Knack
The Belgian team won the opening set with 25-20 but they also dominated in the second set from the start to the end 25-19.
Fenerbahce than celebrated win in the third set 25-21 but Knack finished the match in the fourth set 25-16.
Emile Rousseaux, head coach of Knack ROESELARE: “I think everybody knows that we play differently than any other team and this makes us stand out in many ways. We do use float serves without too much spin, and often resort to jumping float serves. This is rather unusual and one of our main assets, also when playing at home in Belgium. We do not have particularly good players from a physical standpoint; actually, we have rather normal qualities but certainly not outstanding and as a result, we have to play with speed too. I think that today we showed that we have a good team and that we have developed a good system of play. I want to congratulate my players. I think that tonight you could see some big difference between these two teams.”
Piotr Orczyk and Matthijs Verhanneman scored 16 points each for the winning team followed by Hendrik Tuerlinckx 15 points while for the Turkish team Metin Toy scored 14 points and Guillaume Quesque 12 points.
Results, 1st round, Today:
Lokomotiv – Dinamo 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 252-2)
Fenerbahce – Roeselare 1-3 (20-25, 19-25, 25-21, 16-25)
Friedrichshafen – Halkbank
Tuesday:
Valepa – PAOK 3-2 (25-19, 27-29, 33-35, 25-23, 15-11)
Maaseik – Trentino 1-3 (17-25, 23-25, 25-23, 17-25)
Wednesday:
Arkas – Zaksa 0-3 (23-25, 28-30, 23-25)
Skra – Chaumont 1-3 (25-19, 18-25, 19-25, 27-29)
Toulouse – Zenit 1-3 (31-29, 20-25, 23-25, 19-25)
Jastrzebski – BR Volleys 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 26-24)
Perugia – Lube 3-2 (28-30, 20-25, 25-23, 25-19, 15-9)
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