Alejandro Spajić (born May 7, 1976 in San Juan, Argentina) is an Argentinevolleyball player. Alejandro Spajić is 6'10" (208 cm) and weighs 209 lbs (95 kg). Spajić is clearly a world-class volleyball player both for Argentina and his club. What's more, he enjoys watching football in his spare time and is a big fan of the sport. His background is somewhat similar to another world-class volleyball player namely Marcos Milinkovic. This is the case because Alejandro Spajić's parents are also immigrants from the former Yugoslavia. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... San Juan, the Spanish for Saint John, is a common toponym in parts of the world where Spanish is or was spoken: Argentina San Juan Province San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province Cuba San Juan Hill Mexico San Juan, Campeche San Juan, Chihuahua San Juan, Coahuila San Juan... Volleyball is a popular sport where teams separated by a high net hit a ball back and forth between the teams. ... The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Marcos Milinković (born December 22, 1971 in San Martín) is an Argentine volleyball player. ...
Spajic and Trabelsi exchanged powerful spikes at the net as the teams remained close, and an alert piece of play from Porporatto brought Argentina level 23-23 and forced a Tunisia TO.
Spajic, with a lusty blow at the net, Milinkovic on the right following a spectacular back-court dig from Jeronimo Bidegain, and Concina took Argentina to 22-19 and within sight of the set.
Spajic was the dominant figure down the stretch, as Argentina closed it out 25-21 on their first set point for 2-2.
Giani took Argentina to the first TTO ahead by one with a right-wing spike that the Chinese would have chased into the seats had it not been for an advertising board and technical staff desks in the way, such was their commitment to the cause.
A block by Spajic on Wang enabled Argentina to pull level 17-17 and force a China TO, and improved blocking and sharper spiking moved Argentina closer to the second set at 22-20.
Spajic and Giani helped out their captain with a flurry of points as China began to look vulnerable and made too many errors.
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