Europe
Macerata strikes first against Trento
CEV Cup: Monza prepares semis against Dinamo
2012 Champions League – Playoffs 6
It’s been a thrilling week in the Champions League with a superb Italian match up, a repeat of the recent Cup final. Once again, it went all the way to the tie-break but this time, Macerata took revenge on a brilliant come-back from 2-0 down. The second leg will be decisive. Stoytchev’s team have no choice but win it to force a Golden set and have a chance to make it to the Final Four.
2012 Champions League
Playoffs 6 results
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Diatec Trentino 3-2 (16-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-9)
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (RUS) – Arkas Izmir (TUR) 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-23)
Zenit Kazan (RUS) – VfB Friedrichshafen (GER) 3-0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-18)
Fixtures
2012 Champions League – Playoffs 6 return leg
Thursday March 1 at 8.30pm
Trentino PlanetWin365 (ITA) – Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA)
(Barnstorf-Bajci)
2012 CEV Cup – Semi-finals
Monza will have to wait until March 14 to face the Russians of Dinamo Moscow in the Cev Cup semi-finals. Return leg to be played in Russia on March 18.
2012 CEV Cup – Semi-final first leg
Wednesday March 14 at 6pm
Assecco Resovia Rzeszow (POL) – ACH Volley Ljubiana (SLO)
(Karampetsos-Dobr)
Wednesday March 14 at 8.30pm
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza (ITA) – Dinamo Moscow (RUS)
(Kriescher-Papageorgiou)
Italian League hand in hand with Uniamo
This weekend, the Italian Volleyball League will be hand in hand with the Uniamo Association which fights against “rare diseases”.
