CEV Champions League 2023 – Semi Finals, Away Matches
Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia – Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle 1-3 (23-25, 18-25, 25-19, 25-27) – Sir Sicoma Monini PERUGIA: Giannelli 2, Herrera Jaime 13, Rychlicki 1, Leon 10, Piccinelli (L), Solè 7, Russo 1, Colaci (L), Flavio 6, Semeniuk 12, Plotnytskyi 10, Ropret 1, Mengozzi 4. N.E. Cardenas Morales. All. Anastasi. Grupa Azoty KĘDZIERZYN-KOŹLE: Kaczmarek 5, Stepien 1, Janusz 1, Wiltenburg 4, Staszewski 9, Kluth 9, Bednorz 13, Sliwka 4, Smith 6, Pashitskii 6, Zalinski 4, Shoji (L), Banach (L), Huber 6. All. Sammelvuo. REFEREES: Mokry, Kovar. NOTES – set duration: 29′, 26′, 22′, 28′; total: 105′.
First leg: Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle – Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-19, 25-22)
Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia fails to overturn the result of the semifinal first leg against Grupa Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle, who immediately escape 0-2 in the set count and pass with merit to the Champions Final. The match, with the result now acquired and with the benches on the pitch, ends 1-3 in favor of the guests. The curse of the European Semifinal continues for the Bianconeri who are now awaited by a crucial junction on Monday for Game 5 of the Play Off Quarter Finals with Allianz Milano. There is disappointment, needless to deny it, at Juventus. The Champions League was a seasonal objective and the bitterness in the mouth is clear for the fifth consecutive elimination in the European field one step away from the Final. However, Coach Anastasi and his boys will have to promptly recover morale and conviction in these few days until Easter Monday, Monday 10 April at 18.00 with live Rai Sport, when there will be Game 5 of the Quarter Finals Play Offs of SuperLega Credem Banca , again at the PalaBarton, against Allianz Milano. On May 20, at the Super Finals at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, the Final will be in Polish colors with the match between Jastrzebski Wegiel and Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle.
Simone Giannelli (Sir Sicoma Monini Perugia): “There is a lot of regret and a lot of disappointment because we weren’t able to fight as we wanted, they did better than us in the important moments. Zaksa deserved to go to the Final, they played better in the two matches. Now we have to go ahead and think about the SuperLega”.
CEV Champions League 2023 – Super Finals
Saturday 20 May 2023, Turin
Jastrzebski Wegiel (POL) – Grupa Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle (POL)
