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Slovak volleyball players have significantly complicated the situation in the fight for promotion to the eight finals of the European Championship 2021. In Tallinn, Estonia, they lost in their fourth match in the D-group with Croatia 1: 3 and have three points in the fifth place.
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The top four from each of the four groups will advance to the round of 16. The Slovaks need to win in the match against Germany on Thursday (16.00 CEST) and at the same time rely on the Olympic winners of the French in Wednesday night’s duel will not allow Latvia to get two points.
D-group:
SLOVAKIA – Croatia 1: 3 (25, -19, -19, -29)
decided by: Ovuka (BIH.), Asipčyk (BLR)
Slovakia: Kriško 17, Ondrovič 3, Michalovič 13, Paták 16, Krajčovič 11, F. Palgut 0, libero Ľ. German (Mačuha 2, Gavenda 11). Coach: M. Kardoš
Croatia: Dukič 2, Andrič 24, Sedlaček 18, Nikačevič 11, Žukovski 2, Šestan 21, liberá Šarčevič a Pervan (Mitrašinovič 2, Zeljkovič 0, Bakonji 0). Coach: E. Zanini
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In the first set, the Slovaks took the lead for the first time after the smash of Paták 3: 2. In the next course, the points spilled over to both sides, after Ondrovič’s failed service, the score was 9: 9. Then the Slovak volleyball players pulled the points line and at 17:12 the coach of the Croats Zanini took a break. His charges settled at 18:18, but the ending belonged to the Slovaks.
In the second set, the Slovaks led 2: 0, but then their opponents got up and turned the score with a string of four points. Coach Kardoš took a break at 12:16, but the running Croats won the set in a ratio of 25:19.
In the third set, Zanini’s charges had a better introduction, they led 7: 2 and practically the whole set led on this wave. The Slovaks did not succeed mainly in defense and lost the third act with a ratio of 19:25.
The fourth set was extremely dramatic from start to finish. The balanced fight culminated in the end, the Slovaks averted five of the opponent’s swordsmen and at 29:28 they also had a setball. Then, however, the opponent won three balls and enjoyed the victory, which ensured him progress to the knockout.
Votes after the match:
Marek Kardoš, coach of the Slovak Republic: “I’m sorry. We didn’t have quality service, we did a little aces, we spoiled easy submissions when it wasn’t necessary. Opponent had good service, we had a worse income. Still we played well in the attack, but we didn’t close the line, we lacked defense discipline. We just didn’t have our day. We’ll see what lineup the Germans play, but we have to play much better than we do today. ”
Šimon Krajčovič player of the SR: “We are disappointed, we did not manage the match. The Croats played without pressure, we did not manage it. But the chance is still alive.”
Filip Palgut, SR player: “The decisive thing was that we couldn’t handle the passing and attacking of the opponent. And we didn’t defend the extreme players. They made a lot of points even from the negative income, and that killed us a lot.”
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