The Argentine volleyball team took a fundamental step in search of its classification for the 2024 Olympic Games, by beating Serbia by 3 to 2 in a match corresponding to the third date of the second weekend.
In the match played at the TD Place stadium, in the Canadian city of Ottawathe albiceleste team won with partial 28-26; 25-18; 18-25; 22-25 and 15-13 in just over two hours of play.
Thanks to this victory Argentina was momentarily in ninth place in the table, and with great possibilities of securing classification at the Paris Games in the next round, which will be played in Slovenia between the 18th and 22nd of this month.
In Ljubliana, the Slovenian capital, the albiceleste team will face the local team, Türkiye, Poland and Bulgaria.
In any case, and before playing that stage, the national team will close the Canadian stage today against France, starting at 3:30 p.m. (Argentine time).
The duel before Serbia had dramatic edges, at times, since Argentina He won the first two sets and seemed on his way to victory. However, from the third set onwards the Balkan team recovered, won with some ease in the third, and under pressure won again in the fourth.
The Albiceleste team, beaten, faced the last set with the obligation to improve; The score was disputed point by point, without anyone being able to get away.
Until Argentina had its first match ball 14-12 up, but Bruno Lima failed with his serve and Serbia seemed to revive. And in the last attack Luciano Palonsky hit the right shot and defined the match, which sparked celebration.
Luciano de Cecco’s motivational speech that ignited the team
At an adverse moment in the match, the national team’s point guard, Luciano De Cecco, He harangued his teammates to reverse a result that had Serbia with a 2-1 advantage on the scoreboard and an unfavorable 14-12.
“It’s time to get things done, guys. This is not the time to make excuses, idiot… You have to go hit him, score points, you have to be convinced,” exclaimed the Argentine player.
And I add: “They’re leaving us, huh! Then we are going to cry for her. Let’s watch the Olympics on TV, the shell of the parrot, guys! Come on! Go ahead!”The rest is history…
Source: Ambito
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