Trento, 29 January 2020
The fourth match in the Pool A of the CEV Champions League on Thursday in Turkey
The 2020 CEV Champions League is back on the field during the last week of January to play the fourth round of the Main Phase, the first of the return round. On Thursday 30th, in Turkey, Trentino Itas will start the phase of Pool A on the field of Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta Istanbul. The beginning of the match is scheduled for 4pm Italian time (6pm local time), live on Radio Dolomiti and DAZN.
HERE ITAS TRENTINO. After overcoming the first European defeat of the season, the yellow-blue team necessarily needs to return to win in Turkey in order to play in the quarterfinals.
"The knockout obtained last Sunday in Civitanova Marche forces us to win here in Istanbul - says the coach Angelo Lorenzetti - . We know very well the value of the opponent, his skills and the difficulties that a match of this kind presents. Our physical condition is not easy, but we will have to stay focused and give everything to win, regardless of the formation we can line up".
The coach of Trentino Itas will once again be able to count on the opposite Luca Vettori (kept at rest on Sunday as a precaution) and will use the last training sessions before the match to see if he can actually use at least one player between Russell and Kovacevic (players struggling with shoulder problems).
SIXTH TRIP TO TURKEY IN THE HISTORY OF TRENTINO VOLLEY. The one that started on Tuesday morning and will end in the late afternoon of Friday (the return to Trento is expected around 4pm on 31 January) is the sixth ever Trentino Volley trip to Turkey: on 26th March 2019 at the Burhan Felek Voleybol Salonu the yellow-blu team won the CEV Cup. For the third time in its history, the yellow-blue club will play in the densely populated metropolis. The team had already played a match on March 1, 2017 (2-3 defeat against Fenerbahce in the 2017 CEV Cup semi-final return match). The absolute debut in Turkey took place on December 15, 2004, when the then Itas Diatec Trentino played in Ankara the return of the round of sixteen of the CEV Cup, losing 1-3 and then eliminated from the competition. The challenge will represent the 128th European match in the history of Trentino Volley, the 88th ever in the Champions League.
THE OPPONENTS. Thursday afternoon is the last chance for Fenerbahce to stay in the championship. The team closed the going round of Pool A with a defeat, scoring just two points. The return, after a year of absence, to the European cups, has not therefore reserved much satisfaction to the historic club of Istanbul (the most important and renowned sports club in the country, with millions of fans around the world), which earned this right thanks to the double win (National Cup Championship) obtained in the previous season. Coach Sordyl still does not know if he will be able to use one of the main points of reference of his game; after the first match on December 12th the French spiker Rossard didn't play because of an injury.
Fenerbahce reached the top of the Turkish championship standings after winning the home match against Izmir 3-2 on Saturday. The roster of Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta Istanbul: 1. Ulas Kiyak (p), 2. Wouter Ter Maat (o), 4. Ahmetecan Buyuguz (s), 5. Ogulcan Yatgin (p), 8. Izzet Unver (s), 9 Rossard Thibault (s), 10. Emre Batur (c), 12. Kelvin Nwachukwu Arinze (o), 13. Salvador Hidalgo Oliva (s), 14. Hasan Sikar (c), 15. Oguzhan Karasu (c), 16 Ferhat Akdeniz (c), 17. Caner Dengin (l), 18. Ahmet Karatas (l), 19. Jozef Stanicki Bora (s). Manager Mariusz Sordyl.
THE POOL A SITUATION The fourth round of Pool A has already started with one of the two scheduled games on Tuesday evening, with no surprises in store. The home success in three sets of Civitanova against Budejovice has in fact confirmed their strength. They lead the ranking with four wins (12 points), followed by Trentino Itas with two (5 points), by Ceske himself with one (2) while Fenerbahce ends the row with zero victories and two points. The next and penultimate round will be played on February 13th with the Trento-Civitanova and Budejovice-Fenerbahce challenges.
PREVIOUS MATCHES With the match on Thursday, the official matches between the two clubs will become four, previously challenged in a double semifinal round of the 2017 CEV Cup and the going match of this edition of Champions League (closed 3-2 for Trento on December 19th). The balance is 2-1 for the yellow-blue team, who also won at home on March 28th 2017 in just three sets and only lost the match played on April 1st 2017 at the tie break in Istanbul. Trento gains twelve victories against Turkish Clubs, taking into account also the five games played against Izmir (all won), the two faced against the Halkbank Ankara (both lost) and the two against Galatasaray (both won): the overall balance is ten wins and two defeats.
REFEREES. The match will be directed by Vladimir Oleynik, first referee of Moscow, and Toomas Murulo from Tallin. The first directed the 2018 second round match of CEV Champions League Pool E ended at the tie break in Kedzierzyn-Kozle.
RADIO, INTERNET AND TV The match will be live on Radio Dolomiti, media partner of Trentino Volley at 4pm on www.radiodolomiti.com by clicking on the section “On Air and on DAZN, a streaming platform available on several devices, such as Smart TV, PC, Smartphone, tablets. DANZ needs a registration and it offer the first month for free.
It is possible to follow the match on the official web site of CEV https://cevlive.cev.eu/DV_LiveScore.aspx?ID=37543 and on www.trentinovolley.it. They will always be active on the social networks (www.trentinovolley.it/facebook www.trentinovolley.it/instagram and www.trentinovolley.it/twitter).
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