Home » EC W: Bulgaria completes marvelous comeback to pre-book European pass

EC W: Bulgaria completes marvelous comeback to pre-book European pass

by WoV
source: cev.lu

Bulgaria’s women are very close to book their ticket for the final round of the 2013 European Championship after they opened the second round robin for Pool F by edging their closest rivals, i.e. the Czech Republic, once again in five sets (23-25, 17-25, 25-18, 25-22, and 15-12) as they had done last weekend in Varna.

Bulgaria-team

Bulgaria – team

Bulgaria scored the first rally of the match but the Czechs walked away 6:2 and 8:4 in the opening set before the ladies coached by Marcello Abbondanza could flip the charts around at 11:10. Even though the Czechs dictated the pace of the game for most of the opening set, still Bulgaria drew level at 22 before their opponents sealed the final 25-23.

Helena Havelkova anchored her side in the second set and the Czechs, winners of the 2012 European League, could move up 2:0 after scoring a relatively easy 25-17 in set 2.

Bulgaria stepped up in set 3 with Elitsa Vasileva, Mariya Filipova and Diana Nenova that helped go for the final 25-22.

Bulgaria stretched that tempo also to set 4 (25-19) and called for the tie-break where they opened strong (5:1) and played with great enthusiasm to wrap it up at 15-12 and complete their comeback.

Related Articles

Leave a Comment

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close