Serbia
The Serbian nation is an absolute ruler of European volleyball in 2019! Less than a month ago, its female national team defended the continental title, while tonight their male colleagues also won the trophy for the best team in Europe. For those who do not remember it, the same thing happened in 2011.
Serbia outplayed Slovenia in the final of the 2019 Men’s EuroVolley, that was held in front of the packed stands at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France (12,654 spectators), on which Slovenian fans out-numbered Serbian by far, with a 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20).
Slovenia imposed dominance in the opening set but Serbia recovered quickly, making huge gap in the middle of each of the remaining three sets mostly thanks to blocking and serving, Serbia had eighth or even nine set points in those sets which say enough on their superiority.
Hats off to Slobodan Kovač, who took over the bench of Serbia only a month ago, and improved their play significantly. Uroš Kovačević was in charge of converting impossible points tonight, making Slovenian defense powerless on many occasions.
There were some tensions on the net between players of the two opposing sides at 23-16 and 23-17 for Serbia in the fourth set, which fortunately ended only with the trash-talk and a couple of yellow cards. Serbia’s captain Nemanja Petrić closed the match with two straight points, including an ace for the European title, the third ever for Serbia Men (2001, 2011 and 2019).
Aleksandar Atanasijević top-scored for the winners with 22 points (4 kill blocks), Kovačević poured in 20 points, including 4 kill blocks as well. Klemen Čebulj scored 15 and Alen Pajenk 12 points for Slovenia of which 5 came from the block.
2019 CEV European Men’s Volleyball Championship:
Bronze medal match
France – Poland 0-3 (24-26, 22-25, 21-25)
Final
Serbia – Slovenia 3-1 (19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20)
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