Strange matchups! The women's volleyball Team In the Champions League, Waqif faces a bitter battle, and Egnu leads Konei to win without a fight
The UEFA recently imposed a total ban on the national volleyball teams and clubs and players of Russia and Belarus, which led to the upcoming Champions League women's volleyball quarterfinals becoming a strange matchup.
According to common sense, the three Russian women's volleyball clubs that have reached the top eight of the Champions League: Lokomotiv Kaliningrad, Dynamo Kazan and Dynamo Moscow women's volleyball team qualifications should be inherited by the third place in the last round of the group, but unfortunately, the UEFA League directly announced that the Russian team abstained in order to reduce the controversy, so that the Serie A giants Corneliano women's volleyball team has become the biggest beneficiary, Egnu-led Kone does not need to carry out 1/4 finals, directly with the Monza women's volleyball team to start the semi-final competition, is expected to lie and easily usher in the final of the competition.
Top half: Dynamo Moscow vs Dynamo Kazan, Conegliano vs Monza
With the UEFA Volleyball Federation's ban on Russian clubs taking effect, the three Russian teams that broke into the 8th round of the Champions League women's volleyball team this season were disqualified from continuing to play, so that the Russian derby that was originally in the top half of the region was played by Dynamo Moscow against Dynamo Kazan, because the bans were both missed in the semi-finals, and the biggest beneficiary of the upper half was Italy's Conegliano, who was directly identified as a semi-final competition by the Europa League with their compatriots Monza. Judging from the record of the two teams this season, Konei clearly has the upper hand, which is indirectly equivalent to Kone's lack of a pass, and almost one foot has stepped onto the final stage of the Champions League.
Egnu as the main member of Conegliano who has won the Champions League, this season may be the last time she represents Konei in the Champions League, the goal is naturally the championship, but this season Koone is not neat enough, the main attack core Serra has been plagued by injuries, Egnu often insists on a little attack in difficult situations, so that the Club World Cup final lost to Waqif Bank, this time with the signing, Egnu is expected to lead the team to the Champions League final.
Lower half: Fenerbahce vs Kaliningrad Locomotives, Rzeszów vs Vakiv Bank
The second half of the zone is a contest between Turkish Super League teams, and due to the absence of Lokomotiv Kaliningrad, Fenerbahce also directly advanced to the semi-finals, waiting for Waqif Bank Club. Fenerbahce could have stormed the Champions League and the Turkish Super League this season, but with the UEFA Volleyball League's ban, the team's main players Lazareva and FederovTseva decided that they would not be able to compete in the Champions League semi-finals, and it would be difficult to compete with Waqif Bank just by relying on Vargas's attack.
Waqif Bank women's volleyball team in the Champions League will be the hardest club, as a favorite to win the championship, the main opponents Conegliano, Monza, Fenerbahce women's volleyball team have won without a fight to reach the semi-finals, Wakif Bank also has to pass the Polish Rzeszów women's volleyball team, although the opponent is the weakest team in the top 8, but also to spend a certain amount of time and energy to deal with the game. Waqif Bank is the only team with the hope of playing the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of the Champions League this season. There is hope that he and Conegliano will meet after the Club World Cup to compete for this season's Champions League title.