AMSTETTEN – At the third game of Amstetten’s home tournament the host VCA Amstetten NÖ won against OK Ribola Mladost Kastela 3-0.
Austrians secured their maiden win in this MEVZA season. From the beginning of the game the hosts had good service and put Kastela under pressure. After winning the first leg with 25-17, the second set was much closer. Amstetten tried to pull away from the Croatians, but they always recovered. After some close points, Amstetten managed to win the second set with 26-24. In the final set Amstetten secured their first win in MEVZA this season.
Ivan Ran?i? Ribola Mladost Kastela’ coach: “Like Amstetten we have a very young team, so the results are not so consistent. We had a long trip to this tournament, the travel to Austria was for sure in our legs. I want to congratulate Amstetten, we have now to play better, especially in our home tournament.”
Michal Szydlowski Amstetten’ player: „MEVZA is a new experience for us. I’m happy that we won our first game. It was not an easy one. Especially in the second set it was close, we made some wrong decisions, but at the end we managed to win it.”