NUC are set to face Italian team Monza in the first round of the 2020-2021 CEV Cup. The first leg should take place in Italy on October 21 or 22 and the return leg a week later (October 28-29) at La Riveraine. This meeting in Neuchâtel would be the 50th for the Neuchâtel club in the European Cup.
“It’s a magnificent poster”, rejoices Jo Gutknecht, president of the NUC. “It should be a big celebration for our club. In addition, the advantage is that we could certainly travel by coach to Monza, thus avoiding taking the plane. But everything depends on the evolution of the health situation. “
Difficult to know, in fact, under what conditions these meetings could take place, if they can take place. If the draw for the European Cups took place this Friday, no one really knows if these competitions will be able to take place. “Everything could be canceled or it could be managed on a case-by-case basis,” says Jo Gutknecht.
From a sporting point of view, the blow seems playable. Monza’s squad finished fifth in the regular season in Italy. “It’s still one of the best championships in Europe,” tempers Jo Gutknecht, whose club is facing a transalpine opponent for the first time.
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