From left: Lukasz Wiese from Karlovy Vary and Ivan Raic from Galati.
Slavomír Kubeš, ČTK
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In the second preliminary round, the Czech champion will face the winner of the youth double match, Zagreb, with the Montenegrin team Budva Volley, which will be decided on Thursday. Successful teams from the third preliminary round will ensure their progress to the group phase of the Champions League, and two teams will move between the elite twenty. Galati will go to Bohemia once more, as he will continue in the CEV Cup, where he will encounter the Prague Lions.
After a while of hesitation, the Karlovy Vary players set off in defense and, after Keemink’s recordings, scored points with both hard attacks and clever blows to the unguarded places of the opponent’s half. However, the dead spot in the second set gave Galati a six-point lead, which coach Novák did not pull down even with a number of substitutions.
From left Wessel Keemink and Marc Wilson from Karlovy Vary.
Slavomír Kubeš, ČTK
The dramatic ending of the third act then sounded the opposite for the Karlovy Vary team, which faced five sets, but in the end after winning the blocker Bissette, won 32:30. The guests recovered and forced a tie break, which they did not succeed at all, they lost it 9:15.
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The joy of volleyball players in Karlovy Vary.
Slavomír Kubeš, ČTK
The gold set had to decide the battle for more than two and a half hours. Both teams relied on the service in it, but the home volleyball players did a little more and after the attack of the Keemink recorder they led 10: 7. Setbol and the starting point were then arranged by Wiese.
“At the beginning of the season, it was a very tough opponent, but today we played great volleyball,” Lukasz Wiese told Czech Television. The Polish smasher took care of 27 points, only the universal Patrik Indra (30) was better.
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Wessel Keemink from Karlovy Vary rejoices in the victory and progress.
Slavomír Kubeš, ČTK
Karlovy Vary presented itself in European volleyball competitions at home after more than a year and a half. The last time the West Bohemians played in their hall at the international level last March was the quarterfinals of the Challenge Cup. Last season, they played the basic group of the Champions League abroad.
| Revenge of the 1st preliminary round of the Volleyball Champions League: |
| Karlovy Vary – Galati (ROU) 3: 2 (19, -22, 30, -22, 9), gold set 15:10 |
| Referee: Gerothodoros (GRE), Schimpl (SR). Time: 141 min. Attendance: 625. First match 2: 3, Karlovy Vary advanced. |
| Squad and points of Karlovy Vary: Vasina 11, Wilson 4, Indra 30, Wiese 27, Zajíček 8, Keemink 6, libero Pfeffer – Ihnát 1, Patočka 7, Římal 1, Kočka 1, Fišer. Coach: Novák. |
| Most points Galati: Raič 24, Šestan 21, Bissette 12. |
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