CEV Champions League
Cuneo fine, Trento beaten
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – RADNICKI KRAGUJEVAC 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-12) –
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Wijsmans 11, Volkov 7, Peda 9, Patriarca, Parodi 11, Nikolov, Carletti 3, Mastrangelo, Henno (L), Galic 2, Fortunato 5. DNP Grbic.
RADNICKI KRAGUJEVAC: Maksimovic 7, Stevanovic 10, Perovic, Radovic 4, Pantelic (L), Opacic, Hadzifejzovic 6, Jovanovic, Ivovic 11, Ilic. DNP Ivovic, Cirovic.
PGE SKRA BELCHATOW – TRENTINO BETCLIC 3-0 (31-29, 25-18, 25-22) –
PGE SKRA BELCHATOW: Zatorski (L), Woicki, Wlazly 14, Winiarski 11, Plinski 10, Antiga, Mozdzonek 9, Kurek 15, Falasca 1. DNP Novotny, Klos, Bakiewicz. Coach. Nawrocki.
TRENTINO BETCLIC: Kaziyski 15, Zygadlo, Vieira De Oliveira 2, Stokr 19, Sokolov, Sala 4, Juantorena Portuondo 4, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 3, Della Lunga, Colaci (L), Birarelli 1, Bari (L). Coach. Stoytchev.
Cuneo dominated the Serbian team of Kragujevac 3-0. Giuliani’s boys left very little space for manoeuvre for their opponent. Wijsmans and Parodi scored 11 apiece as Cuneo makes it two wins in two games.
No joy, on the other hand, for Trentino which conceded its first defeat of the season against the Polish side of Belchatow. The European Champions were therefore leapfrogged in the standing by Friedrichshafen, team that Trento will face away in the last round of the first phase. The key to the game came at the end of the first set: Belchatow cancelled out two set points to eventually clinch it. In the next sets, the hosts quickly built some meaningful leads, thanks mainly to Wlazly, Kurek or even Winiarski. As for Trento, Stokr deserves a mention as he tallied 19 points with 56% in attack, while Kaziyski scored 15 points of which 3 blocks. Birarelli left the court in the second set as he felt pain on a right hand finger.
Fixtures
Round 3
Wednesday 8 December
POOL B
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – Noliko Maaseik (BEL) (6pm)
POOL D
Remat Zalau (ROU) – Trentino BetClic (ITA) ore 16.00 (5pm local time)
POOL E
Tours VB (FRA) – Sisley Treviso (ITA) (8pm)
CEV Cup
Casa Modena through to 8th of finals
MLADOST ZAGREB – CASA MODENA 0-3 (17-25, 24-26, 23-25) –
MLADOST ZAGREB: Mirkovic (L), Sabljak 10, Peterlin 1, Nojic 12, Colic, Mihalj 4, Marelic, Ivanisevic 2, Isek 9, Damjanovic 12. DNP Sarcevic, Mrakuzic. Coach. Nojic.
CASA MODENA: Diaz Mayorca 15, Piscopo 7, Mania (L), Kooy 10, Kooistra 5, Fabroni, Esko, Creus 2, Ciabattini (L), Casoli 13, Casadei 3. DNP Berezhko. Coach. Prandi.
Modena marches on in Europe. It won 3-0 in Zagreb in the Cev Cup 16th of final return led. Prandi’s team will meet the Swiss side of Amrisvil in the next round. The latter knocked out Famagusta (Cyprus) at the golden set.
“We started off focused in the first set playing just as we had to – said Kooistra – We found it more difficult in the second and third sets, especially in attack, while they took more risks on the serve. But overall, we stayed composed, we won and are happy to go ahead in this European cup”.
GM Capital Challenge Cup
Macerata dominates and qualifies
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – CRVENA ZVEZDA BEOGRAD 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-19) –
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Cacchiarelli, Conte 14, De Moraes Lampariello 9, Marchiani, Omrcen, Paparoni (L), Podrascanin 7, Randazzo, Stankovic 2, Vadeleux, Van Walle 18, Vermiglio 3.
CRVENA ZVEZDA BEOGRAD: Peric 1, Bojovic 3, Koprivica, Milutinovic 4, Jakovljevic 6, Mitic 8, Terzic 7, Petkovic 14, Vujic (L). DNP Stefanovic, Pajic, Petrovic.
Macerata got rid of Red Star in a hurry, making it a double over the Serbian team. It qualifies therefore to the Challenge cup 16th of finals, in which Berruto’s boys will meet one of the 16 teams knocked out of the Cev cup. The draw is on Friday in Luxemburg. Macerata was without Martino and Savani and it rested Omrcen too. Belgium Van Walle came on in position 2 and scored 18 points of which 4 aces and 3 blocks. This game was a big moment for 16-year-old Luigi Randazzo (1994) who made his debut with the first team.
Sisley Treviso plays tomorrow in Belluno
Thursday 25 November at 8.30pm
POOL E
In Belluno:
Sisley Treviso (ITA) – Lokomotiv Belgorod (RUS) live on Sportitalia 2
(Barnstorf-Kriescher)
