Fakel
The Director of Fakel, Nikolay Kapranov, told RIA Novosti that the club asked the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) to “relocate the rematch from Perugia to neutral territory where the virus situation is calm, or postpone the match to a better situation in Italy.”
Fakel official added that they don’t want to fly because it’s a great risk to the health of the players and the whole team. A reason more for such a decision lies in the fact that those who come from Italy to Russia are put in quarantine for two weeks, which would prevent Fakel from playing the national championship. Poland’s Jastrzębski Węgiel named the exact same reasons when refusing to travel to Italy for the first match of the Champions League quarterfinals against Itas Trentino. And CEV met their demands in the end.
Fakel now await for an official decision of the governing body of European volleyball on this matter. The encounter is due to take place on March 10th. Perugia won the first leg by a 3-1.
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