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Berlin (dpa) - The Berlin volleys are threatened with the quarter-finals of the volleyball Champions League.
The first leg in the round of the last eight teams lost the ten-time German champions against Italy's representative Trentino Volley on Thursday in the Max-Schmeling-Halle deservedly 1: 3 (19:25, 23:25, 28:26, 17:25) .
In the second leg in a week in Trento, the Berliners now need a 3-0 or 3-1 victory to qualify for the semi-finals with a subsequent golden set of up to 15 points.
The first sentence was decided early.
The Berlin team led 6: 4 when the Dutch Nimir Abdel-Aziz stepped onto the service line for the guests.
This was followed by a series of 0: 9 points that was depressing for the BR Volleys.
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In the second round, after an ace from Sergej Grankin, the Berliners were four points ahead (10: 6), but Abdel-Aziz was able to equalize at 11:11.
The BR Volleys kept the action open afterwards.
An ace by Benjamin Patch at 22:22 raised serious hopes for a set win for the first time, but at the crucial moment the American was blocked in an attack at 23:25.
The BR Volleys were moral.
They benefited from the fact that the opponent could no longer maintain his high starting level on serve.
Anton Brehme made up a 22:23 deficit in the third section to 23:23.
Then the Berliners worked four set balls, the last one used Timothee Carle.
However, Trentino rallied again and quickly gained a comfortable seven-point lead (20:13) after a 10:10 intermediate result.
The opponent had little to counter in this phase, especially since Patch's attack attempts mostly ricocheted off the Italian block.
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