2015 CEV DenizBank Champions League: first win for Piacenza
2015 CEV Cup: Trentino fine in 8th of finals first leg
2015 CEV DenizBank Champions League
Result – POOL A
Copra Piacenza – Dragons Lugano (SUI) 3-1 (25-21, 25-17, 21-25, 25-16)
COPRA VOLLEY PIACENZA – #DRAGONS LUGANO 3-1 (25-21, 25-17, 21-25, 25-16)
COPRA VOLLEY PIACENZA: Alletti 10, Page, Vermiglio 3, Ter Horst 16, Da Silva Pedreira Junior (L), Massari 16, Zlatanov 13, Ostapenko 5, Tencati 1, Kohut 4, Tavares Rodrigues. DNP Papi. Coach. Radici.
DRAGONS LUGANO : Brander, Gelasio, Del Valle Villalobos, Savic, Provenzano De Pra 23, Felicio De Jesus 5, Jakovljevic 7, Aguilera Armendariz 5, Sanders, Gotch 9. DNP Salas Moreno , Gimenez. Coach. Motta.
Piacenza obtained its first Champions League victory in its third attempt in the League Round. In front of 2400 fans, Zlatanov and co registered a 3-1 victory over the Swiss of Lugano, which keeps their chance of qualification alive. Massari and Ter Horst finished top scorer with 16 points each, Zlatanov chipped in 13 (2 blocks). Piacenza was more efficient in every fundamental: 8 ace to 2, 64 to 56% in reception, 48 to 40% in attack, and 10 blocks to 7.
Andrea Radici (Coach Copra Volley Piacenza): “We really needed this win, especially for the spirit of the group. We’re clearly glad of the three points too. The team played with a bit of pressure, the guys were never loose. In the third set, that lack of confidence showed and our opponent did a good job of taking advantage”.
Mario Motta (Coach #Dragons Lugano): “We had some good spells when we did not exclusively play on our physical side. And when we did that we played well, but when we just wanted to hit it as hard as we could, our level dropped. What made it difficult for us was our serve, you just have to look at the number of aces between Piacenza and us. They deserved to win, I wish Zlatanov and co to have a good run in the Champions League”.
POOL A – Results:
Copra Piacenza – Dragons Lugano (SUI) 3-1 (25-21, 25-17, 21-25, 25-16)
Tomis Constanta (ROU) – Knack Roeselare 3-1 (22-25, 25-14, 25-23, 25-20)
Standings of groups with Italian teams:
POOL A
Tomis Constanta (ROU) 8, Knack Roeselare (BEL), Copra Piacenza (ITA) 5, Dragons Lugano (SUI) 0
POOL E
Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) 9, Fenerbahce SK. Istanbul (TUR), Cucine Lube Treia (ITA) 4, Paris Volley (FRA) 1
POOL G
Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) 8, Halkbank Ankara (TUR) 6, Noliko Maaseik (BEL), Tours VB (FRA) 2
Fixtures
2015 DenizBank Champions League – Round 4 (1 return games)
POOL E
Wednesday December 17 at 5pm (Italian time)
Belogorie Belgorod (RUS) – Cucine Lube Treia (ITA)
(Partiainen-Wolf)
POOL A
Wednesday December 17 at 7pm
Dragons Lugano (SUI) – Copra Piacenza (ITA)
(Dikmentepe-Muha)
POOL G
Wednesday December 17 at 8.30pm
Sir Safety Perugia (ITA) – Noliko Maaseik (BEL)
(Ivanov-Burkiewicz)
2015 CEV Cup
8th of finals first leg
Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino (ITA) – Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-20)
ENERGY T.I. DIATEC TRENTINO – MACCABI TEL AVIV 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-20)
ENERGY T.I. DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 11, Nelli 9, Zygadlo 3, Nemec 7, Thei, Giannelli 3, SolÉ 9, Mazzone 1, Colaci (L), Fedrizzi 8, Burgsthaler 3. DNP Birarelli. Coach. Stoytchev.
MACCABI TEL AVIV: Poylov 5, Shwartz-shmoel (L), Abel 12, Cohen, Kudrjasovs 10, Kopech 2, Ben Gal, Shachar, Sokolov 5. DNP Corenstein, Gessen, Shemesh. Coach. Zohar Bar Netzer.
Trentino collected its tenth victory of the season in its CEV Cup 8th of finals first leg against Maccabi Tel Aviv. This 3-0 win means Birarelli and co will only need two sets in the return leg to go through. From the start the Israelis struggled to go past the Italians at the net: 14 total blocks, 4 for the MVP Solé. And they struggled to receive their serve (10 aces coming from 6 different players). Trento was dominating so much that coach Stoytchev could rest some players and sent young setter Giannelli and outside hitter Nelli (12 points in one set and a half).
Radostin Stoytchev (coach Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino): “The only thing that could have gone wrong in this game is if we’d suddenly unconsciously lost our concentration. We did not lose our focus and got the result that gets us in a comfortable situation ahead of the return leg. I took that opportunity to give the youngsters a bit of experience but even for them that was not a really indicative test”.
Fixtures
8th of finals return leg
Wednesday December 17 at 6pm (Italian time)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) – Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino (ITA)
(Pavlov-Georgiadis)
