A week after beating Ankara, Saint-Nazaire lost to the Italians of Perugia 3-0 this Tuesday for their first home match in the Champions League.
A week after its exploit in the Hall of Halkbank Ankara (3-2), Saint-Nazaire was no match for Perugia, soundly beaten on Tuesday (3-0) for the first home match of the Champions League volleyball of its history. The step was too high for the SNBVA, materialized by the club champion of Italy and double reigning club world champion, and third in the C1 in May.
A line-up of leading internationals, the captain and passer of Italy Simone Gianelli, the Ukrainian Oleh Plotnytsyi, the Pole Kamil Semeniuk and the Tunisian Wassim Ben Tara (formerly of Chaumont), who brought their firepower to the table service (7 aces to 1), attack and counterattack (10 to 1). The Nazairiens held up to 13-13 in the first set (17-25) before suffering a 4-0 on Semeniuk’s throw-in (3 aces, 13 pts), then a little more in the second (from 19-19 to 20-25) and collapsed in the third set (13-25). They will travel to the Czech Republic on December 4, with two points still on the clock in Group D (6 for Perugia), to face Budejovice (0 pts before meeting Ankara on Wednesday), an opponent much more within their reach.
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