No feat for the Mariannes 92. Against Chieri'76, the players of the Parisian club lost heavily (0-3), Wednesday evening at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, in the semi-final return of the CEV Cup.
They had already been beaten in the first leg last week in Italy (3-2).
The European adventure ends there for the Ile-de-France residents.
However, they remained in contact with the Turinese during each set (25-22, 25-23, 25-23).
But Alessandro Orefice's players have always been dominated in money time.
Facing one of the heavyweights of the transalpine championship, the defeat is logical, and the regrets relate more to the first leg.
In Italy, the Mariannes only gave in at the very end of the fifth set.
A positive journey despite everything
The Ile-de-France club, born this summer from the merger between Levallois and Stade Français Paris Saint-Cloud, is nevertheless having a top-flight season.
In addition to this semi-final of the CEV Cup, the little sister of the Champions League, he placed second in the regular season of the French Championship.
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“We are ahead of the club’s project,” Alessandro Orefice told us the day before the match.
We didn't expect to reach the semi-finals, the objective was to do the best possible.
This is a historic result!
» Failure in the semi-final of the CEV Cup therefore remains relative, for a club whose ambitions should increase in the coming years.