Copra Elior Piacenza: COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – MAREK UNION-IVKONI DUPNITSA 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 26-24) – COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Le Roux 7, Partenio, Papi 10, Fei 6, Kaliberda 9, Simon Aties 5, Tencati 1, Vettori 14, De Cecco 6. DNP Smerilli, Husaj. Coach. Monti.
MAREK UNION-IVKONI DUPNITSA: Peev, Elchinov 6, Gjorgiev 4, Yordanov 6, Velichkov, Trifonov 3, Mandzhukov 10, Bozhilov (L), Apostolov 9, Kadankov 2. DNP Ivanov, Velkov. Coach. Naydenov.
Piacenza was a bit in hurry in its second Champions League home game. They made it a fast one against Dupnitsa and thanks to this win Piacenza is just one point away from Tours and the top spot of the group. Still without Zlatanov (wrist), the captain’s armband went to Papi who combined perfectly with Vettori to entertain the crowd. Meanwhile, Kaliberda keeps being valuable as Zlatanov’s substitute scoring 15 points.
Gjorgiev Gjorgi (Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa): “We are very disappointed, especially for the 24 all in the third set, when the refs said it touched the line on the serve. We tried our best, we’re very young and we’ve never played against such important players before”.
Samuele Papi (Copra Elior Piacenza): “The important thing was to win and take the three points. We found it hard in the third set but did well to clinch it in the end, which allows us to save our precious energy for the coming league fixtures”.
