Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: SSC captain Pogany: Can be proud despite the defeat

Despite the 2:3 at the Italian top club Scandicci: Schwerin's volleyball players have a good chance of reaching the CEV Cup semi-finals.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: SSC captain Pogany: Can be proud despite the defeat

Despite the 2:3 at the Italian top club Scandicci: Schwerin's volleyball players have a good chance of reaching the CEV Cup semi-finals.

Schwerin (dpa/mv) - The volleyball players from SSC Palmberg Schwerin return from the quarter-final first leg of the CEV Cup at the Italian top club Scandicci with a mixture of joy and disappointment. In a gripping game on Wednesday evening, the third-placed Bundesliga player looked like the clear loser after being 2-0 down and 19:22 in the third round, but then only had to lose 2: 3 (21:25 , 21:25, 26:24, 25:16, 11:15).

With the point gained, the team of coach Felix Koslowski got a better starting position for the second leg in a week. "I'm super happy with how we played, but of course not with the result," said captain Anna Pogany after the game: "You're angry that you couldn't win the fifth set, but if someone had told us beforehand that If we took two sentences home with us, then we would definitely have been happy."

Pogany also referred to the hosts' squad. "Scandicci have an incredibly good team. Top stars play there, some of whom have won the Olympics." Despite being behind, your team never gave up. "I think we sold incredibly well. We can be proud of that." Accordingly, she is looking forward to the second leg in a week's time with confidence: "We want to create just such an emotion at home in front of our own audience and surpass ourselves. Then I think something can still be done against Scandicci."