Volleyball Greece 2021-2022

    Finally much better receives and digs from PAOK today
    I wonder if the cause is due to PAOK players focusing more against stronger opponents, or if their coach prepared more against stronger opponents (lol)

    But Aris's serves were not that strong either so they could not take advantage of PAOK's biggest weakness in receives.


    Martina is injured and out, but PAOK's back-up libero Eleni (16 year old) did so amazing

    Fidon & Merteki also received and dug better today too

    We finally got to see a similar Dayeong from her first match against Olympiacos, where she gets more freedom & flexibility in her setting (from better receives/digs) to create more plays



    This long distance cross court back toss was one of my favourites
    (1MB upload limit is... too LQ ㅠㅠ)

    Aias - Panathinaikos 0-3 (19-25, 19-25, 13-25)


    Aias: Theodosiou 9 (9/19)

    Panathinaikos: Tsitsigianni 13 (9/19)




    PAOK - Aris 3-0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-20)


    PAOK: Fidon 19 (15/22, 3 aces, 1 block, 68% rec.), Merteki 15 (12/30, 3 blocks), Collar 11 (9/26)

    Aris: Mercado 18 (16/37), Evans 10 (9/33)




    Olympiakos - AO Thiras 2-3 (25-16, 25-18, 20-25, 23-25, 12-15)


    Olympiakos: Hippe 30 (25/52), Mariana Costa 11 (10/31), Salas 3 (3/19)

    AO Thiras: Abbott 21 (18/42), Adamopoulou 20 (19/41), Murillo 12 (10/32)




    Amazones - AEK 1-3 (25-20, 15-25, 21-25, 13-25) σε 89'.


    Amazones: Santos 24 (22/41)

    AEK: Brown 20 (15/24, 2 aces, 4 blocks), Terrell 14 (13/31), Weide 14 (12/32)




    Thetis - AO Lamias 3-2 (25-19, 19-25, 25-21, 20-25, 15-7)


    Thetis: Anthouli 22 (19/50)

    AO Lamias: Helo Pereira 25 (21/45), Robles 22 (22/67)




    Ilisiakos - AO Markopoulou 0-3 (16-25, 24-26, 14-25)


    Ilisiakos: Radovic 10 (9/22)

    AO Markopoulou: Kullerkann 21 (17/33), Kalantaridou 17 (14/27)




    Pannaxiakos - Porfyras 3-2 (25-22, 29-31, 22-25, 25-17, 16-14)


    Pannaxiakos: Nikologianni 32 (30/66), Liagki 21 (20/50)

    Porfyras: Rodrigues 36 (32/92) :cheesy:

    Standings



    1. Panathinaikos 34

    2. PAOK 32

    3. Aris 29

    4. Olympiakos 28

    5. AEK 26

    6. Thetis 23

    7. AO Thiras 19

    8. Amazones 15

    9. Markopoulo 13

    10. AO Lamias 10*

    11. Pannaxiakos 8*

    12. Aias 4

    13. Ilisiakos 4

    14. Porfyras 4


    One match less

    a youtube channel asked the captain of Panathinaikos, Chantava, about Lee twins.




    Have you watched the Korean sisters, because there has a been a lot of discussion about these transfers of PAOK?


    I know them. Both of them are very good players. Psychology also plays role. Beyond that we have also good foreign athletes and we will see that will happen.

    AO Lamias - Pannaxiakos 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-15)


    AO Lamias: Robles 22 (22/39), Helo Pereira 10 (8/16)


    Pannaxiakos: Nikologianni 15 (12/29), Liagki 12 (9/28)

    Standings



    1. Panathinaikos 34

    2. PAOK 32

    3. Aris 29

    4. Olympiakos 28

    5. AEK 26

    6. Thetis 23

    7. AO Thiras 19

    8. Amazones 15

    9. Markopoulo 13

    10. AO Lamias 13

    11. Pannaxiakos 8

    12. Aias 4

    13. Ilisiakos 4

    14. Porfyras 4

    MVP: Papafotiou (S)



    "Initially I want to say that I was away from Greece for many years and I am honestly happy that when I return I see that there are 5-6 very competitive teams with the result that we constantly play strong games. "I think this was something that was missing in the previous years and it is very good for the championship",


    " Ιn the match against Olympiakos, the general image was important, with the crowded stands, the nice atmosphere. I think it was something nice in these difficult times we live in and of course much more for the people of Panathinaikos who had time to celebrate a victory against the eternal opponent in women's volleyball ".



    The first round of the Women's Volley League ends next Saturday with another big derby as Panathinaikos welcomes PAOK which is at -2 from the greens.

    "We played some friendly games at the beginning of the season against PAOK, but with Lee it is a different team. "I expect an equally strong match and we will give our best to get another victory."

    Returning to the Greek championship after 7 years, Athena seems to enjoy every moment and expects even better things in the second half of the Volley League.



    "As I said before, there is a group of teams such as Panathinaikos, PAOK, Olympiakos, Aris, AEK and Santorini that are really very strong and the differences between them are very small, so as we approach the end the interest will be bigger.
    And this image absolutely justifies my choice to return to Greece and I want to thank Panathinaikos for giving me the opportunity "

    how is Yanelis playing? and why she stopped playing for 2 years, somebody knows?

    Despite being warned by >30 people not to wear the PAOK uniform to the PAOK vs Panathinaikos match, the Korean YouTuber decided to wear it to see if Greece fans will indeed attack him for it... (under a jacket which I'm not sure if he'd remove later on)

    Joked about being able to claim his insurance if it does happen


    He thinks its ridiculous for fans this day and age to resort to such violence if so (I do too and think its absurd, but I also do understand it's Greek fandom culture - though not an acceptable one)


    ... let's see what happens to him since he insists on it