Labor victory of Türkiye over Romania in 5 sets

At the beginning of the meeting of these two teams, Türkiye was in the lead in Pool A, and the Romanian team, on the contrary, occupied the last line in the quartet of teams. Both teams started the meeting with fast and dynamic volleyball, although the Romanian team's passion lasted for half of the first set. Türkiye reached the mark of 19:13 in its favor, scoring two aces in a row, demoralizing the Romanians. Then, it seemed, the outcome of the first set was already decided. 19:13 in favor of Türkiye after several faces in a row, as if they decided the outcome of the first set. And so it happened, the first segment ended with a score of 25:18.

In the second set, Alberto Giuliani's wards confidently rushed into battle, but the Romanians improved their game in attack, played several times with touching the opponent's block and took the lead with a comfortable 11:8 advantage for the first time in the match, and then continued to widen the gap. At a critical mark of -5, the Turkish team took matters into their own hands and rushed to catch up. They managed to get closer to the opponent and catch up with them, when both of them had 18 points in the piggy bank and then we were waiting for the most interesting ending of the set. Two mistakes, first on the block, and then in the attack, almost cost Türkiye a set, the Romanians were the first to get to the set point, but could not convert it the first time. But they were able to with the second attack from the diagonal to the back line. 25:23 in favor of Romania.

In the third set, the Romanians were even more serious, they forced their opponents to make mistakes, played better on the block and in attack, and thus took the lead by the middle of the game 14:10. Nevertheless, by the end of the set, the Turks caught up with the opponents, as in the last set. In a very stubborn struggle, Romania left behind another set with a score of 27:25.

But in the next set, Sergiu Stancu's players relaxed slightly at the beginning, allowing the Turks to take the lead by 4 points. Already by the middle of the game, the advantage of the Turkish team doubled (16:8), while their opponents could not really oppose them. The set ended with a score of 25:19 in favor of Türkiye and we were waiting for the final tie-break.

Türkiye started the final set with three successful attacks in a row. Romania could not do anything at all against the opponent and scored only one point, while the Turks had already earned 7. After the change of sides, the alignment of forces did not change, the Romanian team continued to make mistakes in defense and on the serve, and the Turkish team, on the contrary, raised difficult balls. 15:6 score in the fifth game and 3:2 at the end of the match.