Jastrzębski Węgiel - Resovia Rzeszów (full match)

Wednesday's battle between two Polish teams for Final Four of Champions League. Jastrzębski Węgiel won that game in three sets. The last Final Four appearance for the team from Upper Silesia dates back to 2011 as they ended their campaign in fourth place by the time the last act of the competition was held in Bolzano. Though these teams know each other very well, that was the first time they were crossing their ways with a ticket to the Final Four of Europe’s elite competition at stake. The home side was cheered on by more than 3,000 fans all wearing the orange outfits that Jastrzębski is known for thereby contributing a terrific ambiance at the Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa. The team captain of Jastrzębski, Michal Lasko was back in action after sitting out for six weeks due to injury. He had missed some of the most important matches so far this season including the home fixtures with Halkbank Ankara and Tours VB but had already tested his condition last Saturday in a game of the national league versus the likes of Politechnika Warszawska. On the other side of the net, the head coach of Resovia, Andrzej Kowal could not count on his experienced libero Krzysztof Ignaczak who had stayed in Rzeszow after suffering an injury. He was replaced by Bulgarian-born wing-spiker Nikolay Penchev and by the only 17-year old second libero Mateusz Maslowski.

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