Allianz MTV STUTTGART qualified for the Quarter-finals of #CLVolleyW
Recap
Wednesday night marked another #CLVolleyW exciting match between SC POTSDAM and Allianz MTV STUTTGART. For the first time, two German teams meet in the women's CEV Champions League Volley.
The first match in the Play-off round went to Allianz Stuttgart by 3:0 and tonight, Allianz Stuttgart took another 3:0 win and with that qualified for the Quarter-finals.
The beginning of the first set was completely even, but Stuttgart was always by one point ahead. In the middle of the set, they managed to get a nice five-point advantage (14-19) which was enough to close the set by 19-25.
The second set was opened a bit better by Potsdam but Stuttgart managed to get back up and even the set by 10-10. The close fight was ongoing until the end of the set which ended by 24-26.
Although Potsdam already knew in the third set that they had no chance of qualifying for the Quarter-finals, they still managed to put up a pretty good fight and were completely in sync with Stuttgart, who closed the match by 22-25.
Allianz MTV STUTTGART will play against Fenerbahce Opet ISTANBUL for a chance of qualifying to the Semi-finals of #CLVolleyW.
Kristina Gunchev"We were expecting a tough game. I can´t say that something went wrong. Stuttgart pushed us a lot with their service. And in the end they managed to win every set. It was a good game of them and not our best one. We made to much mistakes in the wrong moments."
Captain of SC Potsdam
Konstantin Bitter"It wasn't an easy game. After the loss from Saturday we were a little bit unsure. In the end we made more points and the important points this time, so we have won the game. We tried to start very well. We knew, we had to play better than Saturday and the motivation to do so was high."
Head coach of Allianz MTV Stuttgart