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Defending Hungarian champions Vasas Óbuda hosted Polish powerhouse Developres Rzeszów in Budapest in their second match of the 4th round of the Champions League. The home team started the game really confidently, maybe even took their opponent by surprise in the first set. The Hungarians, led by their opposite Taylor Bannister, took the lead with a great overall performance after winning the first set (25:20, 1:0).

Rzeszów’s head coach Stéphane Antiga changed his opposite for the second set, as Izabella Rapacz came in for Gabriela Orvosova. The decision paid off, as Rapacz and middle blocker Magdalena Jurczyk led their team to a confident, four point lead in the second set. Vasas Óbuda didn’t give in easy, and equalized before the endgame with Karolina Fričová’s key attacks. Dramatic moments followed, as both teams had chances to close the set, but in the end it was once again the home team who came out on top, after a successful challange by their coach, Giannis Athanasopoulos (28:26, 2:0).
Rzeszów took an early lead in the third set as well, they looked determined to turn the game around. Jelena Blagojevič took the Polish team on her back with some of the most powerful attacks of the game and even tough Vasas fought until the end, Rzeszów won the third set and held on to hope (20:25, 2:1).

The visiting Polish team made sure to keep the same energy, as they quickly managed to build up a five point lead in the beginning of the fourth set. Fričova and Bannister did the job again for Vasas Óbuda as the home team equalized in the matter of minutes. Rzeszów responded quickly with some clever tips from Blagojevič and managed to hold on their lead this time, therefore forcing the fifth set in Budapest (20:25, 2:2).

Jurczyk came up with key points as the fifth set started with the visitors taking the initiative once again. Vasas Óbuda did their best to fight back and managed to score a few nice points, but Developres Rzeszów finished the job and won the game that lasted for almost two and a half hours (9:15, 2:3).