Rabita downs RC CANNES in Playoffs 6

On Thursday the vice world champions of Rabita BAKU advanced to the Playoffs 6 of the 2013 CEV Volleyball Champions League after edging – for the second time in about seven days – France`s RC Cannes, doing so in straight sets (25-19, 25-18, and 25-17) to play Russia`s Dinamo Kazan in the next round of the competition.

With many fans in attendance at “Sarhadchi Olympic Centre” Rabita started out with a series of great serves contributed by Puerto Rican Aurea Cruz; however, RC Cannes moved to the front even with a margin of five points before Rabita mentor Marcello Abbondanza opted for the right substitutions to get his side back on track and cruise to the final 25-19.  

The second set was a real show of strength by Rabita that stood out especially from the serving line thereby wrapping it up quite easily with the score of 25-18.
 
Even though they were leading quite comfortably, the hosts did not slow down and paced by Cruz and Dobriana Rabadzhieva they could cruise to a well-deserved 3:0 win to make it to the Playoffs 6 and play there last year`s bronze medalist Dinamo Kazan.


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