This time, coach Jiří Novák sent the second universal Marek Šotola and the blocker Oliver Sedláček to replace the captain Adam Zajíček from the beginning of the match. Daniel Pfeffer has taken the pound. The changed lineup was confident.
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The service bothered Latvian smearer Martin Licek, who entered six aces. “I don’t know how many I gave at all. I think we all served well today, that we surprised them here at home. As we served well and pulled them off the net, it was easier,” he said. Not only him, but also other Czech volleyball players succeeded in the attack. Smečař Jan Galabov and universal Šotola scored twelve points in this activity. The middle players Sedláček and Polák turned almost every record into a less busy point.
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The Latvians did not have a counter-weapon, although they were driven by more than fifteen hundred fans. Only in the third set did the home team be able to resist when they approached the difference of a single point in the middle of it. But they have only played four balls since 14:15. “Great satisfaction with the result. Of course, we did not expect such a course, but from the beginning we always created a sufficient lead to keep the home team under pressure. Novák.
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The Czech volleyball players will start the retaliatory part of the basic group again on Saturday against Latvia, with whom they will play from 16:00 in Karlovy Vary. “It will be important to regenerate well, because the journey will be complicated again. It will be important to start with 100% concentration, because this result leads us to think that it will be easy at home,” the coach mused.
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| European Volleyball League in Liepaja (Latvia) |
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| Group C – Round 3: |
| Latvia – Czech Republic 0: 3 (-16, -15, -18) |
| Referee: Hakkarainen (FIN), Minins (LVA) Time: 77 min. Attendance: 1550. |
| Lineup and points of the Czech Republic: Licek 14, Sedláček 7, Šotola 14, Galabov 12, Polák 7, Janouch, libero Pfeffer – Indra 1, Bartůněk. |
| Most points Latvia: Dardzans 8, Šmits and Platacs after 6. |
| Estonia – Belgium 3: 1 (27, 29, -22, 13) |
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| 1. | Czechia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9:1 | 251:186 | 9 |
| 2. | Estonia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7:6 | 307:302 | 6 |
| 3. | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4:6 | 223:240 | 3 |
| 4. | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2:9 | 214:267 | 0 |
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