VNL: Slovenia bounces back, blanks Netherlands
Slovenia throughout a recreation in opposition to the Netherlands within the Volleyball Nations League at Mall of Asia Enviornment. MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines—Slovenia bought proper again on the Volleyball Nations League’s win column after sweeping the Netherlands, 25-20, 32-30, 25-22, at Mall of Asia Enviornment in Pasay on Sunday.
After absorbing a 25-13, 25-22, 25-17 loss in opposition to Italy on Friday, the Slovenians bounced again to enhance to 8-4.
“It was a vital win particularly after our loss in opposition to Italy. It was a really powerful loss and it was not straightforward for us,” Klemen Čebulj stated after ending with 13 factors.
“However we caught collectively and talked about what we would have liked to vary, what wanted to be our attitudes and our targets to proceed in the precise approach.”
Nevertheless it wasn’t a straightforward win for Slovenia as they needed to outlast the Netherlands in a grueling second set.
The Netherlands was already at set level however Čebulj transformed on a kill to boost the set level to 26.
The back-and-forth continued till the Slovenians lastly broke free after a Jan Kozamernik ace and an Alen Pajenk block.
Tine Urnaut topscored for Slovenia with 14 factors whereas Rok Možič additionally helped the trigger with 13.
Nimir Abdel-Aziz, in the meantime, completed with 22 factors in a shedding effort for the Netherlands, which crashed to a 5-7 card.
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