German volleyballers prematurely in the second round

The team of National Trainer Andrea Giani scored their third victory in the fourth game against Latvia on Tuesday in Estonian Tallinn against Latvia on Tuesday and thus strengthened their second place in the table Group D. The last opponent before moving to the Czech Ostrava, where the title struggles for the selection of the German Volleyball Association (DVV) from Sunday with the round of the best 16 continue, the Slovakia is waiting on Thursday (16 o'clock / sport1 +).

At the duel in the Saku Suurhall against Latvia, Giani again left his star player Georg Grozer on the bench and sat back on Linus Weber on the diagonal position. The 21-year-old had a convincing appearance a day before the 1-3 defeat against Olympic champion France and was in the end again with 18 points of the best scorer of his team.

Fast began the Latvian assumption under the pressure of the German offensive to wobble. However, the DVV block was not stable, so the game remained tight. In the third set, unconcentrities were attacked in the attack what the Letten boost was gained. At the 12: 19 residue Giani changed Johannes Tille to reinforce the defense.

The European Championship of 2017 fought back and for a first matchball that was not transformed. Latvia managed the connection, but in the fourth section, the German volleyballers showed up again.