The Netherlands rallied from two sets down to win against Egypt in the FIVB Volleyball World League
Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, June 11, 2017 –
Wouter Ter Maat unleashed his fierceness on the attack and serve, as he led the
Netherlands to make a comeback win against
Egypt 3-2 (17-25, 19-25, 25-11, 25-18, 15-10) in the FIVB Volleyball World League at Budvar Arena on Sunday.
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Latest VideosFacebookTwitterInstagramMedia GuidesTer Maat had his mind on offence, as he scored a total of 25 points, including 21 spikes and four aces. His Egyptian counterpart,
Abd Elhalim Mohamed Abou charted 14 points.
The two squads have met each other in Ankara last June 2, when the Netherlands also triumphed. This time around, the match was played in five sets, which is a first since Egypt have never been able to take the Netherlands to a fifth set.
Egypt started off strong in the first two sets, utilising their strong serve. Egypt had an eight-point advantage in the opening set, then closed out the second set with three blocks in a row.
The Netherlands finally came to their senses and started to execute their plays well. The Dutch badly needed to win the third frame and they successfully did with a huge point difference, then took the fourth set with great coverage of net and floor defence. They succeeded in forcing a tie-breaker.
Egypt tried its best but it was obvious that they ran out of strength to overcome the Netherlands. After the deadlock of 10-all, the Netherlands took every opportunity to score and earned five points in a row to end the set and match.