On November 30, in France, in the match of the 5th round of the European Champions League, the UMMC did not give the French club «Stella Sport la Romagne» the opportunity to impose a struggle. 3-0 in favor of Tatyana Kutergina’s team, who secured first place in the group and reached the quarterfinals of the European Champions League in advance.

Our team went to France with its strongest lineup: Fang Bo, Jonathan Groth, Alexander Shibaev and Andrej Gacina. Jonathan Groth started the match, and allowed his rival Adrian Krishan to win only one game – 3:1.

Then Fang Bo came to the table. It was a tough 5 games’ struggle for the victory between Fang Bo and Chen Tianyuan, which made all the fans and coaches quite nervous. In the fifth crucial game Fang Bo manage to win 12:10 and 3:2. Alexander Shibaev cap the scoring 3:1 in match with Brice Ollivier. By the 6th final round of the European Champions League, the UMMC comes out with ideal results: only one loss, 9 points, and in two points ahead of the closest pursuer — the Polish club Dekorglass Dzialdowo.

However, situation with the second place in the Group B is very confusing: all teams taking places from 2 to 4 have the same number of points — seven points each. Thus, the sixth round will be very intriguing. Well, our team will play the final match of the group stage with the Polish club in Verkhnaya Pyshma on December 6th. The match starts at 19.00.