In the semifinal of the Club World Championships performed in Doha (Qatar), the vice-champion of Poland – PGE Skra Bełchatów, after an excellent and full of emotions match lost with Brazilian champion – Sada Cruzeiro 2:3 (21:25, 25:23, 25:27, 25:23, 9:15). Team of coach Jacek Nawrocki will only now play for the bronze medal of the tournament against Zenit Kazań. For these two teams it is going to be a second performance together at the tournament in Doha. In the first match Skra won with Zenit 3:2.
These are the post-match opinions (Skra vs. Cruzeiro):
Coach of PGE Skra Bełchatów Jacek Nawrocki: - It was excellent and highly emotional performance. We played a good match against an experienced rival which is Sada Cruzeiro. We still keep on building our team, but we are glad of this match.
Captain of PGE Skra Bełchatów Mariusz Wlazły: – I wish good luck to Brazilian team in the final, which will definitely be a great performance with two amazing teams.
Coach of Sada Cruzeiro Marcelo Mendez: - I am proud of my players. It is a great luck to be the first Brazilian team which will play in the final of Club World championships. We are satisfied after victory over Skra, but we already think about the final. In the semifinal both teams have presented a high level of volleyball. For us the most important now is to maintain good receiving, as it might be a chance for us to fight with such a team like Trentino.
Captain of Sada Cruzeiro William Arjona: - We played the best match against one of the top world teams. We played very well and have been constantly focused. We have a great team and after the victory over Skra I can not describe my happiness.
Semifinals
PGE Skra Bełchatów – Sada Cruzeiro 2:3 (21:25, 25:23, 25:27, 25:23, 9:15)
Skra: Woicki, Wlazły, Pliński, Atanasijević, Winiarski, Kłos, Zatorski (libero) and Kooistra, Vincić, Bąkiewicz
Cruzeiro: Willam, Filipe, Douglas, Wallace, Leal, Acacio, Serginho (libero) and Daniel, Sanchez, Mauricio
Trentino Diatec Trento - Zenit Kazań 3:0 (25:14, 25:20, 25:14)
Trentino: Kazijski, Birarelli, Juantorena , Raphael, Tzourits, Stokr , Bari (libero), Lanza and Colaci (libero)
Zenit: Anderson, Apalikow , Vermiglio, Siwożelez, Abrosimow , Michajłow , Obmoczajew (libero), Kolodinski and Bierieżko
Match for the 3rd place
PGE Skra Bełchatów – Zenit Kazań
Match for the 1st place
Sada Cruzeiro – Trentino Diatec