European Cups
2014 DenizBank Champions League
ARKAS IZMIR – TRENTINO DIATEC 0-3 (15-25, 21-25, 13-25)
ARKAS IZMIR: Perrin 10, Sivula 9, Yesilbudak (L), Kamnik 2, Gokgoz, Capkinoglu, KoÇ 5, Gulmezog(lu 2, DÜnge, Urnaut 5. DNP Ramazanoglu, YÜcel. Coach. Hoag.
TRENTINO DIATEC: Birarelli 7, Solé 11, Ferreira 17, Suxho 1, Lanza 9, Sokolov 15, Szabo 1, Colaci (L). DNP Sintini, De Paola, Fedrizzi, Burgsthaler. Coach. Serniotti.
Trentino keeps rushing past their opponents: this time they inflicted a 3-0 to the Turkish side of Izmir on their own soil. Thanks to this win, Serniotti’s men remain unbeaten, stay top of the group and make one little more step towards the Playoffs 12. Suxho had another good day and the spikers took advantage. MVP: Ferreira
Roberto Serniotti (coach Trentino Diatec): “We had a convincing performance, we were concentrated in everything we did and took three valuable points. I am therefore extremely satisfied with my team, they really let little space to operate to the opponent and they never relaxed. With such an accurate reception, everything becomes easier, credit to Suxho as well who guided his spikers very well. This is the performance we needed to save our energy and be galvanized for Sunday’s game against Macerata”.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – LOKOMOTIV NOVOSIBIRSK 3-2 (25-19, 22-25, 29-27, 22-25, 15-12) – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Henno (L), Paparoni, Zaytsev 17, Stankovic 8, Patriarca, Kovar 17, Monopoli, Kurek 21, Baranowicz 2, Podrascanin 16. DNP De Moraes Lampariello. Coach. Giuliani.
LOKOMOTIV NOVOSIBIRSK: Divis 13, Volvich 6, Moroz 25, Zhilin, Butko 5, Golubev (L), Camejo 10, Astashenkov 6. DNP Zubkov, Mysin, Kozlov, Leonenko. Coach. Voronkov.
The heart of Macerata had the better of the European Champions of Novosibirsk in front of a nearly sold out crowd at the PalaFontescodella arena. The Italians went ahead in the scoreboard twice but the Russians fought back on each occasion to obtain a tie-break. But Macerata’s fighting spirit led to an extremely valuable win which means Giuliani’s boys remain unbeaten after three rounds and stay top ahead of the two Russian sides. Kurek led the way with 21 points and 58% in attack with a superb tie-break. Kovar added 17 (58% too).
Alberto Giuliani (Coach Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “We have made the most of our two home games against the Russians, maybe we could have done a little better today but Novosibirsk is a top class team, and this was a game played at a very high level without many mistakes. We could have done better blocking. This win is so important, we know that from now on the games will be twice as hard: we’ll play home against the Austrians having to win at all cost, and on the road against the two Russians. The team does have character this is the start of the season, so we still have a lot of work on but this is a great basis to work on”.
ANDREOLI LATINA – CHEMES HUMENNE 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-21)
ANDREOLI LATINA: Candellaro 3, Rossini (L), Gitto 4, Sottile 3, Skrimov 5, Verhees 7, Paris, Noda Blanco 2, Fragkos 15, Torres 15. DNP De Rocco, Michalovic. Coach. Santilli.
CHEMES HUMENNE: Javorcik 7, Lizala, Sarnecki 11, Balisin, Mizerak 5, Pavelka 1, Hrinak 1, Szymczak (L), Mlynarcik 1, Bena 1, Joscak 5, Leszczawski. Coach. Vlkolinsky.
Latina won the second round first leg of the Challenge Cup in straight sets against the Slovakian team of Chemes Humennè. It was one-way traffic for the first two sets for the hosts who proved they had no intention to give anything away at the start of the third.
Roberto Santilli (Coach Andreoli Latina): “We had a good start in this competition, it was not easy against an unknown team and after two defeats in the league. This game was important to prepare the coming match against Vibo Valentia. We are alive, we have to find our confidence and rhythm to keep improving. The return leg will not be a walk in the park, but I am confident”.
Results and standings
2014 DenizBank Champions League – Round 3
POOL A
Ach Volley Ljubljana (SLO) – Tours VB (FRA) 1-3 (25-23, 26-28, 21-25, 17-25)
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (BUL) Giovedì 7 novembre ore 20.30
Standings: Tours VB 8, Copra Elior Piacenza 4*, Ach Volley Ljubljana 3, Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa 0*
* 1 partita in meno Copra Elior Piacenza, Maerk Union-Ivkoni Dupnista
POOL D
Arkas Izmir (TUR) – Trentino Diatec (ITA) 0-3 (15-25, 21-25, 13-25)
Energy Investments Lugano (SUI) – Berlin Recycling Volley (GER) 1-3 (25-22, 15-25, 22-25, 18-25)
Standings: Trentino Diatec 9, Berlin Recycling Volley 6, Energy Investments Lugano 2, Arkas Izmir 1
POOL E
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) – Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) 3-2 (25-19, 22-25, 29-27, 22-25, 15-12)
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – Posojilnica Aich/Dob (AUT) 3-1 (25-14, 19-25, 25-15, 25-19)
Standings: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 8, Zenit Kazan 6, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 4, Posojilnica Aich/Dob 0.
2014 CEV Challenge Cup
2nd Round first leg
Andreoli Latina (ITA) – Chemes Humenne (SVK) 3-0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-21)
Fixtures
2014 DenizBank Champions League – Roudn 4 (first return games)
Tuesday December 3 at 1pm (Italian time)
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA)
(Rajkovic-Aliyev)
Wednesday December 4 at 8.30pm
Trentino Diatec (ITA) – Arkas Izmir (TUR)
(Markov-Loderus)
2014 Challenge Cup – 2nd round return leg
Wednesday November 27 at 6pm
Chemes Humenne (SVK) – Andreoli Latina (ITA)
(Marev-Parshyn)
Champions League
Piacenza plays Thursday
2014 DenizBank Champions League – Round 3
Thursday November 7 at 8.30pm
Copra Elior Piacenza (ITA) – Marek Union-Ivkoni Dupnitsa (BUL)
(Muha-Twardowski)
