“Blue-yellow did not leave the opponent’s chance”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
League of Nations. 6th round, Burgas (Bulgaria)
Turkey – Ukraine – 0: 3 (11:25, 22:25, 21:25)
The Ukrainians started the match powerfully, which was not a surprise. Two years ago, in the finals of the Golden European Liga, the team under the leadership of Ugis Krastinsh also dominated the start. However, then the Turks were able to knock out our volleyball players from the rhythm of dirty techniques – delaying pauses, disputes and provocations. So this time psychological stability was a key factor.
In the first set, “blue and yellow” without chance, the opponent beat. The Turks could not find answers to the Ukrainian block – six effective actions. The filing worked almost unmistakably. At the end of the party, two important balls were implemented by Dmitry Yanchuk, who again became the main attraction of the team. As a result, a confident victory in the first set with a score of 11:25 in favor of Ukraine.
The second set came out for Ukrainians less convincing. The beginning of the party was under the control of the Turkish national team, which was able to go forward and at some point had a three point – 18:15. It seemed that the Turks adapted to the “blue and yellow” attacks, which were mostly built on the rather predictable, though effective actions of Yanchuk and Tupchia.
However, the opponent could not hold the pace for a long time. The ACE performed by Kovalev and a series of powerful attacks allowed Ukrainians to return to the game. Even the time out did not help Turkey stop the dispersed pace of Ukrainians.
After the unsuccessful reception of the opponent on the submission of Tupchia, Yanchuk confidently closed the set – 25:22.
The final segment of the match was followed by a similar scenario. The start of the set was equal, but the actions of the Ukrainians in defense, at the reception and block no longer looked as confident as before. Instead, the Turkish national team significantly added in these components and was able to impose a struggle.
The greatest advantage of the Turks were 9: 5. But then she followed a series of mistakes on the part of rivals, which “blue and yellow” successfully used, reducing the lag to a minimum.
One of the key points of the party was the release of EFE Bairram, which significantly strengthened the game of the Turkish national team. However, he soon turned his leg, and this loss markedly affected the actions of the team, which still looked unstable.
The Turks returned to their proven strategy – delaying pauses and provoking disputes. All this aimed to knock out Ukrainians out of rhythm. But this time such tricks did not produce any results.
The final segment of Sot has already been fully controlled by Ukraine. Successful game playing, effective attacks and powerful feeds that brought several aisas allowed to snatch a “blue and yellow” victory in Seth-(25:21) after a bad start of the party and close the match “on dry”-3: 0.
