COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – ACH VOLLEY LJUBLJANA 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-14, 25-23)
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Partenio, Papi 10, Fei 17, Kaliberda, Simon Aties 13, Zlatanov 16, Tencati 1, Vettori 16, De Cecco 1. DNP Le Roux, Husaj. Coach. Monti.
ACH VOLLEY LJUBLJANA: Flajs 12, Pokersnik 10, Klobucar 1, Plesko, Cuk 5, Bregant 13, Ropret 2, Fabjan (L), Rasic 6, Brulec, Vidic 7. DNP Koncilja. Coach. Slabe.
Three years from its last appearance in the Champions League, Piacenza is back in the big time and they started in style with a 3-1 home win over Ljubljana. All the players did well, Papi and Fei used their experience to help the team through the negative moments while Zlatanov and Vettori scored 16 each.
Luca Monti (Coach Copra Elior Piacenza): “We’re not playing that well yet, we still have to become a team, we struggled to get this victory but the most important thing is that we got a positive result. We still have to work to reach our best but for now we can be glad we got this win that will do us some good”.
Luka Slabe (Coach ACH Volleyball Ljubljana): “The one that really made it hard for us in the end was Papi. But overall, all the Piacenza players showed their experience. I am happy with our reception because the team is composed of young players. We definitely have to improve at the net, Piacenza really exposed our flaws there”.
