Numia Vero Volley Milano won the bronze medals in the Women's Champions League, after defeating the Turkish giant VakıfBank Istanbul 3:1 (25:15, 25:19, 23:25, 25:18). 🥉🔥
The Italians demonstrated stability and class, even though their opponent managed to prolong the intrigue in the third set.

💥 Explosive start and Egonu's dominance

The match started better for VakıfBank, who took an 8:5 lead after a block and strong performances from Yuan Xinyue. Gradually, however,Paola Egonu found her rhythm, andNika Daalderop finished key counter-attacks. The Milan team turned the score to 16:12, andMyriam Sylla put an end to the first game with a decisive hit – 25:15.

✨ Serve, block and Egonu = the formula for the second set

The second part started evenly, but the combinationOrro–Daalderop brought advantage to the Italians.Orro's ace and key blocks made the score 22:18, and again Sylla finished the set – 25:19.

💪 VakıfBank resists, but for a short time

After an initial dominance by Vero Volley in the third set,Derya Cebecioğlubecame active and helped the Turkish team make a comeback. Errors from Milan and good performances fromMarina Markovaled to VakıfBank winning the set - 25:23.

🔒 End of resistance - bronze goes to Italy

In the fourth set, Vero Volley pressed again through Egonu andHelena Cazaute. The Italian block worked, and the serves disrupted VakıfBank's organization.Cazaute dealt key blows, and Egonu scored the final point - 25:18 and 3:1.

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Numia Vero Volley Milano - VakifBank Istanbul 3:1
(25:15, 25:19, 23:25, 25:18)

📋Line-ups:

Milano:Orro (7), Cazaute (15), Danesi (11), Egonu (21), Daalderop (12), Cuttino (3), Fukudome (lib.), Sylla (5), Constantinidou, Smrek, Heyrman (1)
VakifBank:Özbay (3), Frantti (9), Güneş (5), Van Ryk, Akbay (16), Yuan (7), Aykaç (lib.), Bosetti (1), Cebecioğlu (10), Çalışkan, Acar (lib.)