Latvia defeats Portugal by 3-1 in a CEV Junior Volleyball European Championship match
A 2012 CEV Junior Volleyball European Championship – Men took place on April 11. The Turkish city of Ankara was playing host to the tournament. The two teams that competed with each other were that of Portugal as well as Latvia.
The match was a Pool D match that was taking place at the Baskent sports hall. It took four sets for the winning team to assert themselves. By the time that the day was done, Latvia had won the match at the following final set scores: 25-14, 18-25, 25-21
and 25-18.
The match between Latvia and Portugal was the first match of the day while the second match was played between Germany and Slovakia.
After four frames, the Germans were celebrating their victory over their rivals. The last match of the day saw the home team compete with the Austrians. The guests faced the added pressure of performing in the home ground of their rivals and subsequently
crumbled to the Turks in three back-to-back sets.
The first match of the day saw the Latvians start the show with a lead at the coming of the first technical time out at 8-6. Not only that, Latvia kept the Portuguese trailing behind as they extended their advantage to the second technical time out at 16-12.
After that point, it was only a matter of time before the Latvians were able to secure themselves the first match of the game at 25-14.
The loss of the first frame enabled the Portuguese to perform well in the second set and they were able to take control from the beginning of the set. As a result, the first technical time out saw the Portuguese take the lead at 8-3 and extend it further
till 16-10. The Latvians kept trailing behind as Portugal went on to make the match reach a tie by bagging the second frame at 25-18.
The third set was competitive as both the sides fought hard to gain dominance. However, it was the Latvian side that was able to earn itself the third as well as the fourth frame of the game.
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