The 2023 Women's World Volleyball League entered the third matchday, the first game, the German women's volleyball team against the Croatian women's volleyball team, in the end, Croatia lost another 0-3, becoming the first consecutive losing team in this women's volleyball league, two games without winning, really a fish belly team.
In terms of the latest world rankings, Croatia is ranked 28th (down two places from earlier)! In the last game, Croatia faced the Bulgarian team, which was not very strong, and Croatia lost 0-3 and suffered a black start! This is the first 0-3 loss since the start of this year's Women's World Volleyball League, which is expected for Croatia.
Germany is actually not a strong team, and in the first game against the strong Netherlands, Germany beat the Netherlands 3-1 in four sets and broke out of the upset. From the comparison of the strength of the two teams, the German team is obviously stronger, and the Croatian team is not enough to pose too much of a challenge to the German team.
In the first game, the German team quickly gained the upper hand and did not go through much test, winning the first game 25-18 and leading 1-0. In the second game, Croatia bit the score and saw hope for a while, but in the key points, the German team was still more stable, 25-23 with a thrilling victory and a big 2-0 lead.
In the middle of the third game, Croatia strongly equalized 18-18, and the score was bitten! At the end of the game, Croatia won 21-20, and then Croatia stopped Germany 23-21. After the timeout, Germany scored three consecutive points to win the match point 24-23 and won 25-23 to defeat Croatia 3-0.