25/01/2016 21:39
Italian rookies Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA to fight until the end for spot in Playoff phase
2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League – Women
Novara, Italy, January 25, 2016. Novara is ready to host the much anticipated match starring the runners-up of last year’s Italian national league Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA and the Turkish ‘Dream Team’ of VakifBank ISTANBUL. On Wednesday night Marco Fenoglio’s ‘Blue Girls’ will have a hard task as they have to edge past one of the world’s strongest teams in order to fight until the end for a spot in the Playoff phase of the 2016 CEV DenizBank Volleyball Champions League – Women.
In order to keep some chances to go through to the next round, Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA need a three-point win: “We need to focus on ourselves and do our best to achieve a victory,” says the Puerto Rican spiker Aurea Cruz, “even if we know that making it to the next round is not only up to us and to the result of our match. Unfortunately we lost some important games and now everything is harder, but anyway we have an important chance to play one of the world’s finest clubs and this is always a good way to improve and test your skills.”
Same thoughts for the Serbian spiker Tijana Malesevic, a bronze medallist from the 2015 EuroVolley: “We know we are going to play one of the top clubs in the world, with an important budget and great players but we have no option but to win if we want to fight till the end for a spot in the Playoff phase. We are getting better and better, we won our last four games by 3-0 and that was important to feel more confident and approach in the best possible way such a crucial match.”
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