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Bulgaria recorded a second victory at the World Cup, we await Italy or Argentina

Николай Варадинов

Николай Варадинов

August 26, 2024 at 18:40

Bulgaria recorded a second victory at the World Cup, we await Italy or Argentina

Bulgaria recorded a second victory at the first FIVB Boys' U17 World Championship, which we are hosting. Our team took three points after defeating Mexico 3:1 (25:17, 25:21, 19:25, 25:15). Alexander Dobrev finished with the most points - 17 (3 blocks), followed by Dimitar Peychinov with 13 points, including an impressive 7 blocks, and Evan Georgiev scored 9 times (1 block).


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Toni Zetova's son - Daniel Tanev scored 6 points (2 blocks).
The beginning of the match was convincing for the Bulgarian team and the score quickly reached 6:3. At times, the Mexicans managed to close the gap and briefly took the lead – 10:9. However, the Bulgarians scored seven consecutive points and then decided the outcome of the set with another four consecutive points – 25:17.

The second set started even more decisively for Bulgaria, with the national team taking an 8:3 lead. Subsequently, the Mexicans narrowed the distance and forced a timeout from Bulgaria's coaching staff at 13:13. During these minutes, the match was even, and Mexico turned the score around for 17:16. The Bulgarians responded with three consecutive points and reached three set points at 24:21, converting the first for 25:21.

In the third set, Mexico started more actively and took a 7:6 lead. The Bulgarian team scored four consecutive points, but the Mexican team regained the lead and after 21:16, concluded the set at 25:19.

After an even start to the fourth set up to 7:7, a Bulgarian run of five consecutive points followed. The national team pulled ahead 19:10 and concluded the match at 25:15.
Thus, after losing a point yesterday, we are third in the group, behind Spain and Chinese Taipei, who today took two points from the Iberians.
We are waiting for our opponent, who will be the winner of the match between Italy and Argentina.