In the second leg of the Confederation of European Volleyball (CEV) Challenge Cup semi-finals, Monza, the team Takahashi Ai plays for, played against Galatasaray Istanbul (Turkey) on Tuesday, February 6th (local time) and won 3-2 (25-16, 25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 15-12). Takahashi Ai returned to the bench as libero for the first time in about two weeks but did not play.
First set starting lineup
Monza
OH: Lepke (Canada), Marr (Canada)
MB: Galassi (Italy), Di Martino (Italy)
OP: Schwartz (Canada)
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
As a result, Monza has qualified for the Challenge Cup final, where they will likely face Warsaw (Poland).
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 Piacenza on Saturday, February 10th at 26:30 Japan time.
Italian League Website: https://www.legavolley.it/
Distribution (VBTV, paid): https://www.volleyballworld.tv/home
Photo: CEV
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