The Spanish women's volleyball team closed the classification tournament for the European Championship that will be played next year in the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Sweden on Wednesday, after winning Portugal in the tiebreaker (25-18/20-25/25-20/23-25/15-8).
With Lucía Varela, Schlegel and Escamilla as main scorers, The national team imposed its experience in the Trebreak to close this classification phase.
Both selections proved to know each other very well. Leaning on the serve of María Segura and the auctions of Schlegel and Paula, Spain began sent on the first set (25-18). The Portuguese combined, however, He reacted in the second assault despite the fact that the entrance to the track of Jimena Fernández and Raquel Lázaro gave another air to the Spanish game.
With the matched duel, Portugal better began the third set with some advantage points that forced Pascual Saurín to ask for dead time. After the break, Spain recovered its effectiveness in attack to put back on the scoreboard.
The Portuguese reaction was built from the blockade. The lusas began to read the Spanish offensive game better and they began to dream of taking the shock to the tiebreaker, an objective they achieved after a partial 1-3 in the last minutes of the fourth set.
In Trebreak, Spain threw ex officio and experience in the first points. With a great defensive work and the success of Ana Escamilla in auction and Carla Jiménez in serve, the women's team left his rival unanswered.
Record:
3 – España: Aranda (3), from Paula (13), Varela (17), Schlegel (11), Jiménez (6), Segura (6), Llabrés (Levero). They also played: Priva, Hernández, Escamilla (8), Lázaro, Fernández (1).
2 – Portugal: Cavalcanti (7), Garcez M. (4), Monteiro (8), Clemente (15), Kavalenka (13), Garcez J. (7), Rodrigues (Libero). También Jugaron: Figueiras, Lopes, Casama
PARTIAL: 25-18 (27´), 20-25 (27´), 25-20 (29´), 23-25 (28´), 15-8 (16´)
Referees: Marie Catherine Boulanger – Veronica Papadopol
Incidents: Meeting corresponding to the classification group for the European Championship played in the Municipal Sports Pavilion of Lugo.
