Lions move on to as ‘half’ in the Portuguese Cup
Volleyball overcame SC Caldas with solidity (0-3)
The men’s volleyball team of Sporting Clube de Portugal – current holders of the queen competition – visited, this Wednesday, SC Caldas and won the match for the quarter-finals of the Portuguese Cup by 0-3.
Thus, increased to five consecutive Lions triumphs, continuing the current good moment.
With Tiago Pereira, José Masso, Robinson Dvoranen, Tiago Barth, Thiago Gelinski and Joaquín Gallego starting, Alvalade’s team did not have an easy start to the game (6-2). After order discount Gersinho and However, as complements on the green white side (12-13). They would go hand in hand on the scoreboard until the end (22-22), but the Lions did not tremble and closed the opening set in front with 23-25.
Yet this also corresponds to the following partial (7-7). After Leonina’s first significant lead (8-12), SC Caldas still managed to respond (12-12), however Sporting CP would then take off (15-20) with quality until 18-25 final.
With 0-2 before the game time had elapsed, the Gersinho team had the opportunity to successfully close the fifth consecutive game in about a week and a half, but the Caldas team would not give up the match (14-12). Even so, the response from Alvalade’s team would be complete, turning the score around (16-18) and would never let go of the lead, with Tiago Barth the sentence shortly after the encounter at 22-25.
With this triumph, Sporting CP continues to defend its title, with the next obstacle, in the semi-finals, the winner of the match between Esmoriz GC and SL Benfica, scheduled for this Sunday.
Sporting CP: Hugo Vinha, Tiago Pereira (3), José Masso (18), Victor Hugo (2), Kelton Tavares, Thiago Gelinski, Yohan Léon (6), Robinson Dvoranen (5), Gil Meireles [L]Tiago Barth (10), Rafael Cavalcanti, Frederico Santos, João Fidalgo [L]Thomas Douglas-Powell and Joaquín Gallego (12).