Key Match of the European Season | Champions League Final Review | Trentino vs. Jastrzębski

Support the author, become a channel sponsor. More details:
/ @thebestsideofvolleyball
The club season is nearing its end, and as usual, the most interesting stuff awaits us at the finish. On May 5th in Antalya, the final matches of the Champions League took place, and we finally found out which clubs are the best in Europe. Three Italian teams and one Polish team battled for the Champions Cup.
Today I will try to give you a brief history, tell you how the teams made it to this final. And of course, I'll try to immerse you in the atmosphere of the matches themselves. And we start with the men's Champions League final, where Trentino - Italy and Jastrzębski - Poland met.
Polish club volleyball can now rightfully be considered one of the best, if not the best in the world. At least, the central blocker of the finalists, Yuri Gladyr, is confident that looking at the results of the PlusLiga teams in recent seasons, the Polish championship is the strongest. And honestly, it's hard to argue with that.
Three consecutive victories by Zaksa in the Champions League. And this season has become historic and could have ended with a golden treble. Projekt Warsaw and Resovia have already taken the Challenge Cup and the CEV Cup, so if Jastrzębski wins, Polish teams could take absolutely all European club trophies to their collection. All this against the backdrop of the Polish national team's victories in the Nations League and the European Championship.
Something similar happened in 2012, when four teams from the PlusLiga reached the decisive matches in all European tournaments. But then, only the Challenge CUP was won by a Polish team in a Polish final. Resovia and Skra lost their final matches to clubs from Russia.
Italian clubs, after the success of Lube in 2019, have not achieved victories in the most prestigious club tournament in Europe, and last year they even ended a streak going since 2015 when Italian teams consistently reached the finals.
And yet, the most titled club from the Superlega - Trentino, has reached the final three times in the last four seasons. And this time they are definitely set to break their streak of defeats in decisive matches.
Interestingly, for several seasons now, Zaksa has been the only team that stood in the way of Trentino and Jastrzębski in the playoffs. This time, Halkbank took on the responsibility of knocking Zaksa out of the tournament, so the path to the final was open.
Since both teams confidently took first place in their groups, their path began from the quarterfinals stage. Where Trentino noticed no resistance from Berlin, and Jastrzębski had a harder time as they faced Piacenza.
But, after a defeat away, the Champions of Poland, at home, confidently secured their ticket to the semifinals, where they had no trouble moving on.
Overall, the semifinal stage turned out to be quite dull, as both series, Trentino and Jastrzębski, were played in reserve lineups. And although there were spots worth watching here and there. In general, something more was desired because semifinals usually are the brightest stage in the Eurocups.
Will the final match please us? We'll find out now.
For business proposals, please contact - [e-mail].

[@aslanhillgren]

Best videos on youtube

[@TheBestSideofVolleyball]

❤️‍🔥

[@user-vh4ze9fi2x]

Trentino began the match from the introduction of the team with the aura of a champion and that was shown in the match also

[@user-sx9mh2di7c]

Ja też tak czułam. Wcześniej przed meczem spodziewałam się, że zwycięży JW bo był na gazie po wygranej w polskiej lidze i grali pięknie. Myślałam, że zmiażdżą Trento. Ale jak zobaczyłam Trentino na boisku jeszcze przy hymnie przed meczem to też czułam że zawalczą i chyba wygrają

[@luigibattezzati1744]

Trentino volleyball is the youngest team in the Super League in Italy and the youngest in the CEV cup. IF they play like this now imagine in 10 years when they will be the age of the opposing players who will have retired in the meantime...good luck

[@paolocantoni7065]

The only thing that is not true is that Trentino is not more experienced then jas..... Michieletto 22, Laurenzano 21, Lavia 24.... JAS is an old team overall Trentino no

[@TheBestSideofVolleyball]

Do you judge players' experience based on their age?

[@paolocantoni7065]

Toniutti has more experience than Sbertoli, libero of jas has more experience than Laurenzano (21 years), Patry has more experience than Richlicky......... the middle blocker more or less the same experience..... Michieletto+Lavia are stronger than Fornal+Symura so the experience is not relevant .... but in general JAS lack a bit of firepower cause is an wonderful team but with high ball out of system i think has some problem

[@travisbrown9936]

⁠@@paolocantoni7065I think Patry is better than Richlikcy but didn’t play well in the final which made the game a little one-sided

[@halinaduda-zielinska5315]

8:18 ​@@TheBestSideofVolleyball

[@TheBestSideofVolleyball]

@@paolocantoni7065 I agree with the first two points, and there's no debate there, but I definitely disagree with the rest. Patry might be more experienced only in the context of national team performances. If we consider club careers, Kamil has been through numerous playoff matches with various top teams, whereas Jean has only recently reached a top level in Italy; there, he was an average player. And equating the middle blockers... Well, sorry, that's just odd. Jastrzębski, besides Ben, doesn't have a super experienced and reliable player. Trentino, on the other hand, besides Lorenzano, arguably has a whole squad with extensive experience at the highest level, both in clubs and national teams.

[@johndroos9486]

Mendez to świetny trener na treningach. Potrafi doprowadzić graczy do szczytu formy. Niestety redukuje rezerwowych tylko do roli zmian zdaniowych. Jak coś nie idzie to nie ma kogo wpuścić,bo gracze są nieograni. Było to już widać w poprzednim sezonie,gdzie ławkę miał szerszą.

[@loverofemptiness2672]

Unfortunately, JSW made a mistake. Unfortunately, in the most important match... It's difficult. They'll win gold next year

[@spicymusicpiano]

7:50 Zaska won the final 3 times not in home arena and once playing against italian club in Italy so... not agree ;)

[@gabrielebuonocore2896]

in Italy without spectators due to Covid 19

[@TheBestSideofVolleyball]

I'm not saying they can't win; I'm just pointing out that they are significantly stronger at home) Jastrzębski lost to Piacenza in Italy and only barely beat Ziraat in Turkey. Similarly, ZAKSA defeated Halkbank at home but clearly lost when playing away.

[@lukasloh2509]

It is a good strategy that Trentino had saved their energy for this match than fight hard against Milano in the 3rd place match in the Italian Superlega which was scheduled a week apart. Meanwhile JAS might be feeling tired from defending their title and winning the Polish Plusliga. JAS will be back again at next year’s Champions League but will Trentino be able to play again as defending champion? Coz I think only the top three Italian teams will play next year. (PGA, MONZA, MILANO). Still, kudos to TRE for bringin back the trophy at the Italian soil. The absence of Russian teams is a chance for other teams to shine.

[@TheBestSideofVolleyball]

In Poland, the regular season is long, but the playoffs are too short. So it's hard to say that fatigue played a key role here, in my opinion.

[@honzasplichal3596]

Trentino wont play, unfortunately. I think the format would be more interesting if the winners had a reserved spot, no matter what. Or the winner of the golden league just bellow champions league could go up and play the lowest ranking playoffs teamteam of the champions league as a bonus and if they win, they go on furher