All the favourite teams from Russia and Italy won their matches in Champions League 1/8 finals.. Only Piacenza was suprisingly beaten by Czestochowa 3:2.
In the Champions League Top16 playoff first leg, Piacenza found themselves trailing quickly 2-0 against the Polish team of Czestochowa. But then it set off on a spectacular comeback with a dominant fourth set. In the tie-break, it was all tied at 13 but the Italians could just not complete the comeback. Lorenzetti?s team played without Bravo and Zlatanov. Still, Piacenza keeps all its hopes of going through alive as it will host the return game on Wednesday 18 february.
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Italian Champion, team of Trentino, started with an away win in Maiorca, Spain, in the 8th of final first leg. Stoychev won the game 3-0, a valuable score that will enable the Italian team to face the return leg in their PalaTrento gym with confidence.
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Kazan has to fight in Bled. Untill the end of third set the match was balanced. From this point favourite from Russia did not allow any surprise. Blocks of Kazan and Stanley serve decided the game. Vladimir Alekno will be satisfied only with a victory in Kazan.
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Odintsovo did not performed the best game in Maaseik. In important moments of the match the team of Zoran Gajic was more calm a deserved the victory 3:1.
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Macerata did not face any problems against Fenerbahce at home, also Thessaloniki won easy 3:0 in Vitoria.
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