First defeat in Europe for Bluenergy Daiko Volley Piacenza. In the first leg of the Quarter Finals of Cev Volleyball Cip with Montpellier, the red and whites win the first set, lose the second in a final in which the joke of the hosts made the difference and then in the third they fail to maintain an advantage that at the halfway point she was also up three lengths. In the fourth, after a good start, the landlords broke and put the red and whites in a corner.

A positive match was needed against the French champions who had just dropped out of the Cev Champions League, so it wasn’t above all in the approach and determination and now in the second leg of the Quarter Finals which will be played at the PalabancaSport on February 15th we will have to win 3-0 or 3-1 to then play everything in the golden set.

Massimo Botti (coach Bluenergy Daiko Volley Piacenza): “Nothing worked, especially the approach to the match which I particularly recommended. The necessary determination to win a match was lacking, when there is no right approach everything becomes difficult even from a technical point of view. No, nothing worked.”

MONTPELLIER HSC VB – BLUENERGY DAIKO VOLLEY PIACENZA 3-1

(23-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-20)

MONTPELLIER HSC VB: Demyanenko 6, Veloso, Palacios 8, Moralez 10, Faure 22, Dukic 24, Closter (L), Halagahu 2, Lecat, Vol, Le Goff. Ne: Rajoharivelo. All. Lecat.

BLUENERGY DAIKO VOLLEY PLEASURE: Alonso 7, Brizard 1, Recine 9, Simon 10, Romanò 14, Leal 16, Scaferla (L), Lucarelli, Gironi 1, Basic 5, Cester, de Weijer. Ne: Caneschi, Hoffer (L). All. Barrels.

Referees: Voudouris (Greece), Portela (Portugal).

Notes: set duration 31′, 24′, 26′ and 25′ for a total of 106′. 1008 spectators. Montpellier HSC VB: 19 missed hits, 6 aces, 7 blocks, 8 mistakes in attack, 43% reception  (21% perfect), 61% attack. Bluenergy Daiko Volley Piacenza: 17 missed hits, 5 aces, 6 point blocks, 6 mistakes in attack, 44% reception (21% perfect), 55% attack.