Unicaja makes history and eliminates the Panathinaikos in the 'gold set'


The Andalusian Unicaja Cav Esquimo FoundationSevillian team of the Volleyball Iberdrola League, He won on Wednesday the Panathinaikos (3-1) In the return of the sixteen-finals of the Challenge CEV Cup and, after losing 3-0 in Athens, he forced a 'gold set' that was also awarded (15-6) to qualify for the eighths.

The set of two sisters, which disputes this competition of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) after finishing room in the last Spanish Women's League, He made history with an epic comeback in his Montecillos pavilionwith a thousand fans in the stands, to eliminate the powerful Greek team, a historic European volleyball.

The team trained by Ricardo Torronteras, who repeated at the 'Challenge Cup' after his debut last season and had overcome the first round Al Geneve Tomley Swiss, A first set began very strong in which equality was maximum in the beginningalthough the Sevillanas rose their level, despite the resistance of the Greeks, and pointed this manga (25-21).

This allowed them to dream of the comeback, although the Panathinaikos reacted and won the second set by 18-25which complicated things to a Nazarene team that needed, at least, to win 3-1 to maintain their options.

With 1-1, and without margin for the Sevillanas, the attack of the Andalusian Unicaja Foundation began to score with a large Maguilaura Frías and Emma Ellis until it puts 15-10 and then 19-15 to close the set with a 25-20 score.

In the room, that the Nazarenes had to be awarded to force that definitive manga at 15 points, the Spanish team did not disappoint and, despite equality, it did not let the victory (25-20) escape to move on to a 'gold set' in which, after placing itself with 8-3, it finished its success by 15-6 and achieved a historic classification to the round of 16 of the Challenge.



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