Imoco beat Dresden 3-0 and on January 27th they will play the match that wins first place in the group in Ankara
Just one match and five goals achieved. With the victory over Dresden 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-19) on the fourth day of Pool D of the Champions League, Conegliano first of all ensures passage to the next round, awaiting the match for first place with Zeren Ankara on 27 January (at 4pm Italian time in the Turkish capital). Furthermore, it equals itself by reaching 26 consecutive successes in the Champions League (the previous one between 2019 and 2022), extending the series of European home victories to 27 (last stop at the Palaverde on 13 March 2019 with Eczacibasi), on the evening of its hundredth match played in the top continental tournament and reaching 500 total successes out of 595 matches.
the match
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For the match against Dresden Santarelli rests Wolosz, Zhu Ting, Gabi and Chirichella. The team, led by Wolosz deputy Jenna Ewert, struggled more than in the first leg in Germany, but brought home the result. In fact, after the first set was clearly dominated (with 8 points from Bella Haak, the absolute protagonist of the match), in the second the Venetians fell asleep a bit, prompting the coach to give them a good scolding to shake them up. The third set is equally balanced until mid-set, then Imoco takes flight. !9 total points for Haak and 13 for Fatoumatta Sillah. Central Munarini also did well with three point blocks. Imoco had nine aces (3 from Haak) while for Dresden the top scorer was Marta Levinska with 30.