Germany defeats Bulgaria 3-1 in a FIVB World League match – Volleyball news
A Pool D match of the FIVB Volleyball World League saw Germany and Bulgaria compete against each other on Sunday, June 24, 2012. The Portuguese city of Guimarães acted as the host to the competition that went on for four thrilling sets at the end of which
the Germans were celebrating a well earned win.
The score board showed the following final set scores: 25-20, 28-26, 22-25 and 25-22.
The coach of the winning side, Vital Heynen, shared his feelings at the press conference in the following words, “It was a very close match, it wasn’t easy but it was important since it was the first time that we won to Bulgaria. We gave one more step into
the path to the final phase of the World League.”
On the other hand, the coach of the Bulgarian squad, Nayden Naydenov, expressed himself in the following statements, “It was a good match, but unfortunately we lost. We are satisfied with what we have showed because our pool was very difficult. But it was
good because we wanted to grow up as a team and show that we are fighters.”
Tsvetan Sokolov of Bulgaria was able to make his team proud by earning the title of top scorer of the match as he put up an impressive number of 33 points for his side. On the other hand, the highest scorer on the German squad was Marcus Popp with 16 points.
The first set started off with a Bulgarian lead but it was short lived as the Germans went on a 2-0 run to snatch the advantage from their opponents. The set went fairly level with quite a few lead changes but the Germans were able to take the lead near
the end and then sped on to secure the opening set of the game at 25-20.
The second set progressed with both the teams playing equally well but the Bulgarians got the lead with the coming of the first technical time out. The Germans did not lose heart and kept on the chase until they had the advantage at 23-22. Despite a valiant
last attempt by Bulgaria to turn things around, Germany bagged the second set at 28-26.
Under the pressure of losing the first two sets, Bulgaria came out strong in the third set and was able to storm ahead with a significant advantage. The Germans were able to close in the gap but the Bulgarians did not let their opponents go ahead and were
able to avoid a clean sweep by securing the third set at 25-22.
Germany played a balanced game in the fourth set and was able to secure a lead that they held on to till the final stages of the frame which saw the Germans seal the deal at 25-22.
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