VakıfBank Women’s Volleyball Team will face Italian representative A. Carraro Imoco at home tomorrow in the first match of the CEV Champions League quarter-finals.
The match to be played at VakıfBank Sports Palace will start at 19.30. Croatian Ksenija Jurkovic and Serbian Aleksandar Petrovic will be referees in the match.
According to the statement made by the club, VakıfBank had previously faced A. Carraro Imoco four times in the CEV Champions League and won three of these matches. While the yellow-blacks faced the Italian team in the final three times, they competed against the Italian team in the Final Four on May 5, 2018. The two teams matched each other for the first time in the quarter-finals.
VakıfBank Head Coach Giovanni Guidetti, in his statement about the match, said, “This is the first time we are facing Imoco in a round other than the finals. This is a new situation and we are excited to have the chance to compete again with such a great team. Imoco is in a great situation and they are playing very well, they are undefeated. Our “It will be a tough job for us. But at the same time we hope our fans will help us play a great game.” made his assessment.
Chiaka Ogbogu, the American midfielder of the yellow-black team, stated that she was excited to play in the quarter-finals again with the VakıfBank jersey and said, “We will face a strong and fit team. We will do everything we can to play a competitive game on the field. I hope it will be a healthy match for everyone.” “I hope we can show our best performance on the field tomorrow.” He stated:
The rematch between the two teams will be played on Thursday, February 29, at the Palaverde Sports Hall in Treviso, Italy.