Tomasz Fornal said goodbye to the fans. Unique scenes in Atlas Arena

JSW Jastrzębski Węgiel took a heavily backed up to the last match during the season. First of all, the hawks had a failure in their legs and heads from several hours ago with Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie. The team of coach Marcelo Mendez has already led 2-0 in sets to lose 2: 3-in TIE-Break 20:22.

Champions League: Tomasz Fornal and colleagues on the podium in Atlas Arena

As if that was not enough, in the match with the Jurassic knights of the injury was the basic middle JSW Jastrzębski Norbert Huber. The player was unhappy with a ball around the eye. Fortunately (in misfortune), Huber appeared in the Atlas Arena in Łódź on Sunday, but not as a playing volleyball player. However, he supported the heroes Foundation, collecting money for needy children – a noble gesture worthy of distinction.

As for the personal details of the club from Jastrzębie-Zdrój, it was not the end of problems. During the pre -match warm -up, Jakub Popiwczak’s injury was renewed. Libero, who is to be “one” in her position in the Polish national team, had to be replaced by Jakub Jurczyk. In the case of Huber, the middle one was replaced by Jordan Zaleszczyk – one of the young people appointed to the team by coach Nikola Grbcia.

The weakened JSW Jastrzębski, however, stood up to the fight for the brown album LM opposite Halkbank Ankara. The Turks on Friday clearly, in three sets, lost the semi -final in Łódź with Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia. Halkbank, however, already had one PlusLiga representative this season of the Champions League. In the quarter -finals, the Turkish team deprived their dreams of Final Four in Łódź later bronze medalists of MP – PGE Projekt Warszawa. After all, it was the team from Jastrzębie-Zdrój who was considered the favorite of the Sunday competition.

The third medal of JSW Jastrzębski Węgiel in a row. End of a certain era

The match itself brought a pretty good dose of emotions. The Polish team began with leading 2-0 in sets. The impressive hawks returned especially in the second installment, chasing, among others From 16:21 to the final 26:24 in favor of the Polish team. This is due to the player of Łukasz Kaczmarek, who strongly poured blood to his opponents. The attacker JSW Jastrzębski was, along with Tomasz Fornal, the brightest figure on the side of the Polish team. It was obvious that for Kaczmarek playing with a rival, at which one could diversify the ending of the action, even with Kiw, these are the best possible conditions.

However, Set number three escaped the Jastrzębians, in which they chased the opponent again, but did not manage to jump to the lead at the finish. In addition, it must also be admitted that a lot of nervousness was introduced by the Belgian meeting Marie-Catherine Boulanger. Several decisions, whether with the presence of video verification or without, added a lot of emotions and discussions on both sides of the net.

Ultimately, however, it ended with the winning of JSW Jastrzębski in four sets. Hastrzębianie thus reached for the third Medal of the Champions League in a row. In editions 2023 and 2024 it ended with losing finals. This time the last meeting of the season is a win, but in the “Small Final” for a bronze medal.

It was also a kind of farewell to the Polish audience – the club – several key players of JSW Jastrzębski. The aforementioned Huber and Popiwczak were injured, but fornal could present himself on the court for the last time in the club’s colors.

“Last Dance” was successful, consolation, after losing the semi -final. Now the time will come for a new chapter in Jastrzębie-Zdrój.