German volleyball gamers began the final match earlier than the Olympic Games with a defeat. The workforce of the nationwide coach Michal Winiarski misplaced his begin within the League of Nations (VNL) on Wednesday 0:3 (21:25, 18:25, 23:25) towards the world champions Italy.
At the positioning of the profitable Olympic qualification in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), captain Christian Fromm was probably the most profitable attacker of the German workforce with 13 factors. In the VNL there are a complete of twelve video games of the primary spherical in three locations to get a spot within the quarter-finals and the factors of the world rating, with which the ultimate tickets to the Olympics are awarded.
Winiarski has already performed a number of video games
With Germany, in contrast to Italy, having already secured their ticket to Paris, Winiarski is resting the best gamers with a protracted season below their belt within the first week of the VNL. For the gamers in Rio, it’s going to even be a praise to the Olympic squad. In the second match of the VNL, the Germans will face Cuba on Thursday (7pm).