Denmark improves to 2-1 by edging out Greece in the third match – Volleyball news

Men’s national volleyball squad of Denmark provided a hard-knock to Greek counterparts in the third match of the 2012 CEV Men’s European League on Sunday.

The Spanish city Teruel set up the field of play for the thrilling match, which ended in only three sets. Denmark posted 3-0 (25-21, 28-26, 25-23) win over Greece and improved to 2-1 in the tournament.

Greece’s No. 4 player Georgios PETREAS staged an eye-catching action on the net and charted match-high 20 points but it proved to be a failing effort for him. On the other hand, Mads Hartmann DITLEVSEN of Denmark registered team-high 18 points and led his team to splendid straight-set victory.

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Spain maintains dominance in Pool A of Men’s European League – Volleyball news

Spain continued with success in the second leg of the 2012 CEV Men’s European Volleyball League, which covered its length on June 3.

Spaniards played three matches in front of the home audience in Teruel and delighted the fans with back-to-back wins. In the last match on Sunday, Spain overpowered Slovakia in a five-set thriller.

The visiting team put up an incredible effort to overcome the hosts but dropped the decision with a narrow margin. The final set scores of the match were 3-2 (24-26, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23, 15-11).
Slovakia had a good start in the match and captured the first two sets. However, they failed to carry the momentum and lost next three sets in a row. Spanish team was greatly applauded by everyone for a major comeback in the game.

Spain’s victory was mainly credited to Iben Perez, who contributed match-high 24 points. His score included 22 winning spikes and two serve aces. For Slovakia, Milan Bencz 20 points in the loss.

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