A European title that is played on a Belgian floor, it does not happen often. So the Knack Roeselare had put the small dishes in the big ones. The 2,500 seats available at the Tomabelhal were also not sufficient and the exhibition hall adjoining the hall allowed others to follow the meeting on a giant screen, almost as if they were there. The craze had indeed exceeded the borders of the Schiervelde. All of Belgian volleyball only had eyes for this second leg final.
Volleybelgium was obviously well represented while Vincent Perin, the president of VBC Waremme, would not have missed it for anything in the world, just like Filip Van der Bracht. Guibertin’s manager also had sparkling eyes when he entered the room a few minutes from the first service. “It’s so beautiful to see a room so full”, he rejoiced. Roeselare’s feat during the first leg in Modena did not leave Maaseik indifferent either. Not resentful of having been eliminated in the quarter-finals of the CEV Cup by Roeselare, the Limburgers, main rivals of West Flanders in the race for the national title, had advertised the match on their networks.
This Wednesday, all the eyes of Belgian volleyball were turned towards the west of Belgium and if they will have vibrated with Team Blue, answering the sound system and playing their role as supporters against around thirty Italian followers, they will not could only see the superiority of Modena. The club of Belgian Tomas Rousseaux, child of Knack, corrected the situation and showed that its twelve European titles were not usurped.
However, it only took two sets in Roeselare to win a second European title, 21 years after the first, or win the golden set, but even if the Argentinian Koukartsev and the Roeselare block gave a hard time, having even two set points in the first set, the coin fell on the other side. A small disappointment but which did not spoil the post-match of the vice-champions of Europe.
Roeselare 0-3 (SO 9-15) Modena CEV Cup – Final second leg