The Italian powerhouse of A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO have also won their second match of the CEV Champions League Volley 2020 - Women. After really digging into their reserves last week with a five-set win over Vasas Óbuda BUDAPST they now pushed back C.S.M. Volei Alba BLAJ in straight sets. Once again Paola Ogechi Egonu was the top scorer of the match that makes sure CONEGLIANO stay within reach of NANTES VB, the opponent in Leg 3.

The match was played in front of 1,500 Romanian fans in the Sala Sporturilor in Tirgu Mures. They saw BLAJ staying on course throughout the opening set, only letting CONEGLIANO build up a small lead. It was enough though for the Italians, the won 25-22. Egonu already scoring 8 for her team.

The second set was a walkover, BLAJ managing to get just 14 points in. Half way through the third set BLAJ seemed to be on their way towards prolonging the match with at least another set, but with Egonu on serve, the home team's advantage was quickly overthrown. With again 25-22 the match went the way of the Italian favourites.

Paola Egonu scored a total of 19 points and was chosen as the match's MVP. CONEGLIANO are now second in Pool D, right behind NANTES who haven't dropped a point yet. BLAJ are last.

Paola Enogu, MVP of the match: "The level may not have been the highest for us, but it was quite difficult to keep our focus, we were a little nervous sometimes and we have to work on that."

Danielle Santarelli, head coach of A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO: "It was not a very easy match, but I am happy with the victory, not necessarily for our game, we had many ups and downs and it was not very easy to play at the maximum capacity. On Sunday we played against Savino Del Bene SCANDICCI, yesterday we got here, in two days we will fly to Asia for the World Cup, in China. If you do not train too much, it is not easy. But we are happy with the victory.”

Darko Zakoc, head coach of C.S.M. Volei Alba BLAJ: "I congratulated the visiting team, unlike last week's match against Vasas, today Imoco wanted to show everything that is qualitatively better. They played more seriously than last week and we knew that this would happen. We managed to get close to the opponent in sets 1 and 3, but I think that you can not play against such teams without strong service, strong attacks and a perfect reception. It is very difficult to talk about qualifying chances, after the defeat at Nantes it is very difficult, but we will give everything we can in the next matches. ”

Femke Stoltenborg, setter for C.S.M. Volei Alba BLAJ. "We met one of the most powerful teams in the world, with world-class players. We knew it was difficult and we tried to play on a par, but they forced when they had to and they won. I think it was a useful match, a very good 'practice' for us."