Luxurious 5 sets from Finland and Slovakia in the Golden League

According to the balance of power before the match, Finland looked like the favorite in the meeting with Slovakia, as they already had one victory and one defeat on their account, while the Slovaks had both defeats. Wards of Joel Banks also played this match at their home ground in Turku. In a very stubborn struggle in the first set, the teams did not allow each other to break away in the account. In the end, Steven Vanmedegael, head coach of the Slovaks, took a very timely time-out, as a result of which his team carried out several effective attacks and the first set was theirs - 26:24.

By the middle of the second set, thanks to the excellent game in attack, the Finns managed to create a good reserve of 4-5 points, which only continued to grow until the end of this game segment. The result of the second set 25:17.

The third set developed according to a similar scenario, in addition to productive play in the attack, the Finns also added on the block - 4 vs. 1 kill blocks. The hosts of the site completed this segment with the same score as the previous one - 25:17.

Of course, Steven Vanmedegael's team did not plan to give the fourth set without a fight, so from the first minutes of the game they got involved in a serious fight. Several incredible saves and a productive attack by Jakub Ihnat paid off and Slovakia was able to take the lead with a reserve of 4 points. With this comfortable advantage, they reached the middle of the game, where the Finns finally caught up with them and equalized the score at 15:15. Nevertheless, their attitude and support from the home stands were not enough to keep their moral advantage. Slovakia had an amazing ending and evened the score in the games.

In the first half of the tie-break, the Finnish national team looked more confident, they quickly reacted to passing balls and counterattacked. As expected, 15 points were not enough for such a confrontation, Slovakia was not going to just give up this match, but in the end the hosts of the site played a little more confidently and finished the set with a score of 19:17 and 3-2 in sets.