In a great game, Argentina fell to Slovenia 3 to 2, with scores of 19-25, 25-17, 17-25, 29-27 and 15-7, in the quarterfinals of the VNL. Bruno Lima, top national scorer with 26 points. Thus, the National Team closed its participation in the tournament and will face its preparation for the Olympic Games.
In the first set, Argentina played at a high level and showed a high level of play, with good distribution from De Cecco to win it 25-19. However, in the second chapter, Slovenia made important differences and had Stern unstoppable to dominate and win it 25-17.
In the third chapter, Argentina again had an outstanding start, now with good moments from Conte, to take off on the scoreboard and maintain that supremacy 15-10. Good in attack and serve, the National Team remained superior to 20-13 and won it 25-17 after a block by Ramos.
In the fourth set, Slovenia started to hit the ground running with good counterattack work, but Argentina’s blocking and Lima’s work in attack made the team win back the game 11-9. Later, Slovenia came out of that moment of crisis and hurt with its serve and block to make it 18-16. Stern was again a key piece to make it 24-22, but two blocks in a row gave the team hope to give suspense to the end of the set. Finally, an ace by Stern gave Slovenia the partial 29-27.
In the tie break, the Europeans took advantage of the emotional momentum of the previous set and showed great level on serve and against to lead 7-3. Later, Slovenia deepened the dominance with a good blocking task to lead to a 12-6 victory and resolve it 15-7.
Argentina: L. De Cecco (2), B. Lima (26), A. Loser (9), N. Zerba (9), L. Palonsky (18), F. Conte (11), S. Danani (L) . Coach: Marcelo Mendez. Admitted: P. Kukartsev (1), M. Sanchez, J. Martinez, L. Vicentin (1), M Ramos (1), E. Palacios
Slovenia: K. Cebulj (16), T. Urnaut (12), G. Ropret (1), T. Stern (31), A. Pajenk (10), J. Kozamernik (6), J. Kovacic. DT: Gheorghe Cretu. Entered: R. Mozic, R. Braoko, N. Mujanovic, S. Stalekar (2)
