Niki Kolev and his PAOK won the "Bulgarian" Thessaloniki derby against Pegas Polichnis, which features Boyan Yordanov and Tomislav Rusev.
PAOK thus won with a clean 3-0 (25:18, 25:14, 25:21) game and once again caught up with Georgi Petrov's Kifisia in 4th place. Pegas remained anchored in eighth position out of 10 teams.
PAOK showed a much more mature and faster game against Pegas, which, after the changes made in the coaching staff, in the opposite position with Boyan Yordanov and the middle blocker position with Tomislav Rusev, failed to put up resistance. In none of the sets did the hosts from Pegas manage to gain the upper hand, and so the match ended in 70 minutes of play.
Points for Pegas Polichnis came from 2 aces, 39 attacks, 4 blocks, and 8 opponent errors, while points for PAOK F&U were from 8 aces. Nikolay Kolev finished second among blockers.
In his first match for Pegas, Boyan Yordanov finished with 14 points (13/26 attack points, 1 ace). For the winners, Dimitris Mouchlias scored 17 points (9/20 attack points, 6 aces, 2 blocks) and was declared MVP of the match.
Pegas opposite hitter Boyan Yordanov stated: "I'm trying to leave, but it pulls me here, this is my home, but this time in Thessaloniki. I'm trying to do my job, I know very well what position the Pegas team is in and we will give our best to finish well. Definitely, as you know, I will give everything from my heart on the court to help my teammates and the team, and we will see."
