Rabita Baku defeats Sollys Nestle Osasco by 3-2 to top Pool B - Volleyball news
A Pool B match of the FIVB Women’s Club World Championship took place on Wednesday, October 12, between Rabita Baku of Azerbaijan and Sollys Nestle Osasco of Brazil. The city of Doha hosted the thrilling affair as both clubs played hard and took the contest
to five long and gruelling sets. However, the team that was able to win the match as well as top Pool B was Rabita Baku.
The first set of the match was smothered by Rabita Baku but the Brazilians came out strong in the second set and equalised the game. However, Rabita Baku responded in the third set and earned another comfortable win. The Brazilians fought hard in the fourth
set and took the match to a decisive fifth one but Rabita Baku prevailed in sealing the deal on the match at the following final set scores: 25-12, 23-25, 25-18, 23-25 and 15-6.
The coach of the winning club, Zoran Gajic, shared his feelings in the following manner after the match had reached a close: “We showed some high quality volleyball today. It was a great game to watch. Sollys Nestle Osasco played better defensively, but
our blocks were very strong and we made less mistakes. I think that was also the main reason of this victory, because the Brazilian team made many mistakes.”
On the other hand, the coach of Sollys Nestle Osasco Luizomar Moura, expressed himself in the following manner: “I'm very happy with today's performance. We're missing five of our main players and are playing with a very young team. I love working with youth
players and these kinds of competitions are a great experience for them.”
Rabita Baku remained strong in areas of blocking and errors. The number of blocks that Rabita Baku committed were 8 while the Brazilians fell to making eight errors in all. On the other hand, the errors of Rabita Baku were also less than that of their opponents
as the Azerbaijan club committed 10 errors while the Brazilians made 28 in the entire match.
The first set of the match saw the Brazilians leading in the beginning but Rabita Baku was able to swing things in their favour and earn the opening set at 25-12. The Brazilians put up a good fight in the second set and equalised the match but the third
set saw the Rabita Baku smother their opponents at 25-18. The fourth set went to the Brazilians again as they put on an impressive display of volleyball skills but the fifth set was sealed by the Rabita Baku team at 15-6.
Rabita Baku has gotten a bye in the semi-finals and will be competing with the team that will place second in the Pool A while the Brazilians will be up against the toppers of Pool A.
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