Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER) 3-0 (25-21, 29-27, 25-18) – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Porro, Leon 4, Pace (L), Mandiraci 9, Travica 3, Andringa 5, Bergmann 10, Iyegbekedo 10, Bovolenta 7, Loreti (L), Seddik 4. N.E. Comparoni, Simon, Gutierrez Suarez. Coach: Boninfante. Berlin Recycling Volleys (GER): Treiter (L), Knigge 5, Plaskie 9, Kirsch 1, Flexen 10, Malescha 13, Schott, Wehner, Hanes 1, Dagostino (L), Ivanov 1. N.E. Coach: Leal Goulart Nunes. REFEREES: Novak, Jambor. NOTES – Set duration: 26′, 34′, 26′; total: 86′. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: 17 wrong serves, 9 winners. Berlin Recycling Volleys: 16 wrong serves, 1 winner.
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza achieved their goal of reaching the CEV Cup semifinals, with a home win against Berlin Recycling Volleys in the second leg of their quarterfinals, securing their spot in the next round. A resounding 3-0 victory for Dante Boninfante’s team: after two hard-fought first sets, the Emilian team showed their strengths in the third, winning by a comfortable margin.
To find out their semifinal opponent, we’ll have to wait for tonight’s match between Fenerbahce Istanbul and ACH Volley Ljubljana: the Slovenians prevailed in the first leg, defeating the Turks in a tie-break.
In the match played at the PalaBancaSport in Piacenza, some of the red and white players who had been used less this season also made a strong showing: Lukas Bergmann finished with 10 points, the same number as Daniel Iyegbekedo; Robbert Andringa added 5 points, while Efe Mandiraci added 9. The top scorer of the evening, however, was Berlin’s number 10, Daniel Malesha, who scored 13 points.
While waiting to find out their opponent, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza can now return to focusing on the Credem Banca playoffs: on Saturday, March 14, at 6:00 PM (live on Rai Sport), the Piacenza team hosts Valsa Group Modena for Game 2 of the Quarterfinals, a series currently in which Modena is ahead.
