On the second day of playoffs in the #CLVolleyW, the team of VakifBank ISTANBUL made a huge step into going to the quarterfinals. They won 0:3 (22-25, 12-25, 24-26) over the Polish team of ŁKS Commercecon ŁÓDŹ.

In the first set, VakifBank was quite equal to ŁKS ŁÓDŹ (7-7) but the Turkish team soon managed to separate and already had five points of the advantage (7-12). With six killer blocks in this set, VakifBank was truly unstoppable and they were always in the lead. However, the Polish team managed to cut back the advantage to 22-25 and finished the set with only three points behind.

The second set was definitely not something that the home team was expecting. VakifBank already had five points of advantage in the early start (0-5). ŁKS ŁÓDŹ was trying to get back up but it was not easy for them and they were always behind by four or five points. After that, it only got worse for them as VakifBank ran off to ten points of lead (10-10). In the end, they closed the set with 13 points of advantage (12-25).

And then came on the third and the last set which was truly a thriller! It began as a point-by-point set but soon enough VakifBank managed to separate and get to the five points of the advantage (4-9). Turkish team was showing off all of their strength in this set with seven killer blocks and they’ve been trying to stop ŁKS ŁÓDŹ at all costs. And it seemed like this will be another easy win in this match for VakifBank but at the very end of this set, ŁKS ŁÓDŹ managed to equalize everything and were in a place where they could have taken this set from the Istanbul (21-21). In the thrilling ending, VakifBank Istanbul won by 24-26 and with that won the whole match.

The player of the match was Paola Egonu from VakifBank Istanbul with 21 points and a 49 % of spike.