The women’s volleyball team ended its journey in the 2023 European Championship qualifiers tonight (Sunday) with a 3:2 home loss to Romania
(22:25, 25:16, 25:21, 22:25, 3:10). Israel finished in third place in the house, from which the one that beat it tonight, Romania, and the Croatian team advanced.
The Israelis started the game on the right foot, with a 21:21 situation Polina Malik managed to return the advantage to the hosts, until the victory 22:25. In the second set, Israel continued to show good ability and even took the lead 7:13, but the Romanians managed to make a switch, and thanks to that they managed to get 16 consecutive points, they finally won 15:25 and tied the set 1:1.
In the third set, the turnaround was completed with a 21:25 Romanian victory, but the pendulum in the game continued to swing, when Malik’s excellent layup made it 22:25 in the fourth set, and thus the match reached a decisive fifth set. In a situation of 8:9 for the guests, Israel missed a serve, and from here the game went to the Romanians, who won 10:15 in the set, and 2:3 in the meeting.
Malik was the outstanding player in Israel with no less than 28 points, Tali Hex contributed 17 points fGalia Honey added 10. the national team coach, Cylindrical wavesaid at the end of the game: “There is disappointment with the result, but on the other hand, I am satisfied with the improvement. We need to know how to win games like this. We are happy that we are playing well, but consistency is the name of the game, and I hope and believe that we will improve in the future.”