The German volleyball players achieved their second victory at the European Championship, which was held in four countries.
The team of national coach Andrea Giani prevailed 3-0 (25:19, 25:16, 25:21) against co-hosts Estonia in Tallinn on Sunday and remained unbeaten and without losing a set after two games.
At the start of the title fights, the selection of the German Volleyball Association (DVV) defeated Croatia 3-0 on Friday.
Already on Monday, the biggest challenge in Pool D is waiting for the European Championship runner-up in 2017, when it goes against Tokyo Olympic champion France.
In front of 7,000 spectators in the sold-out Saaku Suurhall, star player Georg Grozer and his team needed a while before they found their way into the game.
So it remained exciting in the first set against the team of coach Cédric Énard, who is employed by the German champions Recycling Volleys Berlin in the Bundesliga.
Only when the Germans around captain Christian Fromm approached their task with greater aggressiveness and exerted more pressure with strong serves were they able to break away in the last third and earn six set balls, of which they converted the second.
The Estonians remained combative.
The other two rounds were similar on the part of the Germans: slight problems at the beginning with a decisive improvement. Top scorer Grozer (15 points) converted the match point he had played himself after one and a half hours and sealed the second disappointment for the opponents who, in addition to a narrow win against Slovakia, already had a clear defeat against Latvia on their account.