Panathinaikos gave a great battle against Halkbank and was the only European team to win a set this year. Despite their 2-3 defeat, the "greens" showed that they have returned for good to Europe and that is where their place is permanently.
Variation: 1st set: 7-8, 13-16, 14-21, 19-25 2nd set: 7-8, 14-16, 19-21, 22-25 3rd set: 7-8, 16-15, 20 -21, 30-28 40 sets: 8-7, 16-12, 21-13, 25-17 5th set: 5-4, 10-8, 11-12, 18-20 The sets: 19-25, 22 -25, 30-28, 25-17, 18-20 at 140΄. The points of Panathinaikos came from 6 aces, 57 attacks, 10 blocks, 41 mistakes of opponents and of Halkbank came from 5 aces, 61 attacks, 15 blocks, 34 mistakes of opponents.
PANATHINAIKOS A.O. (Dimitris Andreopoulos): Protopsaltis 15 (12/25 ff., 2 aces, 1 block, 56% yp-41% excellent), Jacobsen 3 (2/2 ff., 1 block), Rangel 11 (7/14 ff. ., 4 blocks), Andreopoulos Ch. 8 (7/10 ff., 50% yp-42% excellent), Van de Dries 19 (14/37 ff., 3 aces, 2 blocks), Stalekar 5 (5 / 10 ff.) / Garas (l, 45% yp-24% excellent), Bassis 2 (1/3 ff., 1 block), Tailor 10 (9/23 ff., 1 ace, 23% yp-15 % excellent).
HALKBANK (Tanner Attic): Keskin 3 (3 blocks), Vigras 16 (10/15 fps, 1 ace, 5 blocks), Bruno 12 (12/18 fps, 53% minus-40% excellent), Karasou 2 (1/2 ff., 1 block), Hernandez 15 (14/24 ff., 1 ace), Goulmezoglou 12 (8/19 ff., 4 blocks, 46% yp-29% excellent) / Done (l, 60% sub-43% excellent), Ergül (l), Ekci 3 (1/1 ff., 2 aces), Vuτiσεevi 12 12 (12/26 ff.), Aydin 3 (2/6 ff., 1 ace) , Bairam 3 (1/10 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 59% vs.-29% excellent).