COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-1 (25-22; 17-25; 25-19; 25-22)

Copra Elior Piacenza: Tavana, Marra (L), Corvetta, Papi 2, Fei 15, Ogurcak 11, Zlatanov 7, Holt 6, Tencati 4, Maruotti 4, Vettori 6, De Cecco 2. DNP: Latelli (L). Coach: Luca Monti.

Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo: Mastrangelo 6, Antonov 4, Marchisio (L), De Pandis (L), Galliani 2, Wijsmans 6, Kohut 7, Grbic 4, Della Lunga 3, Sokolov 32, Gonzalez 1, Rossi 2. Coach: Roberto Piazza.

Alassio – Piacenza’s first official test ended positively. Except for the black-out of the second set, the game was tight all the way. Sokolov collected a huge 32 points to lead his men to victory in an hour and a half.

“Everybody worked extremely hard in this first four weeks of pre-season – said coach Monti – It was therefore logical that all of them earned some minutes during the game. We have to work a lot on the reception but I am rather satisfied. On the serve we can a little better too. On the other side of the net, there was a team hitting hard on the serve and which has a great potential”.