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EG M: Slovakia upsets Italy, remarkable turnaround of Finland (VIDEO)

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Slovakian national team caused huge upset at the start of the men’s volleyball tournament in European Games, in Baku (Azerbaijan).

Slovakia - Italy

Slovakia – Italy

The players coached by Miroslav Palguta beat favored Italy with 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21) in Pool B!

Marcel Lux was unstoppable in Slovakia with 19 points while Peter Ondrovič and Tomáš Kriško added 14. In Italy, Andrea Galliani scored 12 and Elia Bossi 11 points for Italy.

In the same pool, Bulgaria overpowered young team of Belgium in five sets with 26 from Jani Jeliazkov! On the other side, Jolan Cox had 23.

In Pool A, Turkey beat Serbia in 4 sets, in a derby and thus, won all 3 points at the opening.

Finland made a remarkable turnaround after trailing 2-0 in sets against Azerbaijan, but won after the tie-break. Karl Külaots had 27 for the winning team.

PRELIMINARY ROUND / POOL A /

Game Date/Time Teams Set Result per set Stats Videos
1st game 14. 06. 2015 11:00 Serbia vs Turkey 1:3 15:25; 25:21; 20:25; 18:25    
2nd game 14. 06. 2015 16:30 Azerbaijan vs Finland 2:3 25:22; 25:21; 18:25; 18:25; 13:15    
3rd game 14. 06. 2015 22:00 Poland vs France 0:0    

PRELIMINARY ROUND / POOL B /

Game Date/Time Teams Set Result per set Stats Videos
1st game 14. 06. 2015 09:00 Slovakia vs Italy 3:1 25:23; 25:22; 22:25; 25:21    
2nd game 14. 06. 2015 14:30 Belgium vs Bulgaria 2:3 16:25; 25:23; 20:25; 25:23; 11:15    
3rd game 14. 06. 2015 20:00 Germany vs Russia 0:0    

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