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Made history: Maccabi Tel Aviv reached the final of the European Challenge Cup - voila! sport

2023-02-15T23:17:17.333Z


A big moment for Israeli volleyball: the champion won two sets in Portugal against Ponte in Starado and secured a place in the finals, which will be on March 8 and 15


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The Maccabi Tel Aviv volleyball team made history tonight (Wednesday) and became the first Israeli team to qualify for a European final.

Last week, the Yellows beat Ponte 1:3 in Hadar Yossef at the Portuguese Starado, and in the second leg of the Challenge Cup semi-final, they managed to survive an arduous journey of almost 24 hours and three flights on the way to Praia de Vitória, which is located in the Azores, took two sets and secured a place in the final of the third most important factory on the continent. Even before the official end of the game.



Maccabi Tel Aviv actually set an Israeli precedent already by advancing to the semi-finals, but they did not intend to stop there.

She stunned the Portuguese champion last week and continued at the same pace this time as well.

She again lost the first set and then woke up and never looked back.

Kevin Poyer excelled in the attack, Alexander Saponov helped him and together with a tremendous defense of Gandy Sokolov and Selva Bachala, Gal Galili's team raced to victory in two consecutive sets.



Now the Israeli champion will wait to know which of the Greeks will be her opponent in the final which will also be held in a home and away format (March 8 in Israel, March 15 in Greece).

The match between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos was postponed until tomorrow at noon due to riots in the hall and will be held without an audience, with the greens hosting after 1:3 away in the first game.

Complete the sensation.

Maccabi Tel Aviv players (photo: Danny Maron)

the progress of the game

Game 1:



The Portuguese started better and went up to 2:6 quickly, while on the other side Saponov got Maccabi Tel Aviv into things a bit and reduced the score to 9:6.

Despite this, the hosts continued to control, increased to 10:17 and did not drop the advantage until

18:25

at the end of the first set.

In this campaign, Maccabi Tel Aviv provided one block and made eight mistakes that earned the opponent points.



Act 2:



Also in the previous game, Guy Galili's team lost the first set and then started attacking, and this they tried to do again with a 1:4 advantage at the start of the second set.

But the Portuguese, with the support of the crowd, returned to 7:7.

Baccala and Grasso returned the advantage to the guest, before Foyer was blocked and Ponte Bastardo took the first lead in the set - 10:11.

The close game continued and Saponov's ace made it 18:18, before Poyer landed well, Sokolov blocked and Maccabi went up to 19:21 which forced the hosts to take a timeout.

Da Silva Ferreira managed to equalize, but it was the star Valencia Gonzalez who made a mistake and gave Maccabi Tel Aviv two points from its game, the second of which was used after another mistake.

23:25

for the Israeli champion.

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Alexander Saponov (Photo: Danny Maron)

Act 3:



Maccabi Tel Aviv continued with the momentum and led at the beginning of the act, Araja provided an ace and turned the score, then a good block by Bechela, a point by Grasso and another block by Saponov made it 4:6 for the blues from Israel.

Saponov landed twice with ease and Sokolov blocked for 6:9 which put Maccabi Tel Aviv in a great position, the Portuguese came close, but Valencia Gonzalez served badly, the Israeli defense stood up to the burst and the timeout didn't help the host either, with Poirier establishing a record lead - 9:14.

Precisely here Galili's players froze and Ponte Bastardo returned to 15:15, but Sokolov raised again to 15:17.

Maccabi had already received a point and went up to 16:19, but the host claimed that the ball was inside and the referee corrected at a critical moment after a long check to 18:17.



Despite this, Poyer calmed down with a tremendous point and a block by Bachala gave Maccabi Tel Aviv 18:21, with the ticket to the final very close.

Grasso provided a wonderful layup and then Poirier calmed down with 20:23, before miscuing the serve.

Bechakla landed and set up three match points, and in the second it was closed:

22:25

to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the third set.



The following games are for the record only: Maccabi Tel Aviv advanced to the European final.

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Source: walla

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