The Antonio Carraro Prosecco DOC Conegliano has the last challenge of Pool D of CEV Zeren Group Champions League in its sights: tomorrow evening the Polish LKS Lodz arrive at the Palaverde (kick-off at 20.30), the Panthers are looking for the full result to have the best possible pairing, on paper, in the quarterfinals of the competition. After 27 European successes in a row, the yellow-blues approach the last match of the group with 5 victories that have yielded 14 points: the last of these, in Turkey against Ankara Zeren Spor 3-0, delivered the mathematical qualification in the first 8 of the competition. In the first leg, A. Carraro Prosecco DOC won 3-0 at the Lodz Sport Arena. Full team for coach Daniele Santarelli.
PREVIOUS MATCHES: There are 3 previous matches of the challenge, the first 2 date back to the CEV Champions League of the 2019-20 season, in the two-legged matches of the group the Panthers had the upper hand by winning 3-0.
REFEREES: Mitrovic (MNE) and Strandson (EST)
MEDIA: Simultaneous live television coverage of all CEV Champions League matches is on Sky Sport and DAZN. Live updates and post-match interviews on Imoco Volley’s social profiles
TICKET OFFICE: A few hundred tickets are still available for tomorrow’s match, tickets are already available in advance online on the Vivaticket.com website. The Palaverde ticket offices will open at 7 pm, an hour and a half before kick-off.
SPONSOR DAY BANCA DELLA MARCA– The day is dedicated to Banca della Marca, a historic sponsor for years alongside Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano. At the end of the match, a representative of Banca della Marca will award the MVP of the match with a gift.
GABI JANUARY MVP BY BY ROS GREEN– Da Ros Green awards the Panther chosen by the public as MVP of the month, for January 2026 Prosecco DOC fans have chosen Gabi by expressing their preference in the Imoco Volley Whatsapp channel. The Brazilian star will be awarded in the pre-race by Antonello Da Ros with a gift signed by Da Ros Green.
DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“Tomorrow we have the match against LKS Lodz, we want to close the group with a win and with a good performance that gives continuity to our positive momentum. The goal is to finish the group with the best score and set quotient possible, then we will see what happens in the other fields to define all the joints, but we will only think about it at the end. There will be many exciting clashes on the last day of the Champions League, a competition that never before has appeared open to every scenario like this season. From the quarterfinals onwards, of course, the level of volleyball we will see will be of the highest level, we want to get there with a convincing performance in front of our fans. We recovered the feverish Scognamillo and Munarini, who returned to the gym to work as a group. I will continue to rotate all the girls between tomorrow and the next 4 rounds of the championship that separate us from the play-offs, we of the staff intend to give chances and rhythm to everyone in view of the decisive period of the season. We want to raise the average level, the games from inside out are coming and we want to get there in the best way. We are happy to return to the Palaverde after Sunday’s sell-out against Macerata, the Champions League is a special competition and playing it at home always has a different flavor “.
NEXT COMMITMENT
The Panthers will return to the field on Sunday 8 February at 5 pm at the Pala BigMat in Florence for the big championship match against Savino del Bene Scandicci, a match valid for the 10th day of the return of the Regular Season of the Serie A1 Tigotà.
PRESALE PERUGIA AND MONVISO
Pre-sales are already active for the Palaverde championship matches against Perugia (Sunday 15, 4 pm) and Monviso Volley (Saturday 21, 8.30 pm), info and tickets online on the Vivaticket.com website.