Panathlitikos News

I know you've all been waiting to hear news about what could be considered as the most important game in our league.
Wait no more. My Christmas gift to you arrived slightly early. So please enjoy, but do so responsibly. The last thing I want is crazed groupies posting comments non-stop.

The match with Polygiros was a true derby!
It was a war!
It was the culmination of months of training.

We lost the first set. Our game was sloppy and our defense on the serve was U.G.L.Y. No alibi...



We won the second set.
Lost the third set.
Won the fourth set.
Cliffhanger...

Cliffhanger still...

Y.A.C.F ...

We won the fifth and final set.
Kudos to the team, we were losing 4-9 in this last set and then came back to win 15-13.

It was a good 3-2 match...
We made lots of mistakes, were stricken by several injuries, but we delivered.

Why all the rant for a game? How can it be so important, you ask?
Our win sort of guaranteed at least second place in the B Regional league. The best two teams advance to the next level. So next year we should be playing in the best regional league, A Regional.
Above that, there's B National, A2 National, A1 National. The A Nationals consist entirely of professionals and indeed they are quite far away. Even B National is very tough to get into.

We are now aiming for first place in B Regional. It will be tough, but it's possible.


Disclaimer:
Polygiros has nothing to do with gyro, the food.
In case you were wondering, it's a place, a small city to be more precise...