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This Saturday will be remembered by the Greek volleyball fans as the day when the men's national team qualified for a second time in their history for the Final Round of #EuroVolleyM. Flying to the Finals, Greece didn't leave any chances to their opponents of Azerbaijan, outclassing them at 3-0. In a match, that lasted 62 minutes, the players coached by Dimitrios Andreopoulos controlled the game from its very beginning and outperformed Azerbaijan on attack (43 winning spikes), block (8 kill blocks) and on the serving line (8 aces).

- Greece took the lead in the first set, building a comfortable point difference. Athanasios Protopsaltis and Georgios Patreas were performing on top level, while Charalampos Andreopoulos on the serving line made it difficult for Azerbaijan's reception in the last minutes.

- In the next set, the Greek players continued on enjoying the game, while their opponents were struggling to find the right rhythm With 3 kill blocks and 3 aces, Greece emerged victorious.

- Seeing the #EuroVolleyM dream coming true, Nikos Zoupani and his teammates stormed out in the third set and stamped their ticket to Europe's elite national competition.

- Zoupani with 20 points, topped the charts in the match while Protopsaltis and Patreas added 10 each.

"We are very happy about qualifying for the Final Round of the #EuroVolleyM. This will be the second time that our team goes to such a big international competition. As per the Qualifier, we have one more game. Tomorrow, we meet Montenegro in a battle for the first position in the pool, we will try our best."

Dimitrios Andreopoulos, head coach of Greece

"We are really proud and happy! It was a long road. Today's match was a tough one, mostly psychologically. We have one more match now at the Qualifier. We need to remain calm and to play the game against Montenegro at our best."

Georgios Patreas, middle blocker of Greece

"It was a hard game for us, because yesterday we played a tough match, too. Today, we tried it against Greece but it was difficult. After an year of pandemic, we haven't played together. Congratulations to the teams that will proceed ahead."

Tural Hasanli, setter of Azerbaijan