Chemik and Bielsko-Biała will meet less a month after their duel in Supercup

Chemik and Bielsko-Biała will meet less a month after their duel in Supercup (Photo: Tauron Liga)

Less than a month after they battled for a title in the season-opening Polish Supercup, Lotto Chemik Police’s and BKS BOSTIK ZGO Bielsko-Biała’s paths will cross again, this time in the fourth leg of the Tauron Liga.

The defending Tauron Liga champions and the reigning Polish Cup winners play on Sunday, at 17:30 local time (15:30 GMT), in one of the six matches set to take place between Thursday and Tuesday in the country.

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On September 21, the two teams met in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in the Supercup and Bielsko-Biała won the tournament for the third time with a three-set victory.

After their Supercup victory, Bielsko-Biała had a strong start in the Tauron Liga, beating Sokół & Hagric Mogilno in straight sets on the road. After their second-leg match against UNI Opole was postponed, they returned to the court last Saturday and featured in a five-set battle with KS DevelopRes Rzeszów, falling at the end.

“I hope that this match and defeat will give us more motivation to work,” Estonian opposite Kertu Laak said. “It’s a good thing when you leave the court after losing such a tight match with the feeling that we could have played much better. We just need to find a way to translate this into our performance. It’s still the beginning of the season and I’m convinced we can play much better.”

With four points (one win, one loss) and one match in hand, Bielsko-Biała currently appear in sixth place in the Tauron Liga standings.

Defending champions Chemik had an immediate response to their Supercup defeat, beating Energa MKS Kalisz in their Tauron Liga debut, but dropped after that, falling to MOYA Radomka Radom and ITA TOOLS STAL Mielec in the last two weeks.

“We’re gaining experience and I hope that in similar situations in the future, we manage to finish the job,” head coach Dawid Michor reflected after the loss to Mielec. “We're frustrated, but we'll channel that frustration into motivation to work harder so that we can win a similar match in the future.”

With two points (one win, two losses), Chemik appear in tenth place in the standings, outside the qualification zone for the playoffs.

Leaders Budowlani play on Saturday

The fourth leg of the Tauron Liga stats on Thursday, with the duel between Mielec and ŁKS Commercecon Łódź, at 17:30 local time (15:30 GMT). Two more matches will be held on Saturday - Metalkas Pałac Bydgoszcz vs. DevelopRes, at 12:30 local time (10:30 GMT), and PGE Grot Budowlani Łódź vs. Sokół, at 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT).

The two remaining encounters will happen at the start of next week, with Energa hosting Opole on Monday, at 17:30 local time (15:30 GMT), and #VolleyWrocław facing Radomka on Tuesday, at 19:00 local time (17:00 GMT).

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