Noliko MAASEIK sweeps Iraklis THESSALONIKI to enter Playoffs 12 of CEV League
Noliko MAASEIK of Belgium recently had a match with Iraklis THESSALONIKI of Cuba. The competition was part of the 2012 CEV Volleyball Champions League – Men that is currently in its final stage of the preliminary round.
The two teams met each other in the Belgian city of Maaseik while the venue of the contest was the Lotto Dôme. The number of spectators who came to watch the game were 3,000 in all.
It did not take long for the match between the two sides to reach its close as the home team was able to end up as the winner by making a clean sweep over their opponents. Not only did the Belgians win the match in three back to back sets they did so by
bagging each frame by a comfortable margin.
By the time that the home team was celebrating its well deserved win, the score board showed the following final set scores, 25-17, 25-14 and 25-16.
The recent win has enabled the Belgians to earn their ticket into the next stage of the tournament which is the Playoffs 12.
Kevin Klinkenberg, a Belgian player, expressed himself in the following words after the match had come to its end, “The result is clear and our qualification for the Playoffs 12 is a fantastic result.”
On the other hand, the libero of the losing team, Georgios Stefanou, shared his views by making the following comments, “We did not cope with the strong serving of Noliko and had no solutions in attack tonight.”
The start of the first frame of the game saw both the teams lock horns in an aggressive fashion but before the set progressed too far, the Noliko were able to dictate the pace on their terms by taking the lead at 16-10. Once they had the advantage, the home
team did not let go of the lead and bagged the set at 25-17.
The loss of the opening set of the game did not sit well with the guests and they could not step up their performance which resulted in another easy win for the Belgians at 25-14. The third set also saw a half hearted effort from the Cubans that gave the
match away to the Belgians.
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