Outside attacker Moritz Karlitzek even topped the effect of volleyball star Georg Grozer, who contributed 17 points, with his penetration and 19 points on Sunday evening in Ostrava.
Thanks to its two top attackers and an overall good team performance, the German national team beat Bulgaria 3-1 (25:14, 18:25, 25:19, 25:22) in the round of 16 of the European Volleyball Championship in Ostrava.
Achim Dreis
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In the quarter-finals, the team of the Italian national coach Andrea Giani will meet Olympian Italy, of all places, who left Latvia 3-0 (25:14, 25:13, 25:16) in the first knockout round and only in the entire tournament Had to deliver two sets in six muds.
But the German team around setter Jan Zimmermann has also impressed with five wins so far.
Against Bulgaria, the Germans relied on a risky strategy for serving, which not only paid off with nine aces, but also with a lot of pressure on the Bulgarian acceptance.
Germany made it into the quarter-finals for the fifth time in a row since 2013.
In 2017 they even won the silver medal.