Jastrzębski Węgiel still without win in Champions League


Last Wednesday Jastrzębski Węgiel played against Sisley Treviso. Jastrzębie surprised everyone who expected the quick defeat of Jastrzębski Węgiel. The players gave their all and were close to win. Unfortunately, they lost 3:2...

The match took place in the new gym (actually it was an ice rink :/) because our own gym ("Kurnik":D) is too small for Champions League. By contrast:

Kurnik:
new gym:




Almost 3000 of the fans were on the match!



Our former coach Tomaso Totolo (photo) had to be very surprised that we have so large and roomy gym :)






The beginning of the match gave a hope to the supporters. Jastrzębie played very good and was leading 6:3! But we played with famous Sisley... It is one of the best teams in my opinion. They got it together and came back to the game. Jastrzębski Węgiel, however, stopped dead. I don't know, maybe the fighting spirit was lacking, maybe the leader was missing (Robert Prygiel, our spiker, was out of shape)...

Both the first set and the second were a total domination of the Italian team. There were the moments when Jastrzębie scoreda couple of points in a row but it was too little to Jastrzębie won.




The supporters didn't lose hope and we were right: Jastrzębski Węgiel won two next set! The large part of the wins can be credited to Evgeni Ivanov and Igor Yudin.

Igor played amazingly: good block, good reception and good attack. But it is annoyingly for me when... Ok, sometimes I think he attacks a little bit blindly. When he see a three-man block he should feint or try use the block but he risk and he's blocked.

Evgeni also played very good. He's a great blocker. His behaviour appeals to me: he demands from the supporters really loud cheers. And I can tell that he didn't become disillusioned :)

Wojciech Jurkiewicz (also blocker) played flawlessly! Ok, he had a some errors in the block but he hadn't the failed services or the errors in the attack.




The tie-break was a total disaster! jastrzębie wasn't able to come back to the game. We made many mistakes and we lost 15:8. What a pity... Jastrzębski Węgiel was able to win. Sisley played weaker than usually. Jastrzębie had a chance of winning. Unfortunately, Jastrzębski also played weak...




I hope Jastrzębie will play better in the next match with Sisley Treviso and Jastrzębie will win...

Jastrzębski Węgiel - Sisley Treviso 2:3 (21:25, 17:25, 25:23, 25:19, 8:15)