Russia women’s national volleyball team won the European Championship. In the final match in Rotterdam 3-0 was defeated team – the owner of the tournament – the Netherlands.
Netherlands – Russia – 0-3 (14:25, 20:25, 20:25)
The Russian national team to the final of the European championship in volleyball came under severe stress. Over the past two months, a team of Yuri Maricheva held 30 matches. It all started with the drawing Grand Prix, where our girls were second, continued to fourth place at the World Cup in Japan, where in the case of falling into the deuce much we earn to advance the Olympic license.
So the European Championship in Rotterdam, Holland, before which our team due to an injury lost one of their key players – Jana Shcherban.
On the way to the decisive match wards Maricheva defending two years ago won the title of champions of the continent, we were quite confident, though not without rough edges. Having won two victories in the group stage and qualify for the playoffs, the Russians were in the third round bits of Croatia, having failed to take a single set.
But in the playoffs the team has played Maricheva smoothly. Italians in the quarterfinals and in the semifinals Serbian were able to take our team only one party, the Russians immediately taken the initiative themselves and no longer gave her rivals.
As for the Dutch women, they have been tournament distance without any misfires, reaching a playoff against Russia are eager to win gold medals. For the “orange” was a crazy support stands, missed trophies: the last time the women’s team won the Dutch Grand Prix in 2007, and before that at all – Euro 95.
The Russian team is very inconvenient contender for the national team of tulips. The teams met 23 times in their history, and 20 cases remained victory for our team. In addition, the Russian team still won all five finals of the European championships, in which the output.
Yuri Marichev fielded Koshelev, Obmochaeva, Ilchenko, Fetisov, Zaryazhko and Kosyanenko with Malova on libero position. It started to get quite nervous. Dutch on the wave of emotion immediately came off in the long run to the first technical break – 4: 8.
However, on the “orange” did not get. But the Russians have played out on the glory. Earned block strikes have gone Obmochaeva. As a result, the Russians have given a phenomenal breakthrough – 20: 4, 12, provided our team setbolov. The first two could not be realized, then Zaryazhko set point in the first set – 25:14.
The outline of the first and second party started . First on the pitch Fetisova led our team with the score 3: 0, and then brought the advantage to six points – 8: 2.
But then the mentor of Dutch Giovanni Guidetti, who spoke before the match that his team can win at any national team finally guessed the substitution, and his team took four points in a row.
However, this comeback at the Dutch women did not work because raspodavalas Koshelev, and also with Obmochaeva repeatedly replayed Master unit. As a result, the similarity of struggle in the party was, but the victory of the team Maricheva no doubts – 25:20.
But the third set began a nightmare for Russia. Dutch won five points in a row and they believed in the possibility of salvation. However, the team has Maricheva and planned start of the losses, equaling the opponents to score at 14.
At the second technical timeout Russian team left with the advantage of 16:15, and then won two points thanks to block further has irresistible.
The first match point turned golden. With the score 24:20 Dutch were unable to cope with supply Irina Fetisova.
The Russian national team for the sixth time has won the title of champions of Europe, protecting won the title two years ago, but still has no Olympic license . Team Maricheva can make it on the European selection, or, at worst, then the world.
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