After Germany won over USA, there is still hope for both of those teams. Todady USA is playing with Bulgaria.

It was the second tie break on that day. The U.S. took an 8-6 lead at the first technical timeout, getting points off a kill and block from Anderson and an attack and block by Priddy along with a Lee kill. The teams traded scores until Americans led 16-12 at the second technical timeout. Coming out of the break, Germany went on a 4-1 run to pull to within one point at 17-16. Anderson and Holmes put USA back up 20-16. Germany never got any closer and it was 25-20 victory for the States.

The teams were tied at 5-5 in the second set when Germany scored on an attack and an ace to take the two-point lead. Gyorgy Grozer scored to give his team the 16-13 lead. Germany had a 3-1 run coming out of the break to lead 19-14. North American side couldn’t put together enough of a rally and Germany took a 25-21 set win.

Germany scored on three straight strikes from Grozer to lead 8-6 at the first technical timeout in the third set. Vital Heynen’s boys still led by two at 12-10 when Knipe substituted Smith for Holmes and Smith scored with a quick kill and then an ace. The teams traded points until the score was tied 16-16. Then USA came back with two straight Smith blocks to lead 20-16. The advantage was comfortable enough to be kept by the end of the set and Americans were once in the lead – 25-21.

Thirsty for revenge, Germany opened the fourth set with a 8-1 lead. The shock for the Americans was too big to recover, even though they were down only by three at the second technical time out, 16-13. Then Grozer scored on an attack and Max Gunthor took the serve and helped Germany score three straight points to lead 21-15. This seemed enough to equalize the sets – 25-20.

Again with the speed of light, Germany took a 4-1 lead in the tie-breaker. Americans tried to keep close distance but were down by 5 at 10th point. Then the miracle almost happened. Lee, Stanley and Rooney brought USA close at 10-9. Then Georgy Grozer rose and helped his team to reach match point at 14-11. Then it was a miracle again. Rooney and Stanley gave some air for the USA and tied the score at 14-14. But the next a serve went long and Kaliberda gave Germany the victory 16-14.

Vital Heynen, coach of Germany: It is obvious that it was a close game. Even in the end, it was hard to spot the difference between the two teams. The most important thing for us was that we played much better than yesterday. Now we will see what will happen tomorrow and probably, if the Bulgarian teams helps us to qualify for the semi-finals, I will ask my wife and kids to move to Bulgaria.

Andrae Bjorn, captain of Germany: I am happy with the victory, because it was a hard game. The USA team was receiving and serving well. We had to win in order to have a chance to qualify for the semi-finals. Now we will wait for tomorrow to see what will happen.

Alan Knipe, coach of USA: Germany certainly fought for the victory. We knew that it would not be easy, but it is frustrating to how slight the difference was between the two teams. It seems we struggle to maintain high standard constituency. I believe it is not because of the lack of preparation, but just it was one of those days when things do no work in the right way. We need to regroup, prepare and hope to play a better second match tomorrow.

Clayton Stanley, captain of USA: The German team put a good fight and had stable defense. Our problems appeared with receiving their flot serve which turned out to be our biggest problem during the match.

source: fivb

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