From left, Adam Bartoš and Milan Moník rejoice in the victory.
Jaroslav Ožana, ČTK
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“I have never experienced anything better with volleyball. We played at the peak of our possibilities, it was a great team performance, in which we put all the emotions with the support of amazing fans, “explained the smashman Adam Bartoš, who got a more significant space at the championship for the first time.
“We had nothing to lose against a clear favorite, that was our advantage. We believed in ourselves, we did not part with the power of France, and we folded the balloons as needed. We also managed the endings of all sets in our heads, including the third infarct, “said Luboš Bartůněk, thanks to whose colorful record not only the smashers, but also the universal Hadrava, who attacked sharply with gusto.
Lukáš Vašina cheers after advancing to the quarterfinals.
Jaroslav Ožana, ČTK
By submitting, the volleyball players disrupted the precise defense of France at other times and largely eliminated its attack in the middle. “We caught the first balloon in the match and sailed on the wave the whole time. I would see the key to success mainly in the way we pushed our opponents with service and we were successful in the reception, “said Bartoš, a legionnaire from Nantes, France.” in a few days that I still have some work to do here. Unlike his compatriots, “smiled the unexpected Czech hero.
Miracles can happen! The Czechs have eliminated the Olympic winners and are in the quarterfinals of the European Championships
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“Maybe it turned out a bit that in those ten days we have the Ostrava hall touched in terms of lighting conditions and spatial orientation, more than France, which came from Tallinn and had only a few trainings here,” Bartoš thought. The Czech team supported the excellent performance with excellent service and efficient blocks, which derailed the biggest star of the opponent Ngapeth.
The Czechs are among the elite eight of the Continental Championship after four years and again thanks to the eight-final victory over France. In 2017, they defeated the then defending champion 3: 1 in Katowice. Janouch, Hadrava, Finger and Zajíček were from the current line-up.
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From left, Jan Hadrava and Adam Zajíček during the match with France.
Jaroslav Ožana, ČTK
“If we catch saliva, we can really play with everyone. Although France is a great volleyball brand and Ngapeth is the best player in the world for me, my role model. This time, however, we defended him and completely took away his appetite for the game, “said Lukáš Vašina, a 22-year-old sweeper.” crap, “he added.
Program, results and tables of the European Volleyball Championship
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On Wednesday from 7 pm, the Czech national team will compete for the promotion to the weekend medal matches in Katowice in Ostrava with the reigning European vice-champions Slovenians, who beat 3: 1 at the beginning of the tournament. In any case, at this year’s European Championships, they won the third match out of six, which they did last last time twenty years ago in Ostrava, where they finally finished fourth.
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