Slovenia - Finland (SET5)

Movie made by Finnish fans, which shows nice actions in that match. Finland qualifies for 1/4 finals after thriller against Slovenia. Both teams underwent a lot of ups and downs but offered a spectacular game to the fans. The most obvious statistical difference between Finland and Slovenia in the first set was the number of mistakes. Both teams scored 15 points, but Slovenia committed 7 more errors (10) than Finland. In the tie-break Finland recorded a perfect start (3:0) and seemed to be mentally better prepared than Slovenia. Slovenia tried to come back, but Finland played off all their experience and converted their match ball (15:12). Mikko Oivanen was top scorer for Finland (22 points). Alen Sket was Slovenia’s leading scorer. Tuomas Sammelvuo was pleased with his team’s performance. "In this phase of a tournament, just wins matter. We won so that’s a very good result for us, but there are still things to improve."

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