Last year’s #CEVChallengeCupW semi-finalists hungry for more success
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Last year, 1.MCM-Diamant KAPOSVAR achieved a historic feat as they reached the semis of the #CEVChallengeCupW. They now look forward to welcoming and hosting Maccabi HADERA of Israel for the 16th Finals of the very same competition following last week’s first match – which ended in a 3-0 victory (25-20, 25-14, 25-15) for the Hungarian team.
Vincent Lacombe“The most important thing is to qualify for the next round. If it happens in three sets like in Israel, it would be perfect. I want to give time to young players to perform.”
Head coach of the Hungarian team
Fortunately, especially under the current pandemic circumstances, all players are healthy and full of energy – thus ready to compete with each other again and the stage is set in Kaposvar for the very first international match of the 2021-2022 season. Nikalina Bashnakova was the top scorer of the first match with 14 points for the winners, as Diana Balai registered 11 for Maccabi in their losing effort.
Team captain Tatjana Matic: “We are looking forward to playing an international game in front of our fans. We won the first match 3-0, so our goal is to play one more good game and go to the next round. We are motivated to show our good skills and to win at home as well.”