Ziraat Bank Ankara lost to Jastrzębski Węgiel 2:3 (32:34, 25:27, 25:17, 25:21, 7:15) in the return semi-final match of the Champions League. In the first match, the Polish team won a certain victory 3-0 (25:13, 25:18, 30:28) and will play in the Superfinal of this competition.
The first set was decided in a power play. The fight in this fragment lasted for several minutes. Jastrzębski Węgiel saved four set points. Tomasz Fornal finished the game. He ended his team’s counterattack with a courageous attack from the ball, which resulted in a 34:32 victory.
The competition in the second set also ended with an advantage play. Ziraat led 24:22. The Polish team defended itself, among others: thanks Fornal. Then the Turkish team once once more had a chance to extend the match, but did not take advantage of it. Huber’s ace and then Ter Maat’s attack allowed him to win the second set and thus advance to the Superfinal of the Champions League.
The fate of the competition has been decided. The coaches of both teams made changes to their squads. The Jastrzębie team lost the next two sets to win in the tie break. Jastrzębski Węgiel’s rivals in the Champions League Superfinal will be the better team in the hit clash between Italian teams, Cucine Lube Civitanova – Itas Trentino.
Ziraat Bank Ankara: Ter Maat, Eksi, Gunes, Bulbul, Camejo, Anderson, Bayraktar (l) oraz Yatgin, Vicentin, Tuinstra, Yalcin (l), Tosun, Sahin
Jastrzębski Węgiel: Patry, Toniutti, Gladyr, Huber, Fornal, Szymura, Popiwczak (l) and M’Baye, Sclater, Macionczyk, Markiewicz, Jóźwik, Sedlacek, Makoś (l)