Jordi Ramón. He is the man of the moment of Spain and He has saved the Red Lynxes from a defeat. The Balearic helped his people, along with a good Álvaro gimeno y alejandro ribasto get a comeback that seemed impossible. What began as a great first set, soon transformed into problems and There appeared the Spanish receiver to save the selection furniture. A new victory that makes them continue Adding points in the FIVB ranking, but, yes, it leaves them out of the European League Final Four.
An overwhelming start of Spain and the Slovakia reaction
The game began with a Spain below on the scoreboard against a Slovenia that was suffering the summer temperatures of Lugo. Not even the heat wave seemed to stop a Adrian Vanco who put in trouble Hubert Henno's boysalthough the reaction arrived in the middle of the first set. And he did it with the hands of Jordi Ramón, but this time, above all, Álvaro Gimeno. The opposite put the points that closed the set and put the Red Lynxes ahead.
What the Spaniards were not expected was to see Jakub Inhab get their best volleyball from the second set and getting monopolized the points of their team. Slovakia seemed to have taken the point to the selection and was getting blood in defense. Neither the changes in the libero, nor in the placerr. Especially in a third set where they were totally higher from start to finish.
Spain celebrating one of the points in the first 2025 European League match in Lugo before Slovakia
Jordi Ramón guides Spain to victory
Now, Spain was playing before its audience, in Lugo, and with the illusion of providing a victory to the followers of the Red Lynxes present in the municipal to see the meeting. Perhaps for that or perhaps because of the character of Jordi Ramónor the many resources he has in his game, but the reality is that the Balearic He got to work in search of a complicated reaction, but not impossible. A stretch where the team was thrown behind and ended up forcing the fifth set.
With equality again on the scoreboard, the game went to the Tie-Break or set of outcome. A time when things would start very similar for both teams, but Slovenia was soon to put the direct with the 2-5 on the scoreboard. Those of Hubert Henno, forced to react, had to row against the countercurrent and put the equality again on the sign, but the Frenchman wanted more and stopped the game in 9-10. They did not separate from that moment and see that Slovakia had an opportunity to close the game, but in the end it was Spain who ended up closing the game.
Technical file
3 – España: Ramón (26), López (8), Gimeno (16), Rodríguez (0), Ribas (13), Trinidad (2) and Larrañaga (L). They also played: Arjones (0), daring (L), Colito (2), Nieves (8), Lorente (0) and Fernández (0).
Coach: Hubert Henno.
2 – Slovakia: Frikal (17), Billch (12), Vanco (11), Inhat (21), Salong (8), Bartak (2) and Jakubik (L). Tennel juice: Rendla (1) and Kasperkevic (0).
Coach: Steven Vanmedegael.
PARTIAL: 25-21 (35 min.), 22-25 (35 min), 16-25 (31 min.), 25-17 (31 min.) Y 16-14 (22 min).
Referees: Mauro Carlo Goitre (1st Collegiate)
