Pamesa Teruel Volleyball can make history if you win the quarterfinal qualifier of the CEV Challenge Cup that confronts the Akaa Volley Finland, since he has never achieved the pass to the semifinals of a European competition.
The first round of the tie The next Thursday is played this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the Los Planes Pavilionas made public at a press conference held on Tuesday in Teruel.
The coach, Maxi Torcello, has assured that the team is “very excited” in the face of a “historical opportunity” to move to the semifinal of a European competition for the first time.
About the rival, the Akaa Volley Finn. Torcello explained that it is a “quite strong” team in serve, block and defensealthough with “some deficiencies” at reception and attack exits.
Torcello also explained that practically the entire offensive game of the Finns depends on a single player, his opposite, in contrast to the Pamesa, which has a “more distributed” game.
The Argentine coach has indicated that it will be a meeting with two teams of “quite similar” levelsalthough with “very different” styles.
For its part, Central Víctor Méndez, who will miss the game for an ankle injury, has assured that he can dispute the quarterfinals of the CEV Challenge Cup is “an award” at the season that the club made last campaign.
Méndez, the only decline of the Turolenses for Thursday's game, explained that the team faces the “in the best way and with the greatest illusion”, with the addition in addition to visiting other countries and facing teams throughout Europe.
