The Maritsa (Plovdiv) team came close to only one victory to winning the tenth title in a row in the National Volleyball League for Women, reported BTA.
„The Yellow-Blues“ recorded a second consecutive success in the final playoff in the championship after beating CSKA 3:0 (25:19, 25:23, 25:15) in the home game and in the second meeting of the final series, which is played to three games won by possible five.
In the Plovdiv hall “Strength“ The alumni of head coach Borislav Krachanov took the initiative from the very beginning of the match and opened an early lead of 7:2, which they gradually increased to 19:11 in the course of the first game and closed it without problems at 25:19.
The second part started strongly for the CSKA team, which won the first five games 5:0. However, the hosts quickly made up for their deficit to 8:8. “The Reds“ took the lead again at 14:11 after strong blocking play, but Maritza equalized – 17:17. It reached 23:23 when the champions showed better concentration and won the next two points to take the second game – 25:23.
The third part started evenly. Gradually, however, the "yellow-blue" imposed their will in the middle of the game and opened a solid lead of 21:12 after a series of six unanswered points, which turned out to be decisive for the final outcome of the match - 25:15.
The third match of the final series is on April 21 (Sunday) at 18:00 in the hall “Vasil Simov” in Sofia.