Piacenza is about to play the most important game of its season so far. The group flew out to Saint Petersburg yesterday to play Kazan in the playoffs 6 return leg. Beaten 3-0 at home without Zlatanov and Fei, Piacenza will need a real breakthrough to make it into Ankara’s final four. They’ll need a 3-0 or 3-1 win to earn a golden set.

“It won’t be easy – admits Fei – But if we play as we did against Perugia, with the same intensity and fighting spirit, it won’t be easy for them. They played very well in the first leg, we’ll have to put pressure on them with our serve to have any chance”.