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CL M: Tours down Arkas, Laurent Tillie attends the game

by WoV

Tours have scored the second win in the Pool D of the men’s CEV Champions League. They barely managed to win the game after beating Arkas in the tie-break.

Tours

Tours

The match took place under the eyes of Laurent Tillie, the coach of the national team of France. For Arkas, opposite Yigit Gülmezoglu was not in the starting six tonight. Gazmend Husaj, outside spiker of  Tours, did not play tonight as he is still recovering from an ankle injury.

At the arena, there were some Turkish supporters were present in Tours to support Arkas. Hermans Egleskalns, the Latvian opposite of Tours was the best scorer with 26 points Robert Täht, outside-hitter and top scorer of Arkas Izmir with 22 points:

It was an interesting game. It was a great war. The atmosphere here in Tours is amazing – this is what we play for. About the game – we played without an opposite this evening, we played with three outside hitters for the first time this season. It was completely different than what we are used to,” says Taht.

Men’s CEV Champions League, round 4:

POOL A:

United Volleys – Zenit Kazan 20:30 CET Thursday

Knack Roeselare – Halkbank 20:30 CET Thursday

Standings: Zenit Kazan 4-0 (12 points), Halkbank 2-2 (5 points), United Volleys 2-2 (4 points), Knack Roeselare 1-3 (3 points)

POOL B:

Lube Civitanova – Modena 20:30 CET Wednesday

Karlovarsko – Zaksa 18:00 CET Wednesday

Standings: Lube 4-0 (12 points), Modena 2-6 (6 points), Zaksa 2-2 (6 points), Karlovarsko 0-4

POOL C:

Chaumont – Zenit St. Petersburg 20:00 CET, Wednesday

ACH Ljubljana – VFB Friedrichshafen 18:00 CET, Thursday

Standings: Zenit Sp 4-0 (10 points), Chaumont 3-1 (9 points), Friedrichshafen 1-3 (4 points), ACH Volley 0-4 (1 point)

POOL D:

Trefl Gdansk – PGE Skra Belchatow 18:00 CET Thursday

Greenyard Maaseik – BR Volleys  20:30 CET Wednesday

Standings: Gdansk 3-1 (9 points), Skra 2-2 (7 points), Maaseik 2-2 (5 points), BR Volleys 1-3 (3 points)

POOL F:

Tours – Arkas 3-2 (25-21, 25-16, 20-25, 20-22, 15-12)

Dinamo Moscow – Perugia 19:00 CET (Wednesday)

Standings: Perugia 4-0 (12 points), Dinamo Moscow 3-1 (9 points), Tours 2-3 (5 points), Arkasspor 0-5 (1)

 

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