/Kokkinakis (L, 71% EC – 42% excellent), Groumoussa (L), Mukilias B. 1 (1 Block, 43% Ep.
PANATHINAIKOS (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Van Garderen 17 (16/35 et seq., 1 block, 43% EC – 29% excellent), Elger 2 (1 ace, 1 block), Gasman 12 (6/9 et seq. (10/16 et seq., 1 ace, 68% of ECs – 32% excellent) / Chandrinos (L, 55% EC – 32% excellent), Kasabalis, Petra.
Regarding the other semifinal, Milonas was stormy, with the team from Nea Smyrna winning Olympiacos 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-21) and equalizing 2-2.
This is how the fifth match will have to be held in order to find the other playoffs in the league in an impressive series.
The sets: 25-20, 25-23, 25-21
MILON (Sakis Psarras): Theodossis 2 (2/4 et seq.), Kotsakis 6 (4/12 ep. (3/7 et seq., 5 Blocks) / Guatarou (L, 40% EC – 20% excellent), Sousouridis, Statheos, Haskas.
OLYMPIC (Andrea Gardini): Pagenk 8 (7/10 et seq., 1 block), Perin 11 (6/24 et seq., 1 ace, 4 blocks, 41% of EIG – 24% excellent), Koumenakis 2 (2/8 et seq. Bloc) / Tziavras (L, 57% EC – 22% excellent), Konstantinidis (L), Papagelopoulos, Dalakouras 3 (3/5 et seq.