Champions League Women | 3 Jan 2019

Metz counts on fighting spirit and spectators

President of French club Philippe BORDES looks forward to the ECLW quarter-finals clash against Linz AG Froschberg

 

“TT Metz is the top European club with a lot of fans who always create a great atmosphere in the hall. Personally, I'm looking forward to the great matches between our two teams and a reunion with President Phillipe BORDES in Metz”, stated Linz AG Froschberg’s president Gunther RENNER few days ago, speaking about the upcoming quarter-finals of the 2018/19 European Champions League Women.

 

President of actual ETTU Cup winner Philippe BORDES agrees with his colleague from Linz that their new encounter in the ECLW will be continuation of both, rivalry and friendship between two sides:

 

“We are going to play another time against LINZ ... Like the Austrian team, Berlin and Tarnobrzeg were also hard teams that gained first position in their groups. As usually Metz TT begins to be known for our fighting spirit and. ... spectators! Maybe the people who come to support our team will be the "fourth" player! In any case, the first leg in Metz on 25 January will be a big clash. Respect to this great team of LINZ and their strong players”!

 

First leg will be held in France, on January 25th, while the second one is scheduled for February 8-10th. It will be a third clash between these two teams in last four seasons. Two-time ECLW winner Linz won previous two meetings, both in the quarter-final stage. First one, in 2015/16, has been decided by just one-point difference – 5:5 in matches (19:19 sets, 347:346 points), while the second one, in 2016/17, Austrian team won 6-2 on aggregate.