Highlights
Bruno Cunha"We have to be ambitious. This would be a good step for us to win this game and make a good impression. Being here with my brother is a new experience for both of us, it's exciting. Hopefully it will help us win our first match."
Portugal's opposite
B. Cunha at VNL
Overview
In this year’s Volleyball Nation League Portugal managed to beat Bulgaria 3-1. At the European Championships, Bulgaria only has a positive record (W1-L0) against Portugal out of Pool A.
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Match Polls
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Officials
First RefereeDavid FERNANDEZ FUENTESESPSecond RefereeStephan GRIEDERSUI
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Venue Information
L'Arena is the first new-generation multi‐purpose hall in France. This venue can host concerts, sports events, congresses, and exhibitions. L'Arena offers an ideal location, just a few hundred meters from the airport and with tram connection to the city center. The Arena has been designed with visitor comfort in mind: bars, luggage rooms, air conditioning, information screens, and entertainment...: unrivaled conditions of comfort ensuring that you make the most of its exceptional events program Capacity: 10700
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How To Attend
Route de la Foire, MONTPELLIER - PEROLS, 34470 Capacity: 10700
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Team
Team Profile
BULGARIA
Address
25 Nezabravka Str. SofiaContacts
+359 2 902 64 40
international@bvf.bg
Team Schedule
Previous Games
21/09/2019 | vs. | 1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
17/09/2019 | vs. | 1 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
16/09/2019 | vs. | 0 - 3 | L | Go to Match Centre |
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31Competitions Played
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0Titles
- Competition
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6Matches Played
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3Matches Won
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50%Win %
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11Sets Won
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473Points Won
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50%Attack %
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53%Reception %
Team
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YOSIFOV Viktor
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1985
- Birth Place: Omurtag
- Height: 205 cm
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DIMITROV Dobromir
Setter
- Birth Date: 1991
- Birth Place: Pazardżik
- Height: 197 cm
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ATANASOV Martin
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1996
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 196 cm
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GOTSEV Svetoslav
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Pernik
- Height: 206 cm
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SKRIMOV Todor
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1990
- Birth Place: Pernik
- Height: 191 cm
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TODOROV Teodor
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Montana
- Height: 208 cm
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KADANKOV Venelin
Opposite
- Birth Date: 1987
- Birth Place: Burgas
- Height: 200 cm
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PENCHEV Nikolay
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1992
- Birth Place: Plovdiv
- Height: 197 cm
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SOKOLOV Tsvetan
Opposite
- Birth Date: 1989
- Birth Place: Dupnitsa
- Height: 206 cm
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GROZDANOV Aleks
Middle blocker
- Birth Date: 1998
- Birth Place: Sofia
- Height: 206 cm
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PETROV Georgi
Outside spiker
- Birth Date: 1999
- Birth Place: Sliven
- Height: 195 cm
Recent Results
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Match Report
Bulgaria painfully get passed Portugal in four sets
Article
128
Points
The combined total number of points scored by both teams throughout the entire match.
129
Duration
The total length of the match, from the first serve through until the last point has ended.
503
Spectators
Total number of people in attendance at the venue – taken at the end of the second set.
225
Match Spikes
The combined total number of successful spikes achieved by both teams throughout the entire match.
50%
Reception Level
An average of the two team service reception percentages from the complete match.
7-8
Net Domination
The number of successful point winning blocks of BULGARIA compared to PORTUGAL.
4-7
Ace Count
BULGARIA number of service aces compared to PORTUGAL
41-36
Error Difference
Errors leading to points of BULGARIA, next to those from PORTUGAL
Alexandre Ferreira"I feel tired! All the games we've against Bulgaria in the past few years were good games. Our first victory at the VNL was gaainst them. We are getting better match after match, and that is our first goal."
Portugal's captain
A. Ferreira attacking
Tsvetan Sokolov"This is really a big win against a difficult opponent to plays really good in defence and block. We are looking forward and I am really happy. I know Alexandre Ferreira well from our time at Trentino Volley, he is a really good player so it was interesting to play against him - but I am happy that I win!"
Bulgaria's opposite
Sokolov hugged after big rally
Silvano Prandi"It was a bad game on our side, but I think we need to be courageous to win a match when playing badly, and we did."
Bulgaria's head coach
Coach Prandi
Todor Skrimov"It was a very difficult match. We often led the game but they always came back because we lost our focus. We shouldn't do that against Italy and France otherwise we might lose."
Bulgaria's outside hitter
Skrimov hitting line