Studenti TIRANA secures title of Albania men’s national league – Volleyball news
The final match of the Albania men’s national league took place on April 17. The city of Albania that played host to the deciding match was Tirana. The two teams that had made it to the title match of the tournament were Studenti TIRANA as well as Teuta
DURRES. The venue of the competition was the “Asllan Rusi” sports hall. The total number of spectators that came to watch the two teams clash were 2,000.
The spectators got their ticket’s worth as the two finalists were able to take the match till five sets that remained competitive all through. At the end of the day, it was the TIRANA squad that got its hands on the championship. The score board showed the
following final set scores: 20-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-21, and 15-10.
The head coach of the winning team, Ylli Tomorri, expressed his happiness on the match’s outcome in the following manner, “We displayed our character and we played like real champions shall do; we really deserve this title because my players believed in
their chances to go for that much wanted victory more than our rivals did.”
The recent win achieved by the TIRANA squad acted as pay back to the DURRES team as they were able to defeat TIRANA last year in the final of the Albania men’s national league.
The first set of the match started off with both the teams playing on even grounds and saw a few lead changes in the initial stages. However, the defending champions were able to take the lead and stretch it after the middle of the set. The TIRANA kept trailing
behind but could not overtake their opponents who won the opening frame at 25-20.
The loss of the first set got the TIRANA squad up and active in the second one and they were able to maintain their dominance all through the frame. TIRANA made the match reach a tie by bagging the second frame at 25-22. The third set went to the DURRES
team at 25-22 but the TIRANA were able to secure the fourth and the fifth sets of the game.
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