TSV Grafing has furiously shelved its away complex. With a 3-0 win in their luggage, the team of coach Alexander Hezareh started their journey home from Gotha.
BY JULIAN BETZL
Grafing - Everyone involved had been expected to play at eye level in the Ernestiner sports hall beforehand. Finally, on Saturday evening in front of 200 spectators, two teams with equal points faced each other in Thuringia, who had already had an open exchange of blows in the first leg. On the day of their big 50th anniversary celebration, the Grafinger Bundesliga volleyball players had to give up the Blue Volleys Gotha 2: 3 in their own hall. All the more, TSV team manager Johannes Oswald was delighted this time on his way home from Gotha and after "three sovereign sets without noticeable weaknesses" about a successful revenge - and the longed-for first victory for the Bärenstadt residents in 2020. "This knot has burst and is loud and clearly ”, Oswald summarized the clear 3: 0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:19) success after 76 minutes of play.
The team of Grafing's coach Alexander Hezareh was able to demonstrate his upward trend of the past few weeks in the middle of the first set, go in front with 19:13 and finally transform the second of six set balls.
Johannes Oswald also observed a similarly dominant appearance in the following two rounds: “We played well from start to finish and deservedly won. The long rallies almost always went to us and we stayed calm even in good phases of the Gotha team. ”Apparently the Hezareh team, which this time had to do without talented youngsters, seemed to know exactly what to expect on the other side of the net. A co-income from scout and video analyst Florian Zach, which was borrowed from the preparation of the Bundesliga ladies from Planegg. "The team wants this visual input," explained Alexander Hezareh.
The result of the detailed analysis of the opponents was as follows on the field: Grafing's good service pressure and high odds put Gotha under pressure from the start. So the home side could rarely play their usual game over the middle. Grafing kept the assumption stable over the entire playing time and also convinced in all other areas. The block around MVP Julius Höfer was spot on in the approach of Gotha printing phases, and in the decisive moments the guests fought for the point win.
With this, the Bärenstädter cautiously stalk the Stockerlplatz and want to make their fourth home win in a row against the second-placed Schwaig next Saturday at 7 p.m.
Grafing: Christian Seitz, Marco Vogel, Henning Schulte, Julius Höfer, Benedikt Doranth, Thomas Stretz, Fabian Wagner, Michael Zierhut, Benno Voggenreiter, Jan Danielowski.