The Czech volleyball players succeeded in a first-class sensation! At the beginning of their performance in the Ostrava group of the European Championship, the defending champions of silver defeated the Slovenians 3: 1 in sets 26:24, 25:18, 14:25 and 25:19. With amazing spectator support, the national team played fearlessly, was adorned with great fighting spirit and showed perhaps the best performance under coach Jiří Novák.
(From left) Alen Pajenk from Slovenia and home volleyball players Jakub Janouch and Adam Zajíček.
Vladimir Prycek, ČTK
With more than three thousand loyal fans, the home team had it in their backs, so they bravely set about measuring their strength with the favorite. He was attacked in the middle of the net and the defense in the field worked well. The end of the first set was then played by Czech smashers, who got the Slovenians into trouble.
The national team could also rely on Vašin, Galabov and the universal Hadrava in the second act, to which an effective block was added and during Zajíček’s service we managed to build a great lead with a four-point line 22:14 and again the Czechs used the second set.
Ostrava co-sponsors the European Volleyball Championship, the Czech Republic awaits a strong Slovenia or Italy in the group
Only in the third act did Slovenia find its rhythm, it almost completely stopped the Czech attack and the biggest star Urnaut commanded the downfall of his team. The awakening of the silver defenders, however, took only a hundred, in the fourth it was played again according to Czech notes, when Vašina’s offensive speech returned to absolute precision and the team, which managed to break the Slovenian blocks with incredible success, as if it were a sensational success in a trance.
| European Volleyball Championships – Group B (Ostrava): |
| Czech Republic-Slovenia 3: 1 (24, 18, -14, 19) |
| Italy-Belarus 3: 0 (18, 12, 15) |
| Bulgaria-Montenegro 3: 0 (22, 18, 25). |
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