Volleyball
National Men’s Volleyball: Against Croatia for first place and qualification
The men’s national volleyball team meets Croatia on Wednesday evening (17 August, 8 p.m.) against the background of qualification and first place in the European Championship.
On Wednesday evening (17 August, 8 p.m., Cosmote Sport 9) the big Croatia-Greece derby will take place in Osijek, which will decisively decide the final placement in the 5th qualifying group.
Our representative group has 4 wins in as many games and if they leave Croatia with the double they will seal first place and qualification, but even a 3-2 loss keeps us on top, while in case of a loss with a clean result we should await the rest of the results in the other six groups.
However, Dante Bonifande, who doesn’t just count the injured Charalambos Andreopoulos, doesn’t accept the ‘final’ term for the game and explained why.
“It’s not a final for us… But it’s a final for Croatia and if they lose, they lose while we still have the game against Norway in Glyfada that can give us qualification,” said the Italian coach and added: “Obviously that doesn’t mean we’re going to approach the game any differently than we’ve played before. We want to play the volleyball we can with the same fighting spirit and I want my players to enjoy this great game. Because every player should enjoy being involved in such important games.”
The national coach believes: “We are ready for this important game, the mood among all the children is great and I believe that we will play a good game. We had our best performance in the first game in Glyfada, but we know that Croatia can play much better. But the same goes for us and I expect a big fight.”
On the same wavelength and statements by Raphael Koumendakis with the Olympiacos international winger, who notes: “We have a very strong and crucial game ahead of us as we chase the top spot in our group with a team that is pretty good in many aspects of their game. We have the psychological part on our side, we are analyzing the changes that the Croatians could have regarding the first game in Glyfada. What is certain is that we will fight as hard as we can for the desired result and I believe that we will succeed.”
Croatia, for their part, with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss (the ones they met in Glyfada) are literally playing their reserves as a second loss will largely mean their elimination, with Greek fans’ old friend Leo Andric addressing people to fill the stadium.
“In Greece we had our worst performance this summer, but now we have a very important one ahead of us. The result of the game will decide whether we qualify for the final of the European Championship or not and I call on all the citizens of Osijek to but also all the Croatians who can come to the stadium,” said the former Ethnikos Alexandroupolis ace.
Source: sport 24
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Volleyball
A doctor from the Yenisei volleyball club provided emergency assistance to a child on board the plane
The doctor of the men’s volleyball club “Yenisei” from Krasnoyarsk, Shakhriyar Mirzoev, provided emergency assistance to the boy on board the plane.
The incident happened during the New Year holidays on the Kazan-Krasnoyarsk flight. The specialist noticed that the man and child were in the toilet for 20 minutes, and the flight attendant came in there periodically.
“I approached and saw that a boy of about nine was standing at the sink filled with water and blood. At that moment, the flight attendant began to ask if there was a doctor on board, to which I replied: “I’m a doctor, I’ll help now.”
I tried to stop the bleeding using cotton wool and improvised means that the conductors had, applying cold to the bridge of the nose. But this had no effect – everything was soaked in blood. The bleeding did not stop for about 20 minutes.
I tried to calm the child down and began to think about what to do next. I asked the flight attendants for a first aid kit and found ampoules of adrenaline there. Having opened two ampoules, I soaked two cotton pads with the solution and inserted them deep into the child’s nose. After a couple of minutes, I saw that the blood had stopped,” AiF Krasnoyarsk quotes Mirzoev as saying.
The child came to his senses. As it turned out, the boy had undergone surgery to remove his adenoids the day before, which probably caused the bleeding.
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Novosibirsk Lokomotiv defeated Moscow MSTU in the match of the 18th round of the Russian Volleyball Championship.
The meeting in Moscow ended with a score of 3–2 (25:21, 20:25, 25:23, 23:25, 15:10) in favor of the guests.
Lokomotiv scored 44 points and ranks second in the Super League standings, MSTU (6 points) is 16th.
In other matches of the day, the Gazprom-Ugra club beat Dynamo-Ural from Ufa at home (3–0, 26:24, 28:26, 25:21), Nizhny Novgorod Gorky lost away to Orenburg (0–3, 28:30, 11:25, 25:27), Belogorye took victory over Yaroslavich in Tula (3–0, 25:17, 25:15, 25:22).
In the Women’s Super League, Minsk in the away match of the 17th round defeated the Zarechye-Odintsovo team with a score of 3-2 (15:25, 22:25, 25:21, 25:15, 15:7).
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Volleyball
Volleyball players of St. Petersburg “Zenith” beat “Nova” and won their fifth victory in a row in the Super League
St. Petersburg “Zenith” defeated “Nova” from Novokuybyshevsk in the match of the 18th round of the Russian Volleyball Championship.
The meeting in St. Petersburg ended with a score of 3–2 (25:17, 25:21, 19:25, 20:25, 15:13). Zenit extended its winning streak in the Super League to five matches.
In other matches of the day, Zenit Kazan beat Krasnoyarsk Yenisey at home – 3-1 (25:18, 25:20, 25:27, 25:20), the Dynamo-LO club (Sosnovy Bor) defeated Kemerovo Kuzbass at home – 3-0 (25:15, 25:19, 25:20).
The leader in the table is Zenit Kazan (16 wins, 45 points), Zenit from St. Petersburg (14 wins, 43 points) is second.
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