Tomis CONSTANTA defeats Galatasaray ISTANBUL in semi final of 2012 CEV Volleyball Cup
A semi final match of the 2012 CEV Volleyball Cup women took place on March 14 in the Romanian city of Constanta.
The two sides that played in the final four match were the Turkish squad of Galatasaray ISTANBUL as well as the home team of Tomis CONSTANTA.
It did not take long for the match to reach its close as the home team was able to make a clean sweep over the guests and secure themselves a ticket into the finals of the tournament. Despite the fact that the Turkish lost the match in three back-to-back
sets, they did not go down without putting up a good fight in each frame of the game. By the time that the Romanians were celebrating their win, the scoreboard showed the following final scores as 25-23, 25-23, 25-21.
The coach of the home team, Darko Zakoc, expressed his views in the following manner at the press conference that was conducted after the match had reached its close, “Galatasaray was a tough opponent for us but after defeating Dinamo KRASNODAR twice, we
wanted to go for more. They are a strong team but tonight we did take profit of their weaknesses.”
On the other hand, the Romanian middle blocker, Tsvetelina Zarkova, shared his views by giving the following statements, “Galatasaray has got a roster that includes many experienced players who are playing also for their respective national teams. I think
they are stronger than Dinamo because they have a great setter, Lo Bianco, but we will give our best also in the return match and we’ll see what comes there in Istanbul.”
The first set of the match saw the two teams come out strong against each other but as the frame neared its close, the home squad was able to earn itself a win at 25-23. The second set followed the same pattern as the previous set but the performance of
the guests dwindled in the third frame of the game and the home squad secured themselves a win as well as the match.
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