Jurassic Knights to Win Champions League? "Back then we could beat anyone"
Jurajski Rycerze, as the Polish vice-champions are called, were clearly weaker than Bogdanka LUK Lublin in the game for the PlusLiga gold. The Lublin team, led by Wilfredo Leon, won 3:1 in the entire series for the national championship . Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, however, wants to get even by successfully finishing the season in the Champions League.
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie has problems. Will the Jurassic Knights hold out?In the PlusLiga championship game, it was clear that coach Michał Winiarski's team had its problems. The main reason was the high intensity of the game schedule, because the Jurassic Knights fought on every front. This caused injuries. Among others, Karol Butryn, an attacker, was injured , and was replaced by Georg Grozer with a so-called medical transfer. However, the German was not able to lead the team to the championship title.
Aluron CMC center Jurij Gladyr also dropped out of the game. Aaron Russell also had his health problems. The American played, although he was certainly fully healthy, he could have contributed more to his team's potential success.
Kryspin Baran spoke to polsatsport.pl about all these problems that affected the game in the PlusLiga final. The president of the Polish vice-champions did not hide the fact that Bogdanka LUK hit the perfect moment to successfully fight for the gold medals.
Before the performances of Leon and company were admired, many warm words were directed at the good-looking Jurassic Knights team.
– […] I don't take anything away from Bogdanka, but I dare say that before we entered this devastating training ground of frequent and very intense matches, we looked the best in the league. We played smart, organized volleyball. After the finals, we complimented Lublin for playing the best volleyball in Europe, but a month earlier, we were playing such volleyball. Back then, we could have beaten anyone – admitted the president of Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie in an interview for Polsat Sport.
Should we expect the Polish vice-champions to return to their good form? It seems that Winiarski's team is capable of one last, most important burst of energy while playing at the Atlas Arena.
The competition for the title of the best club team on the Old Continent in the 2024/25 season will begin next Friday (i.e. May 16). The Final Four of the Champions League will be held at the Atlas Arena in Łódź. The first semi-final will feature Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia (Italy) and Halkbank Ankara (Türkiye). The match will start at 8:00 p.m.
A day later, i.e. on Saturday (17th May), there will be a "Polish" semi-final, in which the two-time CL finalists, from 2024 and 2023, and the Polish vice-champions - also from the last two seasons - will face off. The match JSW Jastrzębski Węgiel - Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie will start at 14:45.
The bronze and gold medal matches are scheduled for Sunday (May 18). The "consolation final" starts at 4:00 p.m., and the gold medal match starts at 8:05 p.m. All matches will be broadcast on Polsat Sport 1. In the case of online broadcasts, they will be available, among others, via Polsat Box Go.
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