The volleyball players of Karlovy Vary will not play in the group stage of the Champions League. After winning 3: 2 in Lisbon today, they lost in the retaliation of the third preliminary round of Benfice 1: 3 after sets of 25:20, 23:25, 21:25, 23:25 and the eighth finals of the CEV Cup await them.
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Benfica’s Lisbon players are celebrating victory and advancement in Karlovy Vary.
Slavomír Kubeš, CTK
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“We are sad, that’s clear. It wasn’t a bad match at all, but it occurred to me that we had more courage outside. We were probably tied up at home,” Captain Daniel Pfeffer told Czech Television.
In the first set, the Czech champion got into the lead 12: 8 thanks to a five-point line and kept the lead until the end. In the second set, the West Czechs lost 12:14, but they compared Keeminka with Vašina thanks to the cooperation. In the end, they led 21:20 after the bunny block, but they lost the orchard in the ratio of 23:25.
Karlovy Vary volleyball players Patrik Indra and Jakub Ihnát during the match with Benfica.
Slavomír Kubeš, CTK
After the disappointment of the unsuccessful ending in the third set, they lagged behind the Portuguese champion with the Brazilian supports and lost by up to eight points (13:21). In the end, they lost the set by four points. From the beginning of the fourth set, Wiese the smoker and the blocker Wilson played and it seemed that Karlovy Vary could succeed, but it did not maintain a three-point lead and Vašina did not win three times in the attack.
In the first round, Karlovy Vary eliminated the Romanian Galati after the gold set in the three-round qualification, of which only two teams advanced, and crossed Zagreb in the second round.
The opponent in the CEV Cup will take over Karlovy Vary from the match between the Serbian team Ribnica Kraljevo and the German team SVG Lüneburg.
| Revenge of the 3rd preliminary round of the Champions League: |
| Karlovy Vary – Benfica Lisbon 1: 3 (20, -23, -21, -23) |
| Judges: Jankovič (SRB), Maroszek (Pol ..). Time: 113 min. Attendance: 950. First match 3: 2, Benfica advanced. |
| Lineup and points of Karlovy Vary: Indra 26, Ihnát 5, Zajíček 8, Keemink 1, Vašina 9, Patočka 3, libero Pfeffer – Římal, Wiese 9, Wilson 2, Kočka. Coach: Novák. |
| Benfica’s most points: Gaspar 19, Ryuma 16, Soares 9. |
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