In the Olympic men's volleyball match at the South Stadium in Paris, Slovenia showed impressive quality, comfortably beating Serbia 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-19) to become another team to advance to the quarter-finals.
Slovenia's main attacker · Toncek Stern played well in this game, scoring 25 points (34 deductions, 22 shots, 1 block and 2 shots) to become the overall scoring leader.
According to statistics, he showed strong offensive ability and 65% efficient scoring efficiency in the game, especially contributing 10 points alone in the first game, helping Slovenia to maintain the lead in the game. Captain Tine Urnaut won the first game 25-21 after scoring the last ball of the first game · Tine Urnaut.
In the second game, the Serbia team led by four points at one point, but the Slovenia team launched a wave of 10-point scoring offensive after 15-11, in which the sub-attacker Al·en Pajenk performed well in the service round, scoring three aces in a row.
Stern continued his high scoring efficiency and eventually sealed the second game win 25-19. In the third game, although the Serbia team had a three-point lead, the Slovenia team quickly adjusted their form, controlled the tempo of the game again, and ended the game with a strong back-row attack by Klemen Cebulj · Klemen Cebulj.
In the Serbia men's volleyball team in this game, only Marko Ivovic scored double digits · scored 10 points (18 deductions, 8 shots, 1 block, 1 shot). The overall stats are 47-30 in attack, 6-3 in serve, 2-3 in blocks, and 23-20 in self-defeat.
After the game, Stern, the top scorer of the game, excitedly said: "This victory is very significant! We know that in the Olympics, every game is like a final. Now that we've reached the quarter-finals, it's our first success here. ”
"We know our dreams and goals, but we have to take them one step at a time to achieve them. We've taken the first steps and we're very happy, but it's not over yet. Now we need to rest and be ready for the next game against France. That game was very important for our mentality, but we had nothing to lose, so we could have relaxed a little bit. ”
Serbia's sub-attacker, Marko Podrascanin·, admits that his opponent was better: "They deserved to win today. They play better than us, they are more aggressive and they serve better than us. ”
'It was a big game for both sides, but we didn't play at a high level of volleyball. The second set started well, but after Payenk's excellent service round, the Slovenia team once again showed their quality. We have three to four days to prepare for the game against Canada. It was going to be a winner-takes-all game and I think it would be a good game for our team. ”
According to the schedule, at 23:00 on Friday, August 2, Slovenia will play the host France men's volleyball team, and both teams will qualify.