Piacenza’s first trip in the Champions League ended in tie-break disappointment in Tours, France. While Piacenza was struggling to find consistency and had problems in reception, Tours seemed to play one set with one team and the next with another. 8 aces for the French. Konecny finished top scorer with 21 points, just like Piacenza’s Zlatanov.
Luca Monti (Coach Copra Elior Piacenza): “I take all the responsibilities of this defeat, we gave a set away because of my mistake in making the line-up. The boys di a great job, but the third set proved very important. This 3-2 loss does not send us out of it. Taking a point there is still important, but it’s obvious I am a bit disappointed for the inexcusable mistake I made”.
TOURS VB – COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA 3-2 (25-19, 27-29, 25-13, 22-25, 15-10)
TOURS VB: KLINKENBERG 2, HARDY-DESSOURCES 12, FALAFALA 1, KONECNY 20, EXIGA (L), ARAUJO PINHEIRO 3, COLLIN 0, JABLONSKY 16, DILLIES 0, BARÁNEK 19, SMITH 8, DNP: HOAG. Coach. MOTTA PAES
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA : MARRA (L), PAPI 1, FEI 10, KALIBERDA 17, SIMON ATIES 11, ZLATANOV 21, TENCATI 0, VETTORI 11, DE CECCO 5, DNP: LE ROUX, PARTENIO, HUSAJ,Coach. MONTI
