Volleyball News: Germany’s second victory in the 2023 Volleyball Nations League (VNL) lifted the team four places in the standings, the European team slipped from 16th to 12th after Wednesday’s victory (05 /07) in Anaheim, USA.
Germany faced Bulgaria, the only team with them to enter the third week of the preliminary phase with a single victory, and won 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-22).
The result left Germany ahead of Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba and China, who now sit in 12th place with two wins and seven points. Bulgaria are now at the bottom of the standings with a victory (six points) and are in serious danger of being relegated from the VNL.
“It’s a great feeling, we worked hard for it,” said setter Johannes Tille.
“We were very unlucky the first two weeks. It felt like we couldn’t finish the set and today we did. Endgames are beyond our reach, so we won’t pay attention to them. We just tried to use this game to be better as a team and today we did that.”
Outside hitter Moritz Reichert topped the scoring list in this fight, with a collection of 14 points, courtesy of 12 takedowns and two aces. Opposite Linus Weber also hit double digits, earning 12 points, with 11 eliminations and one block.
On the Bulgarian side, outside hitters Martin Atanasov (11 points), Asparuh Asparuhov (9 points) and Denis Karyagin (9 points) were the top scorers.
Article tags: VNL 2023, Bulgaria, Germany
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