03/04/2017 18:23
Goncharova looks forward to rematch with Liu Jo Nordmeccanica
2017 CEV Volleyball Champions League - Women
Moscow, Russia, April 3, 2017. Even though Dinamo MOSCOW rallied to a comprehensive 3-0 victory in their first matchup with Liu Jo Nordmeccanica MODENA on schedule for the Playoffs 6 of the 2017 CEV Volleyball Champions League – Women, everyone in the Russian capital expects the rematch on Wednesday to be a much closer affair. The eventual winners will progress to the Final Four, which is due to take place on April 22-23 in Treviso, Italy.
Home star Nataliya Goncharova: “Luck was on our side towards the end of the first set of the match we played in Italy two weeks ago as we blocked extremely well and two of our players, Bethania de la Cruz and Irina Fetisova closed the set out with two consecutive single blocks. That was truly impressive! We were trailing by two points and were able to come back and win!”
However, the Italians could still cause a sensation when coming to Moscow for the rematch on April 5. “We are going to prepare as carefully as we can and to try to display our very best performance,” Goncharova continued. “The only thing that bothers us is the fact we cannot practice enough in the sports hall where we will be playing the match with MODENA but that is all part of the game.”
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