The second sparring against the Germans in Berlin ended with the victory of Ivan Petkov's team with a score of 2-3 (20:25, 21:25, 25:20, 25:15, 8:15). Already from the first minutes, it was noticeable that the opponents wanted to take revenge on our athletes for yesterday's defeat. And even though it was just a friendly meeting, for the teams of the extra class, each one is important. However, the blue-yellow team withstood the starting pressure of the home team and began to impose their own game on them.

The advantage of Ivan Petkov's players only grew with each new rally, because the Germans could not keep up with their rapid attacks quite often - 11:16.  In addition, Ukrainians also have done well on the serve, as, for example, Oleksandra Milenko did in one of the episodes - 14:20.  As a result, they calmly brought the set to their victory - 20:25.

In the second set, our volleyball players continued to set a high bar both in defense and attack - 4:7.  Of course, there were also mistakes that allowed the rivals to organize a rush and level the parity, but not for long.  The coaching staff made timely adjustments to their team's game — 21:25

The third set began with a spurt from the Germans — 4:0.  They were in the lead throughout the entire set, but at the end of it, the blue and yellows, thanks to their perseverance, were able to get to the opponent as close as possible  - 21:19.  However, they didn't manage to achieve more - 25:20.

In the fourth set, the hosts of the court were also stronger (25:15), so the winners of the match had to be determined by a tie-break.  In the end, Ivan Petkov's players drew conclusions after the last two unsuccessful sets and still managed to get such a psychologically important victory - 8:15.

We would like to add that the MVP of the match was awarded to an outside hitter of the National team of Ukraine - Oleksandra Milenko!

An equally important event of this match was the fact that, after its end, our team was presented with a monetary certificate to help Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor.  €1,634 was raised from ticket sales.  They will be transferred to the assistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thank you all for your help!

After that, the national team of Ukraine will go to Nitra, where on May 22-23 they will play friendly matches with Slovakia.

Starting line-up of the national team of Ukraine: Svitlana Dorsman (c), Dariia Sharhorodska, Oleksandra Milenko, Anastasiia Maievska, Yevheniia Khober, Anastasiia Kraiduba, Kristina Niemtseva (l).