CLVM 94, JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel v VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

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JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel - VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (15 Mar 2023)

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JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel won the first leg of their quarter-final tie against VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 3-0 in Germany: 25-17, 25-16, 25-13. Stephen Boyer and Tomasz Fornal each scored 14 points for the Polish side. Michal Superlak had 11 points for VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN.
JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel conceded only 46 points in this match. The only other quarter-final match in which a team conceded fewer points was TRENTINO Volley's 3-0 win versus Domex Tytan AZS CZESTOCHOWA in 2008/09 (45 points).
JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel also won both of their matches against VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN in the group stage of this Champions League season. The Polish side won 3-1 in Germany and 3-0 at home.
JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel have won each of their last six Champions League matches against VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, since losing the first meeting in December 2009 (1-3).
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN are the opponents JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel have won the most Champions League fixtures against (6).
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN are on a 16-match losing streak in the Champions League against Polish opposition. Their most recent win against a Polish team was the victory in the first meeting with JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel in 2009.

JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel

This will be JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel's 100th match in the Champions League (W59-L40). They are the third Polish side to reach 100 matches, after Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE (125, excluding 2nd leg in these quarter-finals) and PGE Skra BELCHATOW (134).
JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel can reach the Champions League semi-finals for the fourth time, after 2010/11, 2013/14 and 2021/22. They have never progressed to the final.
JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel are one of two teams who have won all seven of their Champions League matches this season, alongside Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA. The Polish club have won their last four matches in straight sets.
JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel won 15 of their 17 Champions League matches since the start of the 2021/22 edition. The only exceptions are two losses against their compatriots Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE in last season's semi-finals.
Stephen Boyer (98) is the leading points scorer for JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel in this season's Champions League. Boyer scored more than half of these points (50 points - 29, 7, 14) in the three matches against VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN this season.
Last season Tomasz Fornal (126) was JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel's top scorer in the Champions League.
Benjamin Toniutti played for VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (2015), winning the German title and German domestic cup with them.

VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN

This is the first season in which two German teams have reached the CEV Champions League quarter-finals, VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN and BERLIN Recycling Volleys.
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN could reach the semi-finals for the third time, after 2004/05 and 2006/07.
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN were eliminated in all of their three quarter-final appearances (2001/02, 2002/03 and 2008/09).
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN's last four defeats in the Champions League all came in matches against JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel: 1-3, 1-3, 0-3, 0-3 from February 2022 to March 2023.
Michal Superlak is the team's top scorer in this season's Champions League on 135 points. Last season Luciano Vicentin was their highest scorer on 59 points.
André Brown (30) and Aleksandar Nedeljkovic (24, joint-second-most with Hebar PAZARDZHIK's Viktor Yosifov) are leading all players in most kill blocks in this Champions League campaign.
VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN's coach Mark Lebedew coached JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel from 2015 to 2018. He led the club to a third place in the Polish championship in the 2016/17 season.
Lebedew won all four matches with JASTRZEBSKI Wegiel in the 2017/18 Champions League by a 3-0 scoreline before he left the club in January 2018. He guided them to the group stage thanks to two wins over Omonia NICOSIA and defeated both BERLIN Recycling Volleys and Spacer's TOULOUSE VB in the group phase.

"We know that Jastrzebski created a "one-man theatre" last week in Neu Ulm, but we still want to fight and show our good side. The favourite is clear, but we cannot approach this game with a loser mentality. We currently have more sad than happy moments and are looking for a break. It may come when you least expect it; who knows? We will fight until the last ball. Only when you fight, you have the opportunity to win."

Mateusz Biernat
Setter of VfB Friedrichshafen

"It will be tough to turn it. There is no question about that. But we will fight for every opportunity. We are still motivated to win. We also lost the league match yesterday, so we are motivated to break this series and also for the Champions League semi-final. Of course, the chances are minimal, but in Germany, there is a saying, "Hope dies last", so we will fight for every opportunity."

Mark Lebedew
Head Coach of VfB Friedrichshafen.

" It would be a difficult match. We made a good step in qualification for the next round but also got the second game. We could already see so many times that the team bounces back after losing, so they will come here with big determination, and we expect a tough game. We cannot think only about winning two sets but about winning the whole game. We are preparing in the best way, and I hope on Wednesday evening Jastrzębski Węgiel will be in the semi-final of the CEV Champions League."

Benjamin Toniutti
Setter of Jastrzębski Węgiel

" First step to the semi-final is done, but we must be prepared for the other match. The return game is a different story. I am sure they will play well and do their best to win the match. They played well through the big part of the season, both in the German league and the Champions League, so we have to be prepared for the best version of VfB Friedrichshafen. We need to keep our focus and concentration."

Marcelo Mendez
Head Coach of Jastrzębski Węgiel

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