Paola Egonu, last-ditch effort for quarters

Allianz Vero Volley Milan for the quarters

Allianz Vero Volley Milan è is ready for the sixth and final day of Pool A of CEV Champions League 2023/24. Tomorrow, Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 8 p.m. (Direct TV DAZN), Orro and her teammates will receive, within the friendly walls of the Allianz Cloud, the Turkish battleship of VakifBank Istanbul. A much-awaited challenge, among the most important of the group stage, with Gaspari’s girls who will have to look out for the fearsome Turks, eager for revenge after the net 0-3 cashed in the first match, where Vero Volley imposed its law in the away match with a victory obtained in just over an hour.

A crucial challenge to win Pool A and gain direct access to the quarterfinals of the top continental competition. The odds’play in favor of Allianz Vero Volley Milano to whom, even in case of a 0-3 defeat, 32 points scored would be enough to finish ahead of the Turkish team. In the first confrontation of the season, the MVP of the match was Paola Egonu, with 21 points scored. Also in double figures were Nika Daalderop and Dana Rettke (10 points apiece).

The Consortium’s women’s flagship lineup, in the Champions League, è undefeated and coming off an easy win against the Serbian Jedinstvo Stara Pazova. Milan 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. There are four former players in total 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.