The Cucine Lube Civitanova will begin the second adventure of its history in the Volleyball Challenge Cup in Czechia in less than a month in the round of 32: first leg on Thursday 14 November (6pm) away, return on Wednesday 20 November (8.30pm) at the Eurosuole Forum . The Thirty-second Round has not yet ended, but yesterday evening, Wednesday 16 October, the team of Vk Karlovarsko completed the work within friendly walls by defeating the Croatian rivals of MOK Mursa Osijek in three sets, already overwhelmed away at the gone. Based on the tennis formula of the scoreboard, it will be the Czech giants led by the Italian coach Stefano Mascia who will face the collective of Giampaolo Medei.
Lube, which in 2011 raised the Challenge to the skies in its only participation, thus finds itself facing a Club that has already crossed paths in the CEV Champions League. In 2019, the year in which the red and whites put the most important trophy on the continental scene on the board for the second time, they faced Karlovarsko twice in Pool B with favorable results.
Lube have played 12 European matches against Czech teams so far. Last year, in Pool E of the CEV Champions League, the red and whites beat the VK Lvi Praha team in three sets both in the away first leg and in the home return leg. Going backwards, the Cucinari eliminated Jihostroj Ceske Budejovice in the 2020 edition of the Champions League (red and white victories 3-1 in Czechia and in Italy in Pool A) and in the 2002/03 edition of the CEV Cup (tie break victory in Czechia and 3-1 at home in the round of 16).
