Luxembourg, November 12, 2018. It is time to decide the last two teams that will make it to the pool stage of the 2019 CEV Volleyball Champions League – Women. CSM Volei Alba BLAJ and Budowlani ŁÓDŹ will be trying to capitalise on the 3-1 wins they claimed last week whilst Allianz MTV STUTTGART and ASPTT MULHOUSE VB are hoping to use the home-court advantage to stay alive in the competition and vie for an all-important Golden Set. The live streaming of both matches will be available at LAOLA1.tv; make sure you follow the CEV’s social media channels for further updates under the official hashtag #CLVolleyW. 

 • With Lora Kitipova, CSM Volei Alba BLAJ are travelling to Stuttgart with a player, who already knows the SCHARRena very well. Kitipova wore the blue jersey of Allianz MTV STUTTGART in the 2012-2013 season.
• The hosts will be playing their sixth match in 21 days, as they are participating in three different competitions: the German national league, national cup and the CEV Volleyball Champions League. They have contested six matches with only one loss this far, i.e. last week to BLAJ in Romania.
• The Germans have a perfect record of four wins in as many matches they have played at home this season so far.

Ioannis Athanasopoulos, head coach of Allianz MTV STUTTGART: “It will be a difficult game. CSM Volei Alba BLAJ is a very good team with experienced players and we have to do everything perfect if we want to have a chance to win. We count on our fans to come to SCHARRena and support us. They can be our seventh player on the court.”

Kim Renkema, Sports Director of Allianz MTV STUTTGART: “It will be very challenging to make it to the pool phase of the CEV Champions League after losing the first match. We have to play from the start as we did towards the end of the match in Sibiu to have a slight chance against this very strong team. We know we have to win sets. Everyone knows what to do.”

Darko Zakoc, head coach of CSM Volei Alba BLAJ: “For sure it is going to be a difficult situation on both sides. From what we have seen in the first match, these two are equal teams. Only small details decided the outcome of the first match in our favour. However, we are ready and we are confident that after two matches featuring two very good teams, at the end we will be the eventual winners. I hope we play as we are able to and as we did in the first two sets last week.”

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