The coach of the ladies of “Levski” volleyball team, Radoslav Arsov, commented on the convincing 3:0 victory over Slovakian “Nitra” in the first match of the 1/32 finals of the “Challenge Cup” tournament, played in the “Levski Sofia” hall. The match was his debut.
“It was a pleasure to officiate for the first time an official match here in this wonderful hall. I hope that with the positive results, more and more people will come and enjoy the girls.
We didn’t give “Nitra” a chance to play. Whether we pressured them from the start or that’s their level, I can’t tell. Let’s give them credit, they fought as hard as they could. But I think our team was on another, higher level. The contestants played very collected, very concentrated and completed everything we had given them as tasks. We managed to give all of our volleyball players the opportunity to try these matches on the European stage.
The girls are starting to understand even more the idea we have for our team. Naturally, there is a lot of work. Every day we take one step at a time. We pursue our goals. And we have to be a little more humble because it’s only the first game.
I think that the “Nitra” team will show more teeth in the second match. That’s good for us to rally and win there. After that we will think about “Maritsa”, we will see what happens. We are preparing, we are fighting and we are already going out with confidence and I hope for a positive result in the European tournaments.”