In the third round of the Champions League, both Piacenza and Macerata came out losers of their respective encounters. The Italian champs lost 3-1 at home to Panathinaikos, while Macerata were beaten in Belgium despite fighting all the way through to the fifth set. The next game for the two Italians will be precisely against tonight’s opponents for the first return leg on the 6th and 7th of January.
CEV Indesit Champions League
POOL C
Noliko Maaseik (BEL) – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3 – 2
NOLIKO MAASEIK – LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 3-2 (25-22, 25-22, 16-25, 21-25, 15-11) –
NOLIKO MAASEIK: Schrijvers 1, Van Kerckhove (L), Van Harskamp 1, Maan 16, Van Walle 23, Lopes 9, Van Decraen 14, Derkoningen (L), Klinkenberg, Klapwijk 7, Viafara Mina 7, Van De Voorde.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lebl 7, Raymaekers 4, Omrcen 18, Bartoletti, Vermiglio 3, Monopoli, Podrascanin 12, Martino 18, Smerilli (L), Fantin 13. DNP Cisolla, Paparoni. Coach. De Giorgi Ferdinando.
POOL E
CoprAtlantide Piacenza – Panathinaikos Athens (GRE) 1 – 3
COPRATLANTIDE PIACENZA – PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS 1-3 (16-25, 25-17, 26-28, 23-25) –
COPRATLANTIDE PIACENZA: Meoni, Zlatanov 20, Rak 3, Boninfante 1, Bjelica 3, Pereira Bravo 5, Urnaut 1, Marshall 28, Oivanen 5, Grassano, Rinaldi (L). DNP Sequeira. Coach. Lorenzetti Angelo.
PANATHINAIKOS ATHENS: Pantaleon 8, Zagumny 4, Psarras, Christofidelis 10, Lappas, Smaragdis 9, Ntonas, Samica 17, Papadimitriou (L), Agamez Urango 22. DNP Minoudis, Chatziantoniou.
Next round:
CEV Indesit Champions League
Round four (first return game)
Wednesday 6 January at 6pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Noliko Maaseik (BEL)
Thursday 7 January at 6pm
Panathinaikos Athens (GRE) – CoprAtlantide Piacenza
Trentino’s turn Wednesday night
CEV Indesit Champions League
Round 3
Wednesday 16 December at 8.30pm
POOL A
Trentino BetClic – Dinamo Moscow (RUS) – Differed on Sportitalia 2 at 10.45pm (Sky 226)
