Bruno Cunha"We have to be ambitious. This would be a good step for us to win this game and make a good impression. Being here with my brother is a new experience for both of us, it's exciting. Hopefully it will help us win our first match."
Portugal's opposite
Overview
In this year’s Volleyball Nation League Portugal managed to beat Bulgaria 3-1. At the European Championships, Bulgaria only has a positive record (W1-L0) against Portugal out of Pool A.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeDavid FERNANDEZ FUENTESESPSecond RefereeStephan GRIEDERSUI
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Venue Information
L'Arena is the first new-generation multi‐purpose hall in France. This venue can host concerts, sports events, congresses, and exhibitions. L'Arena offers an ideal location, just a few hundred meters from the airport and with tram connection to the city center. The Arena has been designed with visitor comfort in mind: bars, luggage rooms, air conditioning, information screens, and entertainment...: unrivaled conditions of comfort ensuring that you make the most of its exceptional events program - How To Attend
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Team
Squad Listing
Team
YOSIFOV Viktor
Middle blocker
DIMITROV Dobromir
Setter
ATANASOV Martin
Outside spiker
GOTSEV Svetoslav
Middle blocker
SKRIMOV Todor
Outside spiker
SEGANOV Georgi
Setter
SALPAROV Teodor
Libero
TODOROV Teodor
Middle blocker
KADANKOV Venelin
Opposite
PENCHEV Nikolay
Outside spiker
SOKOLOV Tsvetan
Opposite
GROZDANOV Aleks
Middle blocker
KARAKASHEV Petar
Libero
PETROV Georgi
Outside spiker
Coaches
PRANDI Silvano
Head Coach
PRANDI Silvano
Head Coach
ANDRIANI Antonello
Assistant Coach 2
ANDRIANI Antonello
Assistant Coach 2
PEZZOLI Luigi
Assistant Coach
PEZZOLI Luigi
Assistant Coach
Recent Results
Bulgaria painfully get passed Portugal in four sets
The match in numbers
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
The number of successful point winning blocks of BULGARIA compared to PORTUGAL.
BULGARIA number of service aces compared to PORTUGAL
Errors leading to points of BULGARIA, next to those from PORTUGAL
Alexandre Ferreira"I feel tired! All the games we've against Bulgaria in the past few years were good games. Our first victory at the VNL was gaainst them. We are getting better match after match, and that is our first goal."
Portugal's captain
Tsvetan Sokolov"This is really a big win against a difficult opponent to plays really good in defence and block. We are looking forward and I am really happy. I know Alexandre Ferreira well from our time at Trentino Volley, he is a really good player so it was interesting to play against him - but I am happy that I win!"
Bulgaria's opposite
Silvano Prandi"It was a bad game on our side, but I think we need to be courageous to win a match when playing badly, and we did."
Bulgaria's head coach
Todor Skrimov"It was a very difficult match. We often led the game but they always came back because we lost our focus. We shouldn't do that against Italy and France otherwise we might lose."
Bulgaria's outside hitter
