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22 feb 2018
One had a feeling that Örkelljunga would be extra fired up for thursday night's match in the FORUM. They succeeded in turning that enthusiasm into quality volleyball. FVBK knew that a battle awaited them but were unable to find any rhythm and struggled throughout the 3 set loss.
ÖVK 3 - 0 FVBK (25-15, 25-23, 25-18)
Örkelljunga opened the match strong. Tomas Vilimas had a successful serve series which put FVBK in a defensive mind set. This is not the attitude you need when meeting a team like Örkelljunga who is hungry to show Volleyball Sweden how much untapped potential they really have. With every ball it felt harder to sideout and points ran away faster than what is acceptable.
The second set was much better from an FVBK perspective. FVBK had a small lead throughout most of the set. A handful of opporutnities popped up where FVBK should have captialized and stretched the lead. Unfortunately they became missed opportunities and ÖVK caught up after 20 and won the set 25-23.
There was a hope in the FVBK locker room during the 10 minute pause that 0-2 could once again be turned into 3-2, but in order to do that, one set has to be taken first. ÖVK obviously had other plans and started the third set as strong as they did the first. FVBK had a hard time finding rhythm but credit has to be given to ÖVK's defense. When we did play clean volleyball, ÖVK was there making a spectacular save. The only way to cancel out a team playing such good defense is to play equally enthusiastic defense and FVBK was far from matching ÖVK in that area also. Setter Albin Becevic came in during the third set and did a good job but it wasn't enough to extend the match.
FVBK does not have much time to think about the loss, which is often a blessing. Already on saturday FVBK plays an important home match versus Habo Wolley. You can count on a hungry FVBK looking to take out revenge for this loss on saturday's opponents. Come and support FVBK as they battle to maintain third place in the series.
- Coach PA
Next match:
FVBK - Habo, lördag 24 februari kl 15:00, Falkhallen