All easy for Civitanova with Karlovasko: double satisfaction for Giampaolo Medei

The words of Gianpaolo Medei

Civitanova makes no mistake and beats Karlovasko in the return match of the Challenge Cup 2024 round of 16. Lube repeated the 3-0 (25-16 25-18 25-14) of the’first leg and dominated the Czech team with a score of 25-19 25-9 25-17 winning a well-deserved qualification to the round of 16. In the next round it will be a challenge with the Finns of Akaa, who eliminated the Slovenians of Pomgrad by a 6-set to 0 score. Lube will return to the league court on Nov. 24 away at Taranto (6 p.m.).

"I am very happy with the performance of the team, tonight they concluded in the best way what we had started a week ago in the Czech Republic. We did this by rotating all the players at my disposal, thus managing to rest those who had spent a lot of energy in recent times. Overall è it was a very positive night. We put pressure on the opponent with batting and wall-defense" began the coach of the Marches.

"We have to stay focused and keep the bar of our level of play always high, no matter who our opponent is. Even next Sunday in the championship match with Taranto we will have to take the field as we have today and I am convinced that we will succeed" added Gianpaolo Medei.

"These are dangerous matches, in which è it is important to keep the tension very high, and I think that also from this point of view the team has done a great job. I am very happy with the performance we are having in this period, especially what we have shown in the last few games. In the doubleheader with Karlovarsko we did very well on serve and in high ball attacks. Now we will have to face a Serbian team, which è managed to get qualification to the next round by reversing a very complicated situation. This Challenge Cup puts us in front of opponents that we do not know very well, so è it is fundamental to always face them with maximum determination" these, instead, the statements of setter Santiago Orduna.