Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA - Allianz MTV STUTTGART
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· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA won the first leg in this quarter-final against Allianz MTV STUTTGART 3-1 in Germany. Kenia Carcaces scored 24 points for the Italian team, Krystal Rivers scored 20 points for the home side.
· This was the fourth win for Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA in their five Champions League matches against Allianz MTV STUTTGART. They previously met in the 2018/19 quarter-finals and 2019/20 group stage.
· Allianz MTV STUTTGART's only victory against Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA was a 3-1 home win in the 2019/20 group phase. Krystal Rivers scored 28 points for the home side in this match. The Italians were the defending champions that season.
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA progressed in the only prior knockout tie between these sides. They won their quarter-final matches in 2018/19 3-1 in Germany and 3-2 at home to book their spot in the last four.
· Allianz MTV STUTTGART have played only one other Italian side in the Champions League. They lost 0-3 at home to A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO on 4 March 2020 in the quarter-finals before the league was suspended due to COVID-19.
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA’s Champions League defeat against Allianz MTV STUTTGART on 27 November 2019 is their only loss in the competition against German opposition. They beat SC Potsdam 3-1 in both matches in this season’s group stage.
Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA won the Champions League in 2018/19. After topping their group they went on to beat Allianz MTV STUTTGART 5-3 on aggregate in the quarter-finals (3-1 away, 3-2 home).
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA (5 wins, 5 matches) have a 100% record of winning their CEV Champions League quarter-finals matches. Of the teams to have played at least five quarter-final matches they are the only team with a 100% winning record in these fixtures.
· Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA beat Fenerbahçe Opet ISTANBUL 6-2 on aggregate in their last quarter-finals tie in 2020/21 before they were defeated by A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO (6-0 on aggregate) in the semi-finals.
· Ebrar Karakut (153) is the team's top scorer in this season's Champions League, fourth-most of all players. She scored 20+ points in six of her seven matches this campaign.
· Karakurt was part of the VakifBank ISTANBUL team that won the Champions League in 2017/18.
· Anna Danesi (1.05 average) is the only player to have an average of more than one kill block per set in this Champions League. Her 22 blocks are joint-third-most of all players, after Elizaveta Kochurina (25) and Chiaka Ogbogu (23).
Allianz MTV STUTTGART
· This is the fifth Champions League campaign for Allianz MTV STUTTGART. They reached the quarter-finals in 2018/19 and in 2019/20, which equalled the best result for a German women's team in the Champions League (USC MÜNSTER in 2000/01).
· The only German side to win the predecessor to the Champions League was Traktor SCHWERIN which won the Champions Cup in 1977/78 (representing East Germany).
· Allianz MTV STUTTGART have lost all four of their quarter-final matches. They could become the first side to play at least five matches in this stage and lose all five.
· In both of Allianz MTV STUTTGART’s previous quarter-finals appearances they have met Italian opposition. They were defeated over two legs against Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA in 2018/19 and in the first leg against A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO in 2019/20 (0-3 loss) before the league was suspended.
· Allianz MTV STUTTGART (2.0) and Fenerbahce Opet ISTANBUL (2.1) are the two teams with an average of 2+ aces per set in this season's Champions League.
· Krystal Rivers (117) is the team's top scorer in this season’s Champions League. She scored 132 points for them in 2020/21, their previous CEV Champions League campaign.
Eleonora Fersino"We started well our quartefinals campaign, now we have to finish the job and secure a spot in the semifinals, which is one of our biggest seasonal goals. Stuttgart is a very competitive team, they are used to fight any single rally and will do their best to give us troubles. We have to stay focused and do our best in block-defense, like we did in the first game".
Libero Igor Gorgonzola NOVARA
Faruk Feray"We are going to Novara with our heads high. We as a team know and want to show what we can do, just we needed to work in some details and this we did. We still respect the opponent but I respect my team and player more. For me the chances to qualify is still equal. We will try our best to seal the victory in novara which is really difficult but for sure possible.“
Coach Allianz MTV STUTTGART
Britt Bongaerts"We know that it will be a very tough match for us on Wednesday. Novara is a very strong team but I think we showed that we can compete with them in this last game. So we’re excited to go there and see what’s possible.“
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