SERIE A1 TIM, 9th ROUND: MONDAY NIGHT IN MONTICHIARI. WEDNESDAY, TARANTO-MODENA
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI – M. ROMA VOLLEY 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-15, 31-29)
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI: Sala 6, Popp 13, Tiberti, De La Fuente, Jeroncic 13, Rinaldi (L), Suxho 3, Perazzolo 1, Gavotto Mauro 21, Meszaros 17. Not entered Veres, Forni. Coach: Velasco Julio.
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Mastrangelo 10, Henno (L), Savani 16, Tofoli Paolo 1, Zaytsev 1, Molteni 7, Hernandez 18, Kooistra 1, Semenzato 6, Romero. Not entered Gatin, Giretto. Coach: Serniotti Roberto.
REFEREES: Omero Satanassi, Giorgio Gnani.
NOTES – Crowd 2500, income 7900, sets linght: 24′, 22′, 21′, 32′; tot: 99′.
MONTICHIARI – The Monday Night event of this nine round ends with a 3-1 victory of Acqua Paradiso Gabeca, that now reaches 17 points and the fourth position of the standing.
Best player for Montichiari, opposite Mauro Gavotto.
Velasco starts with Marcus Popp in the starting six instead of Veres and the german played a great match.
After a very tight beginning of the match (10-9) Montichiari scores an important break of 3 points and, thanks to Popp serves keeps the advantage and closes the set 25-20.
Roma starts really well the second set and flies 0-4. But carried by Gavotto blocks Gabeco ties the score at 8-8. But Rome scores another big break and goes 12-20. Velasco tries to replace some players but the set goes to Roma for 17-25.
In the third set Acqua Paradiso is ahead since the beginning and on the second time out the score is 16-11. Set for Montichiari 25-15.
the fourth set is a point to point fight and at the end Montichiari is able to win it only with the score of 31-29 and with the Meszaros final ace, Montichiari got the victory and three important points.
Donald SUXHO (Montichiari): “We played a great match, we gave our best. We played very well as a team and as group”.
Andrea SEMENZATO (Roma): “We never played at our best. There were something missing. Montichiari gave us problems in all the section of the game and we have nver been able to stop Gavotto”.
Julio VELASCO (all. Montichiari): Acqua Paradiso: “This is a very important victory for the standing, especially considering the next matches. We have been able to stay focused in the most delicates moment of the match. We recovered when we were down, second set apart, and this is a very important and positive sign for the team”.
Wednesday 20-12-2006, at 8.30PM
Prisma Taranto – Cimone Modena
Serie A1 TIM Standing
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 23, Copra Berni Piacenza 19, Sisley Treviso 18, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 17, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 16, Maggiora Latina 15, Cimone Modena 15, M. Roma Volley 14, Itas Diatec Trentino 14, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 11, Prisma Taranto 8, Antonveneta Padova 8, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 6, Marmi Lanza Verona 2.
1 incontro in meno: Cimone Modena, Prisma Taranto
