European Cups
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – ACH VOLLEY LJUBLJANA 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-14, 25-23)
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Partenio, Papi 10, Fei 17, Kaliberda, Simon Aties 13, Zlatanov 16, Tencati 1, Vettori 16, De Cecco 1. DNP Le Roux, Husaj. Coach. Monti.
ACH VOLLEY LJUBLJANA: Flajs 12, Pokersnik 10, Klobucar 1, Plesko, Cuk 5, Bregant 13, Ropret 2, Fabjan (L), Rasic 6, Brulec, Vidic 7. DNP Koncilja. Coach. Slabe.
Three years from its last appearance in the Champions League, Piacenza is back in the big time and they started in style with a 3-1 home win over Ljubljana. All the players did well, Papi and Fei used their experience to help the team through the negative moments while Zlatanov and Vettori scored 16 each.
Luca Monti (Coach Copra Elior Piacenza): “We’re not playing that well yet, we still have to become a team, we struggled to get this victory but the most important thing is that we got a positive result. We still have to work to reach our best but for now we can be glad we got this win that will do us some good”.
Luka Slabe (Coach ACH Volleyball Ljubljana): “The one that really made it hard for us in the end was Papi. But overall, all the Piacenza players showed their experience. I am happy with our reception because the team is composed of young players. We definitely have to improve at the net, Piacenza really exposed our flaws there”.
Results:
POOL A
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Ach Volley Ljubljana (SLO) 3-1 (25-18, 24-26, 25-14, 25-23)
Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (BUL) – Tours VB (FRA) Thuirsday 24
Fixtures
2014 DenizBank Champions League – Round 2
POOL A
Wednesday October 30 at 8.30pm
Tours VB (FRA) – Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA)
(Zenovich-Azevedo)
NANTES REZÉ MÉTROPOLE – BRE LANNUTTI CUNEO 1-3 (22-25, 25-17, 18-25, 20-25)
NANTES REZÉ MÉTROPOLE : Bann (L), Holubec 7, Malivao, Aguenier 1, Skladany 4, Mrozek 7, Fernandez Valcarcel 8, Chrtiansky 12, Perez Manzanares 23, Shafranovich. DNP Chauvin. Coach. Demar.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Rauwerdink 7, Antonov 11, De Pandis (L), Kohut 8, Alletti 2, De Togni 10, Coscione 4, Rouzier 21, Maruotti 1. DNP Marchisio, Gonzalez Panton, Casadei. Coach. Piazza.
Winning debut in Europe for Cuneo who had the better of Nantes in France. The first two sets were tight as Perez on one side and Rouzier on the others stole the show with 23 and 21 points respectively, but in the end, led by an excellent Coscione, the Italians won the first leg.
Marco Pistolesi (General Manager Bre Lannutti Cuneo): “It was important to win this first leg because the Cev Cup means a lot to us. Changing setter every three days does obviously not help the team to get better but we still made some progress tonight”.
Result:
Nantes Rezé Métropole – Bre Lannutti Cuneo 1-3 (22-25, 25-17, 18-25, 20-25)
Fixtures
16th of finals return leg
Tuesday October 29 at 8.30pm
Bre Lannutti Cuneo (ITA) – Nantes Rezé Métropole (FRA)
(Popovic-Voudouris)
Trentino on court tomorrow
2014 DenizBank Champions League – Round 1
Thursday October 24 at 8.30pm
POOL D
Trentino Diatec (ITA) – Berlin Recycling Volley (GER) Live on Sportitalia 2
(Mateizer-Kriescher)
