The senior Polish nationwide volleyball crew ended the common part of this yr’s version of the Volleyball Nations League with a match towards the Cuban nationwide crew. Within the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, the White and Reds confidently received towards the Cubans and are actually ready to fulfill their rival, with whom they are going to meet subsequent week on the courtroom of the Atlas Enviornment in Łódź within the quarter-final match. The Cubans’ loss on this match moreover ensured that the Serbian crew superior to the Olympic Video games in Paris.
Poland – Cuba 3:0 (25:17, 25:20, 25:20)
In the present day’s match began with an efficient assault by Wildredo Leon (1:0), whereas the Cubans made a number of errors on the web, permitting our crew to take the primary three-point lead (7:4). The rivals additionally didn’t do nicely within the service subject, Miguel Angel Lopez Castro spoiled the serve (13:10). Leon was very efficient in assault, and Cuba’s representatives had been unable to seek out any option to cease him (19:13). Throughout a change of responsibility, Kuba’s second setter, Lyvan Taboada Díaz, appeared on the serve (22:14), however Tomasz Fornal’s spectacular play from the left wing left little doubt that on this sport our volleyball gamers had been significantly better than the rival crew (25:17) .
The second set had an identical course to the primary set – after some time of point-for-point play (3:3), the Cubans began making errors in their very own actions, which resulted in a three-point loss to our crew (7:4). The captain of the Polish crew, Bartosz Kurek (15:11), made a powerful single block towards the opponent’s attacker (15:11), and Tomasz Fornal (20:16) additionally added a degree scored straight from the serve. Our volleyball gamers didn’t permit their opponents to take the initiative even for a second (23:17), and the victory lastly turned a truth after one other unsuccessful serve by the Cubans (25:20).
On the opening of the final a part of this match, the Polish block once more functioned completely (6:3), and Mateusz Bieniek, who acquired barely fewer balls in the present day, began attacking from the middle of the online (10:6). Wilfredo Leon, in a manner well-known to followers, as soon as once more disturbed his opponents within the serve, sending a collection of extraordinarily tough serves to the Cuban aspect, because of which the White and Reds gained 9 factors (17:8). The Cubans tried to muster the final of their power (20:15), however the Poles didn’t intend to surrender the victory both on this sport or in all the match, saving the final level after their opponent’s mistake (25:20).
Poland: Leon, Fornal, Janusz, Bieniek, Huber, Kurek, Zatorski (L) and: Bołądź, Łomacz
As a result of: Lopez, Simon, Yant, Thondike, Concepcion, Sanchez, Garcia (L) oraz: Taboada, Masso
