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EC W: Slovakia will have last chance in May

by WoV
source: cev.lu

Slovakia beat Sweden 3:0 (25-20, 25-17, and 25-12) to claim the second place in the charts and get a last chance to make it to the European Champs via the third qualification round coming up next May.

Sweden-Slovakia

Sweden – Slovakia

After a strong opening by Sweden, Slovakia went to the front in the opening set (8:6) and extended that margin to 13:9 with the help of Veronika Hroncekova and Erika Salanciova. The side around head coach Miroslav Cada set the pace 16:12 at the second technical time-out but Sweden could reduce a bit the gap via the blocks of Tina Johansson and Madelene Green before Slovakia pocketed the final 25-20. 

Anchored by Martina Viestova, Slovakia cruised to a massive 8:2 in the second set and even though Sweden scored the next four, still Slovakia enjoyed a margin of eight (16:8) by the second mandatory stop. With good defense and the attacks of Brazilian-born Solange Soares Slovakia comfortably sailed to the final 25-17.

Things did not change in set 3 with Slovakia up 8:5 and 16:6 and going for a speedy 25-12 with the last point being contributed by Soares, top scorer of the match with 19 points.

We played very good in all fundamentals and this made the difference today. I am very happy and finally these were two good weeks for our team” said the Slovak mentor. 

We improve match by match and this is very important for us. I hope we can continue to progress and finally be able to challenge the strongest teams” added Sweden’s mentor Tina Celinder-Nygren.

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