“If we want to qualify for the next round, we have to win our home games and we’ll have to surprise two teams in away games. That challenge starts immediately here in Ankara. I don’t want to cast any predictions, but we always have a chance. That’s what we experience every year: sometimes we get crushed 0-3, but regularly we cause a big upset. Let’s hope that we can do that in this first leg in Ankara.”

"We are going to our first match in the Champions League. It will definitely be a match that we have to win if we want to advance to the next round. Maaseik is a team that is constantly in the Champions League and plays good volleyball. I believe that if we play patiently and show our own strength on the field, we will win the match. We are waiting for both Ziraat Bankkart fans and volleyball lovers living in Ankara to the match."

“To be honest, if we wan’t to cause a upset, we have to take our chance here in Ankara, since both the other teams in our pool, Dinamo Moscow and Projekt Warszawa, are extremely strong opponents. Therefore we’d better show our value from the very first game on, here in Ankara.”