The BR volleys caused a big surprise in the Volleyball Champions League. The German champions deservedly won 3-0 (25:22, 25:23, 25:22) against the top European team from Halkbank Ankara on Wednesday in front of a season-record crowd of 6,567 spectators in the Max-Schmeling-Halle. It was the Berlin team’s second win in their fourth group game.
The Berlin team lost the first leg in Ankara somewhat unfortunately with 2:3. In the remaining two games in the premier class against Piacenza at home and at Benfica Lisbon, the Berliners can now make it into the knockout round.
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Volleys dominate all three sets
Although volley diagonal attacker Marek Sotola was miles away from his best form and his offensive actions had an unusually high error rate, the Berliners were the dominant team in all three sets against the Turkish runner-up. On the one hand, this was due to the many spectacular rescues by libero Satoshi Tsuiki. On the other hand, Ruben Schott and Timothée Carle also consistently took advantage of their chances at the net.
Nimir Abdel-Aziz and Earvin Ngapeth, the two stars on Ankara’s side, did not develop the penetration power they had feared over the entire distance, also because the block of the BR volleys with Nehemiah Mote and especially Timo Tammemaa all too often proved to be an insurmountable obstacle in the way.
Broadcast: rbb24, December 20, 23, 9:45 p.m
