Benfica won 3-0 at Atenas Thetis’ home on Thursday night, in the first leg of the round of 16 of the women’s volleyball Challenge Cup, and got closer to qualifying for the next phase of the competition.
In Athens, at Melina Mercouri, Rui Moreira’s men won with authority, 25-20, 25-19 and 27-25, after 80 minutes and with around 150 spectators in the stands.
The Reds’ performance was boosted by the 17 points scored by the North American Kyra Holt, in addition to 11 from Alice Clemente, another of the outstanding players, while Rica Maase (14 points) was the highlight of the Greeks.
The result, the seventh consecutive victory for the ‘eagles’ in all competitions, leaves the Portuguese with ‘a leg and a half’ in the next phase, in a game in which they almost always controlled the progress of the score against the fourth-placed teams in the Greek League.
The second leg is scheduled for December 11th, in Lisbon.
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