Volero Le Cannet, coached by Ivan Petkov, lost a key player before the important home match against Béziers on November 2. On November 6, the girls of the former national coach will also play their first CEV Volleyball CUP match against Serbian Crvena Zvezda! The team is losing outside hitter Alina Popova. The 19-year-old Russian played two seasons for Volero Le Cannet but will fly to Moscow to join local Dynamo as part of a long-term collaboration between the two clubs. At the request of the big European club, Alina is immediately transferring to the Russian capital for the rest of the season.

"Volero Le Cannet are happy that Alina is taking advantage of this great opportunity and wish her success, while awaiting her return to Le Cannet next season," the club's press release states.