Κυριακή 24 Μαΐου 2009

Impressive 3:0 victory for Spain against Bulgaria

2009 European League - Women

Gabrovo, Bulgaria, May 23, 2009. In the first match of Pool A, Spain defeated Bulgaria 3:0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-20) at the Orlovets hall in Gabrovo. The visiting team impressed with a dazzling performance in defense, a show that seemed very frustrating for the the Bulgarians. The hosts could not find a weapon to overcome the Spanish team, despite the enthusiastic support of the local cheering spectators.


The beginning of the match was very encouraging for Bulgaria as they were up to 15:11 in the first set right before 7 points in a row for Spain turned the advantage over to them for the provisional 15:18. Bulgaria came back for 19:18, but Gido Vermeulen’s players were more persistent and managed to close the set in their favor. In the second set, the visiting team was the absolute ruler of the court: 0:5, 1:8, 4:14, 9:16… Bulgaria tried to fight back only to narrow the gap up to 5 points at the end of the set.
The third part was more straight-forward for the Spaniards and they achieved a convincing victory in their first ever match for the European League. Spanish Elena Garcia was the match top scorer of the match with 19 points. Bulgarian opposite Elena koleva scored 14 points.

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