Slovenia-vs-Czech-Republic
Slovenia didn’t want to leave room for speculations. They didn’t calculate in regard to choosing rivals in the semifinals of the European Men’s Olympic Qualification Tournament. Slovenia defeated the Czech Republic by a 3-1 (25-12, 28-26, 19-25, 28-26) in the last round and earned No.1 in Pool A (in front of Germany). They will face mighty France (No.2 from Pool B) in the semis. Slovenia’s head coach Alberto Giuliani send the strongest line-up on the court in the opening set but started to mix the composition as from the 2nd set, giving chance to some players that played only a bit or not at all. Jan Kozamernik top-scored for the winning side with 15 points through 73% attack (11/15). Patrik Indra tallied 19 points for the Czechs, while Adam Zajíček made 5 kill blocks.
By taking the first set of their last Pool B match against the Netherlands, France have mathematically ensured their progression to the semifinals. Qualifying to the knockout stage allowed head coach Laurent Tillie to immediately replace the starting lineup. Backups couldn’t win more than one set and were beaten by the “Oranje“ in the tie-break. Roberto Piazza also combined his line-up during the match. Even though he played only the first 2 sets, Nimir Abdel-Aziz was the top scorer of the match with 16 points. Yacine Louati scored 13 points for the “Les Bleus“.
2020 European Men’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifier, pool stage – Round 4
January 8:
POOL A
Slovenia – Czech Republic 3-1 (25-12, 28-26, 19-25, 28-26)
POOL B
Serbia – Bulgaria 2-3 (21-25, 26-24, 22-25, 25-20, 13-15)
France – Netherlands 2-3 (25-21, 25-20, 22-25, 19-25, 11-15)
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