European League gold for Germany |
| Tuesday, 21 July 2009 | ||||||||
 Germany take European League gold for the first time in the history of European League. Germany won title after a thrilling five-setter against Spain.
Germany won the gold medal of the sixth edition of the CEV Menīs European League after a thrilling five-setter against Spain. The Germans defeated the European champions Spain 25-20, 21-25, 25-20, 17-25, 15-7 Sunday in Algarve to take their first European League trophy. Host Portugal claimed bronze with a straight-set victory over Slovakia. Raul Lozano, German head coach, is "very happy with this historical win. It is very important for us to have won the first European League title. Spain did a great job with a young team too, congratulations." "We expected more than this", said Spanish head coach Julio Velasco. "It was impossible to recover after three consecutive German block kills at the start of the fifth set. We experienced some problems in attacking today due to poor receptions and a very strong German block. Congratulations!"
Host Portugal seized the bronze medal with a straight-set victory over Slovakia. The Slovaks were not able to play again on the same top level what they did against Spain on Saturday. Especially in attacking, the hosts showed their class to the delight of the home crowd. However, all three sets were hard-fought as the Slovaks never gave up. But Portugal showed their great fighting spirit. Slovakian Martin Nemec was the best scorer of the match with 20 points while Portuguese Valdir Sequeira scored 18 points. Michal Masny, the Slovakian captain said: "We started badly, and we finished even worse. It has been a tough weekend for our team." Final match: from CEV
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