In its last friendly game at the PalaBanca arena before the league debut, Piacenza defeated the Champions League team of Friedriscshafen 3-2 in front of a numerous crowd. Fei missed the game because of a collision in training with Partenio but nothing serious, he should be available for next week’s game. The team played with consistency and showed an excellent cohesion considering the group has been training together for only two weeks. Vettori finished top scorer with 23 points (2 aces,, 2 blocks), Le Roux added 17 (2 aces) and Zlatanov chipped in 10 (2 blocks).
COPRA ELIOR – VfB FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 3-2
(25-11, 23-25, 23-25, 25-23, 17-15)
COPRA ELIOR: Papi 4, Le Roux 17, Vettori 23, Kaliberda 9, Simon 4, De Cecco, Marra (L), Tencati 6, Zlatanov 10, Partenio, Husaj 4, Smerilli (L). Coach. Monti
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN: Geiler 15, Gunthor 8, Simeonov 14, Bratoev 7, Yosifov 9, Zimmerman 4, Grebenikov (L), Gergye 2, Dunnes 7, Gotsev 2, Harms. Coach. Moculescu
