荷兰女排3-1胜塞尔维亚,稳定奥运席位领先加拿大女排
14:30onJune12th,inahighlyanticipatedmatchoftheFIVBVolleyballNationsLeague,theclashbetweentheNetherlandsandSerbiadrewsignificantattention.TheDutchteamisvigorouslystrivingforanOlympicberth,fuelingthemwithimmensemotivation.Serbia,alreadyintrainingmode,optedforayoungersquadinthethirdweek,withcoachTerzicabsentandtheassistantcoachleadingtheteam.Atthispoint,coachTerzichasassembledagroupof17players,includingBoskovic,forthefinalpreparationsfortheParisOlympics!
DespiteSerbia'shigherworldrankingthantheDutchwomen'steam,avictoryfortheNetherlandswouldundoubtedlysecureasubstantiallead.Ingeneral,winning3-0wouldearnthem11.87points;a3-1victorywouldyield9.37points,whilea3-2winwouldresultin6.87points.ItiscrucialfortheNetherlandstosecureasmanypointsaspossibleinthismatchtopreventlosingoutonsignificantpoints.
Inthefirstset,althoughSerbiawasindecentform,theymadeseveralerrors.WithSerbianotfieldingtheirstrongestlineup,theiroverallstrengthwassignificantlycompromised.WhiletheDutchteammaintainsaslightadvantageovertheCanadianwomen'steam,theycannotaffordanymisstepsthisweek,lesttheirOlympicqualificationbejeopardized.Daalderopgained8pointswith13spikesoutof7attemptsinthefirstquarter.TheNetherlandsclaimedthefirstsetwithascoreof25-20.
Continuingtoapplypressure,theDutchteamfacedsomeerrors,committing9mistakesinasinglesetthatneededaddressing.Serbia'soverallstrengthwasinsufficient,resultingina21-25lossandbeingdown0-2insets,leavingthemlittleroomforacomeback.
Inthethirdset,theNetherlandssurgedtoa7-2lead!DespiteSerbiacatchingupandseizingopportunitiestoscore,narrowingthegapto7-10,theDutchteamstruggledagainstsolidSerbiandefense.Milenkovicscored,allowingSerbiatocloseinat9-11.Serbiathentooktheleadaggressively,overpoweringtheDutchastheyfellbehind.Evenaftertrailing15-20,thesuspensewanedasSerbiawontheset25-18,bringingtheoverallscoreto1-2.
Inthefourthset,theNetherlandsextendedtheirleadfrom11-8to15-8,eventuallysecuringacomfortable3-1victory.With9.37pointsaddedtotheirtally,theynowleadCanadabyasignificant17.76points,solidifyingtheirpositionforanOlympicberth.