Paola Egonu, big match as former in Istanbul
Paola Egonu in Istanbul
Allianz Allianz Vero Volley Milano è ready for the third day of CEV Champions League 2023/24. Tomorrow, Wednesday, November 29, at 5:30 p.m. Italian time (Direct TV DAZN), Orro and companions will pay a visit to the Turkish battleship of VakifBank Istanbul, at Vakifbank Spor Saray. A highly anticipated challenge, among the most important of the group stage, with Gaspari’s girls who will be eager for revenge after last season’s Champions League finale, closed with elimination in the quarterfinals precisely at the hands of the Turks.
The Consortium’s women’s flagship team, in the top continental competition, è back from fine victories against the Serbian Jedinstvo Stara Pazova and the French Volley Mulhouse Alsace with two clear 3-0 wins. Coach Gaspari’s girls will have to play a determined and orderly game against the two-time defending CEV Champions League champions, having won the title in both 2021/22 and 2022/23.
A total of four former players in the match: three in the ranks of Allianz Vero Volley Milano (Paola Egonu, Kara Bajema and Nika Daalderop) and one with VaikifBank Istanbul (Jordan Thompson). The U.S. national team opposite, played only one season with the Consortium jersey, reaching the Scudetto final and the Italian Cup final.
