Latina is in Germany, in a little town near Munich, where it will face Unterhaching in the Cev Cup quarter-final first leg on Wednesday night. Unterhaching came down from the Champions League, where it finished third of the group dominated by Macerata. The Germans lost their ticket to the Champions League 8th of final in the very last game as they were defeated by the Slovenians of Ljubljana. (1-3). In the league, they are second behind the undefeated Berlin with 11 wins and only two defeats, both against Berlin at the tie-break. Coach Paduretu has a squad with many players that have played in Italy in the past, such as Jan Snippe (Macerata, Latina, Santa Croce), Matias Raymaekers (Vibo, Corigliano, Padova and Macerata) and 5 others; Shumov, Steuerwald, Shafranovich, Hupka and Dunnes.
“We have to keep thinking one game at a time – said Gianrio Falivene – We have a historical opportunity in front of us. When we took over the club, we declared we’d have led Latina to Europe. We have not only achieved that but we’re now playing for a place in the last four”.
