The BR Volleys have to accept the next big disappointment. The German Champions announced on Thursday evening a near-certain victory from the Hand and lost the Cup semi-finals at the SVG Lüneburg in Hamburg 2:3 (25:18, 25:22, 24:26, 19:25, 13:15). The Berlin had already led with 2:0 sets, in the third passage, they were clearly in front, as in the tie-break (12:9). But as so often this season the team of coach Cedric Enard broke. Thus, the Volleys have missed your first big goal for the season: the Cup final in Mannheim. It will meet on the 24. February now, Lüneburg, Germany at VfB Friedrichshafen, which won with 3:1 against Düren.

“We have long made a lot of things right, but at some point, the pressure in the charge was step for step and the lüneburg came in a Flow. Then everything goes to the opponent of a sudden, and you play as in the noise“, said Berlin’s setter Jan Zimmermann. Thus, the SVG, the fear of opponents of the Volleys. In the past seven away were able to win the Berlin only once to play in the town members.

new arrival Rossard bombed in the last two premiums

Enard was gone at the time of its preparation great a risk. Because of the Frenchman, from the beginning of the new signing Nicolas Rossard on the Libero position. The French national player was in the short term, come from Polish first-division clubs in Szczecin and is one of only since less than a week to the squad of the Volleys. However, Enard familiar to him in the organization of the adoption, obviously, immediately more than the previous master-Libero Dustin Watten.

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Volleys-new arrival Nicolas Rossard “not had to intervene A great Transfer for the team”

Johannes Nedo

Rossard in the first place is often the case in adoption. As his teammates cleaned up in the Block many balls. Because the Berliners were also strong in the serve and in the attack very effective, they got the first set with 25:18. In the second passage Enards team played very confidently and won also this set 25:22. But then the slump followed. The Berlin again showed the face of the League, they are currently only sixth. You were nervous, made numerous errors and lost sets three and four. As they had developed then in the Tiebreak, a three-point lead, schwächelten you again. And it was, of all things, Rossard, made a mess of premiums in the last two, lüneburg. (Tsp)