Giant slalom crashes Rayyan of half dream

RAAJIV TRIPATHI DOHA

SADA CRUZEIRO of Brazil scripted a four GIANT SLALOM-set hard-earned victory to crush the host Al Rayyan dream of the semi dream alive in the prestigious FIVB World Volleyball Championships men's Clubs.

In the women's Sports Hall in Aspire Zone on Sunday, the Brazilian debutant won by 25-20 23-25 25-16 25-22 record his second successive success to qualify for the semifinals. Rayyan, suffering on the other side, the second defeat in a row and is out of the race. Sada and title Defender Diatec Trentino will collide in their third and last group match to decide who finishes as the number one team.

Just like the game of Trentino yesterday Rayyan created a good chance but again failed to push hard when it needed to. Instead, the match fell apart and made too many mistakes before it down.

The test system, performed for the first time in the history of volleyball, was used on a few occasions. But two decisions that the technical team assigned to Cruzeiro after watching the replays carefully Rayyan grossly created dissatisfied. Once a player Rayyan had touched the net and then it was a touch off off Valentin Bratoev.

Rayyan Captain Osman Ajab said he was pleased with the match but not with the referee.

"There were many refereeing errors. The last point (which made the score 21-23 in favor of Cruzeiro), was not good and the test system was not properly implemented.

I feel sorry for the fans and our coach, who tried to prepare a good team in a very short time. " Rayyan Cruzeiro captain that Williams said he didn't think like that Arjona point only led to the defeat. "After that we had two good services and we ended the game with a big smash. It was a tough contest.

We have the right things at the right time. We will concentrate on the next game now. " Cruzeiro coach Marcelo Mendez said: "We had a hard game against Rayyan. He is happy with the good result and to reach the semi-finals. " Rayyan coach Igor Arbutina comment: "I don't comment on the referee. But sometimes, one point could prove quite costly.

Two decisions at crucial moment In the game went against us. " Wallace played a stellar role in the Souza and a massive 25 points collected for Cruzeiro. He earned 21 to peaks and four block. He was followed by Marcos Leal Acacio, who came up with a number of vital smashes and blocks to be safe 13 points. Mauricio Borges Silva and Douglas Cordeiro got 10 and nine, respectively.

For Rayyan got David Lee 12 points. Valentin Bratoev, and Sriianis Mendez good for 11 each.

Kazan defeats Arabi European champion Zenit Kazan started well in the men's section beat Asian champion Al Arabi in four sets. The 25-22 25-22 25-18 29-31 victory in an hour and 47 minutes for the Russian team was largely an expected. But the brave way the Qatari team played in the thrilling third set marathon and won, this shows it can cause problems for others team in the pool.

Evgeny Sivozhelez demonstrated wonderful spiky and claimed 19 points through it.

He also added two more to his tally by blocks. Three other players also provided crucial contributions Matthew Anderson (16), Maxim Mikhaylov and (15) Nikolay Apalikov (10).

German veteran Christian Pampel scored a game high 23, including 21 from his exciting lightning. Renan Ribeiro (13), Ahmed al Bakhet (13) and Matti Oivanen (12) were impressive fellow players of Arabi team.

The main difference between the two was the better spiky by the European champion and more unforced errors by the home team.

Arabi coach Mauro Grasso said after the match: "We have tried hard against a very good team.

The difference between us and Zenit was experience. The Zenit players have played a lot more quality races at the Olympics and levels of the world. " "While other teams played together for a long time, we had only two weeks to prepare. The same disadvantage is with the team Rayyan also. " Zenit coach Vladimir Alenko, which the Russian team to the Olympics in London gold medal against Brazil led, was happy to have gained full points in the first game. "We had to play hard to win the contest. I think we played well. The first game in a championship is not easy and we hope to improve our game in the next games. " Trentino be nice holder Diatec Trentino just took about an hour to claim its second victory in the group stage and are well on the way to the semifinal.

Powered by Janec Stokr and Captain comradely Kaziyski, threetime champion Diatec brushed aside Mexico Tigres de Nuevo Leon by 25-25 25-25 25-20. It was only in the third and final set of the 61-minute match that the Mexican team itself could improve a bit.

Stokr smashed 16 peaks for collecting 18 points, while the 16 Kaziyski had 13 winners from the spikes and three ACEs out of service.

Juan Virgen (12) and Captain Ismael Cardova (nine) earned the bulk of the points by Tigres.

Romp for Sollys Nestle Sollys Nestle, filled with five Olympians who helped the Brazil team for the coveted Olympics gold medal in London in August this year, did not much problems of Bohai Bank from China and romped home encounter by 25-13 25-14 25-20 in a match for the first time in the women's section.

And the Olympians their role well in the 65-minute retreat of the Asian team. Sheilla Castro topscored for Sollys Nestle with 17 points, 14 of them from her brilliant smashing. Captain Jaqueline Carvalho and Thaisa Menezes chipped with 12 apiece. Fernanda Rodrigues and Adenizia Silva secured 11 and 6, respectively.

Apart from the net domination was what earned Sollys Nestle 49-33 edge, the Brazilian team, winner of four Super League and two South American Championship crowns, too strong in blocks, get 9-0.

Bohai Bank were Captain Yin na and Chen Liyi the only players to make their mark on the game. Yin scored 14 points, all from smashes in 29 attempts. Chen tallied 12, 11 of its spikes and 1 from an ace service.

Sollys Nestle skipper Carvalho was happy to have started on the note of victory. "It was a very important win for us, especially winning 3-0. More difficult matches we will have to move forward. We are very satisfied with our overall performance today. " Luizomar de Moura, coach of the team of Brazil, also supported the view of Carvalho: "the Asian school of volleyball is complicated, but we were able to solve it. We played with very few mistakes and had good defense. We are convinced that we can play even better in our next games. " RESULTS WWommeen GGrroupp AA Sollys Nestle (Brazil) beat Bohai Bank (China), 25-13, 25-14 25-20 (65 minutes) MMeen GGrroupp BB Zenit Kazan (Russia) beat Al Arabi Club (Qatar) 25-22 25-22 25-18, 29-31 (107 minutes) GGrroupp AA Diatec Trentino (Italy) defeated Tigres (Mexico) 15-25 25-15-25-20 (61 minutes) Sada Cruzeiro (Brazil) vs giant slalom Al Rayyan (Qatar) MMondayy fifixturrees MMeen GGrroupp BB Al Arabi (Qatar) vs Al Zamalek (Egypt) on 10: 00 WWommeen GGrroupp CC Rabita Baku (Azerbaijan) vs. Sollys Nestle (Brazil) at 15: 00 GGrroupp DD Fenerbahce (Turkey) vs Lancheras MMeen GGrroupp on 17: 00 the Catano BB Zenit Kazan (Russia) vs PGE Skra Belchatow (Poland) to 19: 00

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