SERIE A1 TIM, 2nd ROUND MATCHES: RESULTS AND COMMENTARY OF THE MATCHES. VICTORY FOR ROMA, MODENA AND MONTICHIARI


M. ROMA VOLLEY – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-1 (25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 25-23)
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Mastrangelo 10, Henno (L), Savani 12, Tofoli Paolo, Gatin, Zaytsev, Molteni 11, Hernandez 18, Semenzato 10. Not entered: Kooistra, Giretto, Romero. Coach: Serniotti Roberto.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Wijsmans Wout 17, Coscione, Rigoni, Lasko 17, Omrcen 9, Vergnaghi (L), Godoy Filho 8, Rabezzana 1, Curti 5, Abbadi 6, Cozzi, Oro. Coach:  Prandi Silvano.
REFEREES: Vittorio Sampaolo, Fabrizio Pasquali. NOTES – Crowd: 2900, Sets lenght: 27′, 26′, 25′, 30′; tot: 108′
ROMA – M. Roma wins also its second match against Cuneo. For Rome first match for Osvaldo Hernandez recovered from his hand injury. Good start for Rome: Cuneo made  11errors, especially in attack and Rome wins the set.  Then Prandi’s team recover and eventually wins the second set with a great performance of opposite Lasko.  Abbadi replaces Giba.  In the third set when the score is 21-20 Giba goes back in the court. But set goes to Rome thanks to Hernandez. The fourth set sees Rome break: 14-11 with a great Tofoli. Cuneo setter Coscione is not able to keep up and Rabezzana replaces him. Rome run and Cuneo tries to keep up. When the score is 21-20 Gatin replaces Savani for an ankle injury. Rome closes the set 25-23.



RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA – MAGGIORA LATINA 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-18)
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA: Lebl 14, Bucaioni, Vujevic Goran 14, Sottile 2, Saraceni 9, Di Franco 6, Mahmoudi, Braga, Pippi (L), Stokr 15. Not entered Lipparini, Gradi Cesare. Coach: Zanini Emanuele.
MAGGIORA LATINA: Latelli (L), Bendandi, Fortunato 2, Mattera, Vissotto Neves 14, Grbic Vladimir 4, Zanuto Iorio 13, Cipollari 1, Bjelica 5. Not entered Cricca, Damaro, Mattioli. Coach: Gulinelli Flavio.
REFEREESI: Paolo Lavorenti, Gianni Bartolini. NOTES – Crowd 2600, income 7100, sets lenght: 31′, 26′, 24′; tot: 81′.
PERUGIA – With Saraceni in the court and Swiderski out for a muscolar injury, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it wins its first home match at the PalaEvangelisti. Always ahead in the score, Perugia run a risk only at the end of the first but Martin Lebl (5 points and 83% in attack) takes the team out of troubles and stop Latina recovery: 25-23.  Zanini boys won also the second set without problems. High percentages for everyone: in attack (68%) e in passing (93%), set score 25-19. Vujevic is going better an better, Saraceni well replaces Swiderski and Stokr, especially with his serve (two aces), put Latina in big troubles. At the end Perugia wins also the third set and closes the match 3-0.
Emanuele Zanini: “Non abbiamo avuto cali stavolta, la ricezione è andata bene e cominciamo ad avere un’identità di gioco. Siamo contenti, ma non ci esaltiamo”.
L’MVP Goran Vujevic, che quando è in giornata mette a segno colpi degni di un campione olimpico. “E’ vero, ho giocato bene perché sto bene. Non siamo mai stati messi in difficoltà e abbiamo potuto fare la nostra partita. Poi l’assenza di Swiderski ci ha portato a dare tutti il massimo visto che ci mancava un uomo importante”.
 
CIMONE MODENA – ANTONVENETA PADOVA 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-19)
CIMONE MODENA: Rak 11, Sangiorgio, Messana, Sartoretti 16, Dos Santos Junior 8, Giombini 2, Giani 10, Bellini, Endres 11, Garcia 2, Casoli (L). Not entered: Tagliatti. Coach: Bagnoli Bruno.
ANTONVENETA PADOVA: Garghella (L), De Togni 1, Jago 10, Esko 1, Andrae 9, Tovo 4, Pampel 11, Kromm 1, Piscopo 4. Not entered Baggio, Quarti, Tamburo. Coach: Schiavon Gigi.
REFEREES: Marcello Cammera, Pantaleo Coppola. NOTES – Crowd 2600, income 22000, sets lenght: 27′, 35′, 27′; tot: 89′.
MODENA – Cimone wins its first match at the Palapanini 3-0 against Antonveneta Padova, and gets the second victory in a row worthing the first position of the standing. Bagnoli boys win the first set by forcing serves with Sartoretti and Murilo. Padova passing is suffering (26% of perfect passing). Second set sees a reaction of Schiavon boys and be ahead in the score for basically the whole set, But. Sidao score the point when the score is 23-24 for Padova and Giani closes the set 26-24 for Cimone. No story in the last set: Modena reaches +9 (21-12) and eventually closes the match 25-19. MVP of the match: Murilo (11 points) but good performances also for Sartoretti (16) and Rak (11). Pampel and Jago the best of Antonveneta.
Gigi Schiavon: “The difference between Modena and Padova was clear, we played well for  2 sets. We could have won the secon if not for too many errors at the end”.
Bruno Bagnoli: “When all the players are in good shape this is how we should always play. I am very happy about Ricardo performance”.
 
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI – LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 34-32)
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI: Sala 6, Tiberti, De La Fuente 1, Veres 18, Jeroncic 9, Rinaldi (L), Suxho 3, Perazzolo 3, Gavotto 24, Meszaros 17. Not entered Popp, Buti. Coach: Velasco Julio.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Raymaekers, Paparoni 6, Bartoletti 6, Dennis 22, Santana 12, Sintini 1, Monopoli, Geric 10, Corsano (L), Miljkovic 3, Herpe 7. Not entered Cortina. Coach: De Giorgi Ferdinando.
REFEREES: Roberto Locatelli, Paolo Barbero. NOTES – Crowd 3900, income 13000, sets lenght: 26′, 29′, 25′, 36′; tot: 116′.
MONTICHIARI – In a sold out PalaGeorge, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca wins his first home match of the season. The first tight set sees Macerata scoring the first important break 11-15 that give Lube the chance to close the set 21-25. Nothing to do for Montichiari despite the Velasco double change (Perazzolo-Suxho and Tiberti-Gavotto). Beautiful second set. When the score is  7-6 Bartoletti replaces an injured Miljkovic (ankle). Decisive at the end of the set Meszaros performance (2 aces) and the entry of De La Fuente that closes the set 25-23. In the third set strong start for Montichiari, Macerata fights back especially with Dennis but Montichiari shows a big reaction and close the set 25-21 with a Perazzolo ace.  Huge start in the fourth set for Macerata. But Montichiari ties the score up at 20-20. The set becomes a battle, point to point, but at the end is Montichiari that wins it 34-32 with a Veres block.

Andrea Sala, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca: “These are three very important point. We played well. For Macerata Miljkovic injury has been crucial”.
Simona Sileoni, presidente Lube: “Montichiari is very strong in serving and they put us in big troubles. We also payed Miljkovic injury and the fact that we were a little tired for playing a match every three days” .
 
MARMI LANZA VERONA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 2-3 (17-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-17, 21-23)
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Biribanti 18, Boninfante, Pes, Birarelli 9, Bernardi 22, Pistovic, Sorcinelli (L), Gato 19, Bontje 8. Not entered Rigatelli, Grassi. Coach: Dagioni Massimo.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Heller 8, Hubner 8, Meoni 2, Mescoli, Nascimento 16, Nemec, Segnalini Andrea, Mlyakov, Winiarski 18, Gallotta 13, Bari (L). Not entered De Paola. Caoch: Lattari Radames.
REFERESS: Vito Sante Achille, Fabrizio Saltalippi. NOTES – Crowd 3200, income 16000, sets lenght: 22′, 26′, 23′, 24′, 28′; tot: 123′.
VERONA – Marmi Lanza Verona does not start well in his first home match at the PalaOlimpia against Itas Diatec Trentino. Verona is behind on the score for the whole first set (9-15, 16-22). Dagioni replaces Gato with Branko Pistovic but the first set is for Trento (25-17). Marmi Lanza starts the second set with Gato back on the court. Pes replaces Boninfante and Gato and Bernardi attacks go better. The score is 15-15, but Lattari boys close also the second set (25-19). Good performance for Nascimento and for Winiarski. Trento gives up in the third set and Marmi Lanza finds eventually its best shape thanks to Biribanti, Bernardi and Gato with Boninfante setter. Verona is ahead 16-19 and closes the set 25- 18. Good start for Verona in the 4th set with Itas Diatec not so good in serving anymore. Trento tries to replace Mescoli with Mlyakov but Verona wins easilly the set 25-17. Bernardi guides all the team and get rewarded as best player of the match with 22 points scored. Still not enogh to give the victory to Verona. A very long tie brek with a bad start for Trento but still able to ties the score up at 16-16, and able to win 21-23 thanks to two lucky Heller serves.  


RESULTS
Cimone Modena – Antonveneta PD 3 – 0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-19) ; M.Roma Volley – Bre Banca Lannutti CN 3 – 1 (25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 25-23) ; Marmi Lanza Verona – Itas Diatec Trentino 2 – 3 (17-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-17, 21-23); RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia – Maggiora Latina 3 – 0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-18) ; Sisley Treviso – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 18/9/2006 at 8.30PM live on SKY Sport 2; Prisma Taranto – Copra Berni Piacenza 3 – 0 (25-16, 25-18, 28-26) 16/9/2006; Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Mont. – Lube Banca Marche MC 3 – 1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-21, 34-32).
 
Monday 18 September 2006 at 8.30PM
Sisley Treviso – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
Zecchini – Giani 
 
Serie A1 TIM Standing 
Nome, Punti, PG, PV, PP, SV, SP
Cimone Modena 6 2 2 0 6 0
M. Roma Volley 6 2 2 0 6 1
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Mont. 6 2 2 0 6 2
Prisma Taranto 5 2 2 0 6 2
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 5 2 2 0 6 2
Bre Banca Lannutti CN 3 2 1 1 4 4
Itas Diatec Trentino 3 2 1 1 5 5
Maggiora Latina 3 2 1 1 3 4
Marmi Lanza Verona 1 2 0 2 3 6
Antonveneta PD 1 2 0 2 2 6
Sisley Treviso 0 1 0 1 1 3
Lube Banca Marche MC 0 2 0 2 1 6
Copra Berni Piacenza 0 2 0 2 1 6
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 0 1 0 1 0 3
 
1 match less: Sisley Treviso, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 



NEXT WEEK APPOINTMENTS 



Wednesday 20 September 2006 at 8.30PM  (Serie A1 TIM 3rd round matches)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Cimone Modena
Itas Diatec Trentino – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
Copra Berni Piacenza – M. Roma Volley
Maggiora Latina – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
Antonveneta Padova – Sisley Treviso
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Prisma Taranto
 
Thursday 21 September 2006 at 8.30PM   (Serie A1 TIM 3rd round match)
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – Marmi Lanza Verona
 
Saturday 23 September 2006 at 6.15PM (Serie A1 TIM 4th round matches)
Cimone Modena – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
 
Sunday 24 September 2006 at 6.00PM  (Serie A1 TIM 4th round matches)
Antonveneta Padova – Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Copra Berni Piacenza – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
Sisley Treviso – Marmi Lanza Verona
Prisma Taranto – Maggiora Latina
M. Roma Volley – Itas Diatec Trentino at 6 .15PM LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
 
Monday 25 September 2006 at 8.30PM (Serie A1 TIM 4th round matches)
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2