Olympiakos
In the first set of the match was a monologue of Olympiacos who struck from service and power blocks, had the lead from the beginning to the end of the set. On the other hand Iraklis played by Cyprien instead of tired Novoselats who returned on Friday night from his home, could not meet the needs of the set.
In the second set guests managed to become more competitive. Indeed they made trouble for Olympiacos when they turned the 3-0 streak 23-19 in 23-22 with three attacks of Tzioumaka forcing Kazazi to ask for a time out.
In the third set Iraklis stood up 15-14 but then the hosts began to get a slight difference in favor of attacking. The team of Andrei Kravarik was unable to find an antidote to the blows of “Reds” and the 3-0 came naturally.
Olympiacos had the opportunity to test all the players. Bojan Giorntanof was leading with 16 points and almost perfect proportion to the attack by 89%. For Iraklis Tzioumakas was the most reliable offensive option and finished the game with 16 points.
After the match Dimitri Kazazis said: “The victory came relatively easily and this is due to our good performance. Well done to the boys who have implemented these tactics against a team that came and played without stress and freely. With all the healthy players we can work even better in training and this is clearly depicted and during our struggles. Just as important as the win is the fact that we could test all 12 players.“
On his part, Andrei Kravarik commented: “You can not face teams like Olympiakos with these weapons we have on our team this year. There is a difference between the groups. There the players and my stress respect for the opponent. Others do other workouts we did on the court. We had many solutions on the bench. Our big goal is to stay in the league. “
Olympiacos (Dimitris Kazazis): Christofidelis 9p. (8/15ep., 1 block, 100% sgd) Giourisits 2 (2/4), Filippov 3 (2/9, 1 block), Kokkinakis 4 (3/10, 1 block, 90% sgd) Giorntanof 16 (16/18), Emerald 6 (4/9, 1 block, 1 ace) / Stephen (l – sgd 70%, 50% excellent), Mark Sotiriou 2 (2/4), Potocnik 5 ( 5/6, 55% signed), Papadopoulos 5 (1/4, 4 blocks).
Iraklis (Andrei Kravarik): Cyprian, Chatziparadeisis 2 (2/8), Andreadis 4 (3/10, 1 block), Efraimidis 6 (6/19, 62% sgd) Tzioumakas 16 (15/34, 1 block) , Koltsiakis 10 (9/13, 50% sgd) / Kouzounis (l – sgd 85%, 77% excellent), Stavrakakis (50% sgd).
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