In the most exciting and intense 10 days of the season, in the midst of the semi-finals of the Scudetto play-offs against Igor Novara, for Antonio Carraro Prosecco DOC Conegliano it is already time for the eve: tomorrow at 20.30 at the Palaverde Ankara Zeren Spor Kulübü arrives for the second leg of the quarter-finals of the CEV Zeren Group Champions League. After the 3-0 victory in Turkey last Wednesday, the Panthers want to complete the work and win at least two sets to reach the Final Four of the CEV Zeren Group Champions League which will be played at the Ülker Sports Arena on May 2 and 3. In the event of a 3-0/3-1 victory for Zeren, the match will continue to the Golden Set to determine the winner. The reigning two-time European champion Panthers took the 29th (!) consecutive victory in the Champions League in Ankara, an all-time record in the event.
PREVIOUS AND FORMER: There are 2 previous matches of the challenge, both played in the current Champions League group where the Panthers have always had the upper hand. Among the ranks of coach Ljubicic there is the setter Ofelia Malinov, yellow-blue in the 2016-17 season
REFEREES: Koen Luts (BEL) and Cristophe Lecourt (FRA)
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: Ticket offices open at the Palaverde starting at 7 pm tomorrow, an hour and a half before the kick-off. To avoid long queues on match day, tickets are available online at the Vivaticket.com website
DICHIARAZIONI COACH DANIELE SANTARELLI
“It’s an exciting time of the season: every three days there is a fascinating race on the calendar, against international opponents. In the first leg against Zeren we found a strong team, but we came out victorious by playing an excellent game. On Sunday we played against a Novara team that has different characteristics, we showed few lows and many highs: it was an intense week, beautiful from a volleyball point of view also thanks to the results we collected. But what we have achieved so far only counts to give us a further push towards the next appointments, what matters now is to prepare for tomorrow’s match in the Champions League and for Game 2 in Novara, focusing on the first. We can’t relax, but we have to find concentration game by game: we are recovering all the pieces, Gabi and Munarini will be with us. Zeren have excellent strikers, we remember the home game against them, the most difficult of the three previous seasons: if we do not face them with maximum concentration we know the risks that follow, we will be called upon to play close to perfection. We have to start well to bring the public to our side in the last Champions League match at the Palaverde this year, we want to win the Final Four as the new goal of our season “.
NEXT MATCH
The Panthers will continue their journey in the championship on Saturday 21 March at 21.15, at PalaIgor for Game 2 of the semi-finals of the Scudetto play-offs against Igor Gorgonzola Novara, after the suffered 3-2 of game 1 on Sunday at the Palaverde.
NOVARA G3
PRESALE The online pre-sale is already open for Game 3 of the semi-finals of the Scudetto play-offs against Igor Gorgonzola Novara, appointment at the Palaverde for Tuesday 24 March at 20.30. Info and tickets on the Vivaticket.com website