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After the victory of the Ukrainians over the Romanians, the men's team of Ukraine confidently defeated the Croatian national team - 1:3 (15:25, 20:25, 25:21, 22:25).. First, the Ukrainians won 15:25, and then 20:25.
In the third set, approximately until its middle, there was already an equal fight, after which the home team managed to add and began to go into the lead. As a result, the Croatians reduced the gap in the match 25:21.
In the fourth game, the opponents did not want to concede to each other for a long time, taking turns moving forward. But the ending of the game remained with the "
Members of the Ukrainian national team: Ilya Kovalev (scored 13 points), Yuriy Semenyuk (12), Yuriy Sinitsa (4), Timofey Poluyan (7), Maxim Drozd (13), Oleg Plotnitsky (17), Dmitry Kanaev (libero) – starting. Replaced by Evgeniy Kisiluk (3).
On Thursday, May 26, the opponents will play the second match of the tournament. Now Ukrainians will be the nominal owners of the site.