Panathlitikos vs Asteria Pylaias

The last game for E.P.E.S.T.H.s A' Regional championship took place close to a month ago.
We lost 3-0 to our opponents in a not so satisfying game.

Our team ended up finishing 6th out of 12. We continue our training and aim for a better placement at next year's championship.

Goose signing off!

Panathlitikos vs Navarhos Botsis

This post is way overdue, since the game actually took place more than a month ago.
I don't remember too much of the game's details, only that it ended 3-0 for us and that in the last set we were losing close to 6 points and with several consecutive blocks and a few attacks we won.

Panathlitikos vs MENT (again)

Our second match against MENT was for the championship, but unfortunately the outcome was worse that our cup match. We lost 3-0 and our performance was not that good due to lack of enthusiasm.

Two more games remain till the end of the championship and by the looks of it we will be ranked 6th out of 12 at the end of the championship.

Panathlitikos vs AS Pera

We won Thursday's game against AS Pera 3-1.
The win though came at a loss: Our middle spider stepped on the outside spiker's foot and twisted its ankle. The outside spiker took its place in the next two sets.

Tarantula I hope you will have recuperated by tomorrow's game and become an iron curtain once more!

Panathlitikos vs Polygiros

In one of our poorest performances since the beginning of the season, we lost to Polygiros 3-0 on Sunday. The loss almost eliminates all our hopes to be positioned in fourth place thus preventing us to take part in the playoffs.
We will nonetheless try our best for the remaining games and try especially hard for the soon approaching cup match with MENT.

Panathlitikos vs Galaxias

We put forward a very good performance against the first team in our league. Unfortunately we ended up losing 3-1. We won the first set and almost won the second as well. Tough Luck!

Panathlitikos vs AEN Agias Triadas

A 3-1 win took place on Sunday. We played against the weakest team in our league and did win, but we certainly lost one set and almost lost a second.
It seems to me that we are capable of great games but we are also prone to lots of mistakes.
We are currently positioned 6th out of 12.

The game was the first out of 3 we have during this week. The remaining are with two of the better teams in our league.

Panathlitikos vs H.A.N.TH (YMCA Of Thessaloniki)

We played against a rather good team and lost 3-0. The opponents are currently positioned at 2nd place.
Their defense during the game was very good while ours was below what it should have been. Similarly for our reception...

The loss puts us to 7th place. There are still lots of games till the end of the championship so we still have high hopes for a good placement.

Panathlitikos vs Eukarpia

We scored our second 3-0 win for this volleyball season. Let's hope we'll be able to keep it up. The match was relatively easy, although at some parts we were making many consecutive mistakes that could have cost us a set or two. Our middles (that includes you Tarantula) performed very well both offensively, a la Power Spikes, and defensively, a la Iron Curtains.

The win puts into 5th place (out of 12) in the league.
FIFTH!
or
Pita Bread!

Panathlitikos vs Aetos

The first official match for the new year ended with a win.
Not only that, it is also our first 3-0 win in an official match since the beginning of the volleyball season.
Our serves have greatly improved. They can now be classified dangerous (of Swinger fame)! Let's hope they'll prove as such during this week's important game.

Panathlitikos vs Aias

We unfortunately began our second round with a loss, in a game that we all think we should have won. We lost the first two sets cause our game was very static. No energy. We essentially handed the win over to them. We entered the third set with high spirits and managed to win that and the following set. We lost the tie-break.

Panathlitikos vs Asteria Pylaias

We lost 3-1 against Asteria Pylaias.
We won the first set and lost the remaining three.

That was the last match of the first round. We are currently placed 8th (out of 12).

The second round begins immediately and after that we'll have a rather large break for Christmas and new year's.

Panathlitikos vs Navarhos Botsis

Big CONGRADS to the team.
We scored an important victory against one of the better teams (Botsis) in our league. We won 3-1 and all players performed very well. I think our block was key: Iron Curtains!!!

We are currently placed in the middle, rank-wise, and there is one more game left till the end of the first round.

P.S. Barbie, you rock!

Panathlitikos vs MENT

Our team put forward an excellent game against one of our league's best teams. We ended up losing the game but managed to win one set. Also, all the lost sets were very close... think 25-23.

The numbers speak for themselves... Like the Swingers from Canada we are Dangerous!

Panathlitikos vs AS Pera

Our team was involved in yet another cliffhanger match. We played against AS Pera and won 3-2.
We won the first, lost the second, won the third, lost the fourth and finally won the fifth set.
All in all, an enjoyable game.

Most of our games this season end with a tie-break set... The reason was obvious yet always elusive. Things however have changed! I can now proclaim with a fair amount of confidence why we always go to the tie-brake:
We love volleyball too much! We want to play as much as possible even if that means (and it has meant) a possible loss.

I am of course joking. Half-joking...
;)

Panathlitikos vs Polygyros (AOP)

In a total nerve-cracking, jaw-dropping, unexpected game we lost 3-2 to Polygyros last Thursday.
We were winning 2-0 with relative ease. Heck, we were winning 13-7 in the third set but ended up losing 25-23. The rest of the game was downhill.

The loss prompted a team discussion that, we hope, will have solved some problems. Tomorrow's game shall be the judge. Stay tuned!

Panathlitikos vs Galaxias

We played against one of the best teams in our league and lost 3-0.
The beginning of the first set was kind of bad, cause our reception was under-performing. It later got better and remained good till the end of the match.
During the middle of the first set there were signs that the improbable could actually happen, that we could push and score a win. Things were at their best at 20-19 but we couldn't keep it up and lost.
The remaining two sets were easily won by them.

Panathlitikos vs AEN Agias Triadas (AEN Holy Trinity)

We managed to score an important victory this last Thursday. Not because we were playing a against a good team, but because we hadn't scored a victory for a while; it thus became a moral booster.
We won 3-2. A very unpredictable match...

Panathlitikos vs HANTH (YMCA)

We lost on Thursday against the YMCA. They have a decent team and managed to win with relative ease. Our game lacked energy. And that's it.

Panathlitikos vs Niki Eukarpias

On Thursday we played against Niki Eukarpias.
We lost. It's a pity cause we won the first two sets with relative ease and then lost the next three with a very tight score. I would attribute our loss to lack of experience reflected in the fact that when we made mistakes they were always very costly (they were made at crucial times).

There is a video of the game, which I will digitize and distribute to the team. I may or may not upload it on Google Video, depending on whether our coach thinks our adversaries can benefit by studying the video.