Europe
Challenge Cup. Piacenza knocks out Istanbul
ISTANBUL BBSK – COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA 0-3 (25-27; 19-25; 18-25).
ISTANBUL BBSK: Keskin 4, Yenipazar, Ertugrul 2, Hayirli 5, Ozdemir (L), Antanovic 10, Trommel 7, Mert (L), Billings 11, Cihan 1. DNP: Uslu, Kirici. Coach: Ozbey.
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Papi 10, Fei 16, Simon 11, Holt 9, Tencati 1, Maruotti 10, De Cecco 4. DNP: Corvetta, Ogurcak, Zlatanov, Vettori. Coach: Monti
Piacenza summed up its second European win, the third victory with the league, which mean they are through to the Challenge Cup 16th of finals. Indeed, winners in Italy last week, Piacenza came back from Turkey with a 3-0 victory. The Italians showed off their skills with 60% in attack, 51% in reception and 10 blocks.
Luca Monti (coach Copra Elior Piacenza): “We made some mistakes in the first set when we were a few points ahead, but we kept our focus and hanged on till the end. I am satisfied and happy. Mission accomplished in this third target of the past two weeks. Let’s turn our attention to Sunday’s league game against Perugia”.
Challenge Cup
2nd Round return leg
Istanbul BBSK (TUR) – Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) 0-3 (25-27, 19-25, 18-25)
Fixtures
16th of final first leg
Selver Tallinn (EST) – Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA)
