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The Czech National Team dominated their second match of the Golden European League 2022. After winning in Estonia 3:1, they defeated the Belgian team 3:0 (26:24, 25:16, 25:12) at home in the sports hall in Kutná Hora. After the first set was evenly matched, the Czechs dominated the next two games and are now undefeated in the 2022 Golden European League standings.

In the third match, the Czech will face Latvia on Wednesday, June 1.The Belgians started better and opened the first set with 3:1 and 4:2 lead, but after a successful attack by Jan Galabov, the Czeches tied at 4:4 and gradually took the initiative - with concentrated pressure they forced the Belgians to make mistakes and turned the match to 8:5. The Belgian coach took a timeout, but even that did not help his young team significantly. The precise Czech players, who were driven in this part of the game in the field especially by the cooperation of Jakub Janouch and Jan Galabov, dominated the first set - they led 11:7, 15:10 and 19:14. However, a series of errors offered the Belgians the opportunity to dramatize the end of the opening set - the Belgians even tied the score at 23:23 and with a patient attack they fought off the first Czech set point. The Czech team did not falter the seconed one though, thanks to a successful block by the Indra-Zajíček duo and Jiří Novák's team won the first set 26:24.

The course of the second set was quite unambiguous. Both teams entered it with concentrated defence, but the points gradually increased again, especially on the Czech team's side. The Czech team attacked concentratedly, successfully covering the attacks of the young Belgian team led by Italian coach Emanuele Zanini, holding a two to three point lead from the beginning and increasing the pressure. Even two timeouts in short succession did not help Belgium. The Czech volleyball players gradually increased the gap to 21:13 with a focused team play, dominated all the game activities and finally dominated the set with a clear 25:16 victory.

The Czech team capped off a strong second set with a strong third set. Although they were 0:2 down at the beginning of the set, they did not let the Belgians into the game any more. Thanks to a successful series of serves by the captain Adam Zajicek, the team turned the score to 9:2, and thanks to accurate hits by Patrik Indra and a precise attack coming from a secure defence, did not allow the the visiting team to influence the third set significantly. The Czechs won the last set 24:12 and celebrated their second victory in the Golden European League.