Panathinaikos win the first match

The women's volleyball team of Panathinaikos comfortably prevailed over Hermes Ostandis with 3-0 sets and laid the foundations for qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Challenge Cup.

The “clover” managed to confirm the title of favorite easily from the first match against the Belgian team and left no room for reaction.

The victory was emphatic and comfortable showing that the “greens” are at a higher level and are called to show the same competitive image in Wednesday’s match.Regarding the match in the first set, Panathinaikos entered a little sluggishly, as a result of which it was a little behind in the score at the beginning.

However, the “greens” quickly came together and by the middle of the set they had taken a three-point lead with 13-10. The “clover” stepped on the gas at that time and took the lead with 21-14 and finally the set ended with 25-17.

In the second set, the “clover” entered more suspiciously and took the lead from the beginning with 6-4 and with continuous correct attacks and good defenses, raised the score to 18-9. The final 25-10 testifies by itself and the image of the set.

Regarding the match in the first set, Panathinaikos entered a little sluggishly, as a result of which it was a little behind in the score at the beginning.

Regarding the third and last set it was similar to the second as Panathinaikos had a universal advantage and it is characteristic that it was in front of the score with 17-7 and then with 25-12.

Detailed score variation: 1st set: 5-8, 16-11, 21-14, 25-17 2nd set: 8-5, 16-9, 21-9, 25-10 3rd set: 8-2, 16 -7, 21-10, 25-12.

Panathinaikos’s points came from 3 aces, 37 attacks, 17 blocks and 18 mistakes of opponents and Ostend came from 2 aces, 22 attacks, 3 blocks and 12 mistakes of opponents.

PANATHINAIKOS A.O. (Apostolos Oikonomou): Chatziefstratiadou 7 (5/8 ff., 2 blocks), Cross 10 (7/11 ff., 3 blocks), Stepanenko 15 (10/19 ff., 1 ace, 4 blocks), Grothes 7 ( 5/18 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 71% min. – 71% excellent), Papafotiou 2 (2 blocks), Hadava 12 (8/25 ff., 1 ace, 3 blocks, 53% min. – 42 % excellent) / Roga (l, 17% yp. – 0% excellent), Konstandellou, Papastergiou, Tsitsigianni 2 (1/5 ff., 1 block), Metaxa 1 (1/5 ff.).

OSTANDI (Cohen de Vos): Leits 5 (5/20 fps, 42% vs. 42% excellent), Jansewick 8 (8/36 fps, 45% vs. 45% excellent), Bastdam 4 (4 / 22 ff.), De Lei 3 (2/4 ff., 1 ace), Misocic 2 (1/12 ff., 1 block), Geskir 4 (2/6 ff., 2 blocks) / Vaden (l, 48 % min. – 37% excellent), Nobel, Jacqueline, Nate 1 (1 ace).

In a statement, the coach of Panathinaikos Apostolos Oikonomou stated “I think today we had a lot of seriousness and we imposed our rhythm. When you see the stadium full at three o’clock at noon, then you understand that you are obliged to play to your best.

Tomorrow we play again with the same opponent and we must definitely get the first two sets to qualify and then the other girls will play. We did a very good job on the block and this was shown by the fact that we got 17 points from blocks in three sets which is a very good percentage “

On the other hand, the coach of Hermes Ostendis Devos Koe pointed out “Today we did not manage to show what we would like and we could not avoid defeat with this score. We made good defenses but we could not finish the phases since we were limited by the opponent’s block.

I want to say that the atmosphere was fantastic and we were very happy to play in front of this audience. We hope that the fans will come to the stadium tomorrow and we will be even more competitive “.

Panathinaikos libero Penny Roga stated: “It was only the first step. Tomorrow will be another game and we have to enter with the same concentration. The credit goes to my teammates and the staff who read our opponent well. “Tomorrow they will play better and we must be ready to face them.”