In the first leg of the Confederation of European Volleyball (CEV) Challenge Cup semi-finals, Monza, where Takahashi Ai plays, played against Galatasaray Istanbul (Turkey) on Wednesday, January 31st (local time) and won 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-16). Takahashi Ai was benched due to injury.
First set starting lineup
Monza
OH: Lepke (Canada), Marr (Canada)
MB: Galassi (Italy), Di Martino (Italy)
OP: Mujanovic (Slovenia)
S: Visic (Croatia)
L: Gaggini (Italy)
Galatasaray
OH: Gunkos (Türkiye), Kujundzic (Serbia)
MB: Karas (Türkiye), Durmaz (Türkiye)
OP: Hadrava (Czech Republic)
S: Zimmermann (Germany)
L: Hacipoglu (Türkiye)
*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero
Most points scored: OH Stephen Marr 16 points (including 1 block) Attack efficiency rate 66.661 TP3T
The second leg of the CEV Challenge Cup semi-finals will be held at Galatasaray's home ground on Tuesday, February 6th at 26:00 Japan time. Monza will advance to the finals if they win at least two sets in this match.
CEV Challenge Cup Men:http://www.cev.eu/match-centres/2024-european-cups/cev-volleyball-challenge-cup-2024-men/
The next Italian league match will be against Trentino on Saturday, February 3rd at 28:00 Japan time.
Italian League Website: https://www.legavolley.it/
Distribution (VBTV, paid): https://www.volleyballworld.tv/home
Photo: CEV
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