Greece: resounding comeback of Foinikas from 1-2 and 20-23 and victory at the tie break against Olympiakos!
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The final phase of the Greek men’s championship opens with a sensational surprise, the only one in Europe to restart after the stop for the coronavirus pandemic. The game was played at the gigantic OAKA in Athens, which hosted a domestic volleyball match for the first time ever. There were no spectators and a duel was organized under strict measures of the health protocol.
The title-holder Olympiacos played a bad game and was incredibly defeated by fourth-placed Foinikas (moreover without JosƩ Luis Gonzalez and Stoilovic) after having wasted an advantage of 23:20 in the 4th set and a match point on 14:13 of the tie-break.
The good performance of Voulkidis (21 points, 72% in attack, 7 winning blocks and 1 ace) and Petreas (13 points, 82% in attack and 4 winning blocks) is not enough for Olympiacos to compensate the bad match of Finger (16 points and 31% in attack), Koumentakis (13 points, 32% in attack) and Husaj (13 points, 38% in attack) who play equal, if not worse, against the less quoted Milis (16 points, 29% in attack), Ziga Stern (19 points, 40% in attack) and Kostopoulos (16 points and 45% in attack).
Semifinal Game 1 – June 30
Olympiacos (1) – Foinikas Syros (4) 2-3 (22:25, 25:23, 25:20, 25:27, 16:18)
Olympiacos: Tervaportti 2, Koumentakis 13, Voulkidis 21, Finger 16, Husaj 13, Petreas 13, Kokkinakis (L); Papalexiou, Stivachtis, Rizopoulos. Not entered: Andreadis, Aspiotis, Tziavras (L), Gergye. Coach: Fernando Munoz Benitez.
Foinikas Syros: Buculjevic 6, Z. Stern 19, Linardos 1, Milis 16, Kostopoulos 16, Kanellos 12, Karassavidis (L), Veloudis (L); Christofas 5, Adam. Not entered: Kavouras. Coach: Ioannis Orfanos.
Semifinals’ Program
ā¢ Game 1 | June 30 |
Olympiacos (1) – Foinikas Syros (4) 2-3 (22:25, 25:23, 25:20, 25:27, 16:18)
ā¢ Game 1 | July 1 |
PAOK (2) – Panathinaikos (3) 3-2 (14:25, 19:25, 25:23, 25:23, 15:8)
ā¢ Game 2 | July 2 |
Olympiacos (1) – Foinikas Syros (4) 0-3 (22:25, 20:25, 19:25)
ā¢ Game 2 | July 3 |
PAOK (2) – Panathinaikos (3) 3-0 (29:27, 25:17, 25:18)
ā¢ Eventual match 3 | July 4 |
Olympiacos (1) – Foinikas Syros (4) 3-0 (25:21, 25:14, 25:22)
ā¢ Eventual match 3 | July 4 |
PAOK (2) – Panathinaikos (3) 0-3 (21:25, 18:25, 18:25)
Images: Foinikas Syrou Volleyball Team, Olympiacos SFP on Facebook
