RIESULTS AND MATCH INFO OF THE FIFTH ROUND OF THE SERIE A1 TIM
CUNEO DEFENDS ITS SUPREMACY
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sparkling Milano 3-0 (25-20; 25-23; 25-20)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo: Wijsmans 14, Parodi 8, Gonzalez 2, Fortunato 12, Vergnaghi (L), Lasko 8, Rosso 3, Muraguti Yared 2, Felizardo 5. Non entrati Ariaudo, Curti, Abbadi. All. Prandi
Sparkling Milano: Vicini (L), Millar 7, Nikic 1, Samica 11, Mattera 2, Martino 8, Spairani 5, Travica 1, Gardner 7, Giombini 3. Non entrati Cortina, Rosalba. All. Ricci.
Ref: Pessolano, Mastrodonato
NOTES – Audience 2800; takings 12000; set lenght:24’, 29’, 26’ ; tot 79;
Cuneo – Bre Banca Lannutti impises itself on Sparkling Milano 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-20) and celebrates its fifth consecutive victory, unbeaten from the beginning of the championship.
Press Mvp was Francesco Fortunato, star of a great performance in the middle with 83% in attack.
Spairani replaced Lukasz Kadziewicz for Sparkling.
Heated palasport due to the teams’ old rivalry; spikers Simone Parodi and Matteo Martino felt it as they grew up together in Cuneo.
Both teams play with intensity from the beginning, playng head to head with Cuneo trying a runner and Cuneo counting on its service with a good Samica (another ex).
It’s Francesco Fortunato’s day (86% pos in the set), on 21-19 Cuneo changes its diagonal putting Marlon in for Gonzalez and Rosso for Lasko and wins the set with MArtino wrong service.
The second set is more balanced than the first one but it’s Milano going ahead thanks to good service and blocking, playing with Giombini instead of Gardner.
On 21-21 Cuneo rplaces Rosso with Marlon who signs the 25-23.
Bre Banca Lannutti starts in forth gear in the third set going on 5-1. when Milano plays Travica, setter and Giombini, Samica does its best digging well but Cuneo plays a better game while Milano seesms to fade away, (25& reception).
Prandi puts in the “second” diagonal again, after a few difficulties he goes back to the original one and thanks to a strong service they close 25-20.
Silvano Prandi (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “Overall our service worked well. But we have to improve our blocking and digging on high balls to capitalise the good work done by the service. We knew it would have been hard against Milano, it is a balanced and effective team”.
Francesco Fortunato (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “I am very pleased about this prize that I dedicate to my wife! It has been a good game, hard and winning our fifth consecutive match made us understand we are working in the right direction. Now the Champions is waiting for us, another important appointment”.
MVP: Francesco Fortunato (M. Roma Volley)
Copra Piacenza – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 2-3 (30-32; 25-23; 16-25; 27-25; 12-15)
Copra Piacenza: Rodriguez 18, Granvorka, Cozzi 15, Meoni 1, Boninfante, Santos Dutra (L), Zlatanov 14, Simeonov 17, Gromadowski 2, Bjelica 7. Non entrati Bovolenta. All. Lorenzetti
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari: Sala 14, Popp 15, Pesenti, Tiberti 2, Veres 20, Howard 16, Ahmed 6, Gavotto 22, Zito (L), Manià (L). Non entrati Bojovic, Forni, Balbi. All. Velasco
Ref: Pasquali, Sampaolo
NOTES – Audience 3200; Takings 12000; set lenght: 36’, 26’, 21’, 28’, 17’; tot 124’.
Piacenza – Copra Piacenza dark time goes on. After Cuneo, they are beaten at home by Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari. A success obtained at tie break at the end of a technically not so beautiful match but very emotional, that enteirtained over 3000 people at PalaBanca. Mvp the Australian Howard that finished with 80% in attack.
Copra needs to come out of this crisis while their guests are going through a positive phase with 7 points and 3rd in the standings.
The lombardi are on straight away with a great Gavotto and an unstoppable Veres (3-8). The white and red go up to 12-13 but Montichiari finds a good vantage with some magic by Tiberti and Sala’s imponent blocks (15-18) but goes down in attack so Piacenza takes advantage with Zlatanov that finds a block-out going on 20-20. It is head to head until the emotional ending at vantages won by Acqua Paradiso at its fifth set ball with a mistake from Rodriguez (30-32).
In the second set the same trend of the end of the first on are being confirmed. Copra Piacenza goes ahead thanks to a couple of digs by Sergio after along action getting the audience applause (16-14).
Piacenza seens to lead but Velasco’s boys get back in and with Veres they sing a 22-22. Another finale with pathos: Copra gets its nails out and with Cozzi they win 25-22.
The third set is dominated by the guest team. With Abdalla in the starting six thay are superior on all fronts. The break starts 2-8 which breaks Piacenza’s legs, their attack is systematically nulled by the opponent’s blocks and it is 16-25 for Acqua Paradiso.
It seems to be over but Lorenzetti’s team has another reaction. Thei attack is more effective (15-11) but at their best time Piacenza switches the light off and it is 15-16. Head to head in the end with a final 27-25 at tie break.
The 5th set is lethal for Lorenzetti’s team that is ahead 8-5. Acqua Paradiso keeps its nerves and goes back up winning 12-15.
Vincenzo Simeonov (Copra Piacenza): “We are in the dark. I do not know what is happening to us, when we get to vantages we often lose. Like today. Now it’s time for the Champions and I hope it will give us a victory to get rid of this crisis”.
Julio Velasco (Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari):”I am very happy about my team’s start of the championship. but given how it went last year we need to keep concentrated on what we are doing. It is vital to be able to count on Abdalla full time, now over his ramadan”.
MVP: Daniel Allan Howard
Prisma Taranto – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 1-3 (27-29; 20-25; 25-23; 18-25)
Prisma Taranto: Latelli (L), Rak 9, Nagy 25, Patriarca 12, Castellano 14, Nuti, Vulin 3, Shumov 4, Ardu. Non entrati Durante, Lima Martins Idi, Vissotto Neves. All. Totire
RPA-LuigiBAcchi.it Perugia: Kovacevic, Serafini, Pochini (L), Sintini 4, Kromm 21, Di Franco 8, Nemec 9, Braga, Pippi (L), Vujevic 11, Stokr 20. Non entrati Tuerlinckx, Proper. All. Dall’Olio
Ref: Boris, La Micela
NOTES – set lenght: 30ì’, 23’, 28’, 24’; tot 105’.
Taranto – Vissotto does not recuperate, playing in zone two it’s Peter Nagy. Rather than that there are no surprises at Prisma’s with Nuti , Rak and Vulin MB, Patriarca and Castellano spikers, Latelli libero.
Perugia starts well than it is balance on 8-8 carrying on to 14-16. Goran Vujevic is fundamental in the end with a 27-29.
Balance to start with in the second set. RPA-Luigi Bacchi.it gets everything right and it’s 20-25 after 5 set points.
Perugia is exited and plays well, Taranto tries hard led by its senators. Totire rotates the three MB’s and it is a battle between Castellano and Nemec. Shumov’s ace gives Taranto the mini break (15-11). Dall’Olio throws Kovacevic in for Kromm but Prisma hangs on (16-13). The end becomes very uncertain but it goes to Prisma for 25-23) and it is 1-2.
Totire starts with Shumov. Perugia’s blocks make a difference in the set and they win it 18-25, the match 1-3.
Pupo Dall’Olio (RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia): “Today’s victory was good for our mood but the latest defeats were against really good teams. We managed the match well at the important times with Santini and Prisma, without Vissotto, gave us a hard time. I thinkk blocking was the key. These are important points”.
Antonio Dongiovanni (Presidente Prisma Taranto): “We need to stop and talk to understand what is going on. Personally I believe the team needs to find it in themselves the reason for this defeat”.
MVP: Roberto Kromm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Antonveneta Padova 3-2 (16-25; 24-26; 25-23; 25-17; 15-10)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata: Lebl 12, Smerilli (L), Paparoni 13, Vermiglio 4, Bartoletti 18, Snippe, Saraceni 9, Monopoli, Geric 8, Corsano (L), Santana 4, Omrcen 3, Swiderski 2. All. De Giorgi
Antonveneta Padova: Garghella (L), De Togni 7, Olli, Quarti 1, Esko, Platenik 10, Perazzolo 24, Diaz Mayorca 15, Bontje 12, De Marchi 2. Non entrati Tovo, Bellini. All. Bagnoli
Ref: Zecchini, Giani
NOTES – Audience 1700; takings 7300; set lenght:21’, 28’, 27’, 23’ 16’ ; tot 115’.
Macerata – Lube Banca Marche finds its strenth from the bench: 2-0 under Andrea Bartoletti goes in for Omrcen who is in great difficulty. The diagonal player, who will score 18 points, changes gear for Valerio Vermiglio (mvp) and from the third set onwards, with Saraceni in for Swiderski who gives balance to the back (he closes with 9 points, 58% pos in attack and 64% digging) manages to bring back the white and red’s technical superiority.
They have to fight head to head to win the third set to start the match again but they carry on bending the opponents in the forth one at tie break, with Esko’s many mistakes in attack and the rest of the team’s serves like Platenik and Diaz .
Andrija Geric in for Rodrigao in the second set will also give Lube’s service more effectiveness.
Bruno Bagnoli (Antonveneta Padova): “Bartoletti’s entrance gave Lube determination enhancing their technical superiority especially from an individual point of view. That is when the match changed. Nothing to do in the forth set and in the fifth on we made mistakes which ended up being decisive”.
Andrea Bartoletti (Lube Banca Marche Macerata) : “I am happy about my performance, but especially about the fact that the team won. We cannot express ourselves at our best yet but this victory will allow us to look at the future with optimism. We have to”.
MVP: Valerio Vermiglio
M. Roma Volley – Andreoli Latina 3-0 (25-21; 25-14; 25-18)
M. Roma Volley: Marshall 13, Mastrangelo 6, Coscione 3, Savani 12, Semenzato 5, Miljkovic 12, Henno (L), Hernandez 1. N.E. Tofoli, Molteni, Kooistra, Romero. All. Serniotti.
Andreoli Latina: Gilson 15, Salmon 9, Riad 4, Zaytsev 1, Zanuto 10, Tomassetti 2, Messana (L), Bendandi 0, Moretti 0, Barbareschi 0. N.E. Cardona, Scuderi. All. Gulinelli
Ref: Cinti, Saltalippi
NOTES – Audience 2579; takings 8768; set lenght: 27’, 22’, 25’ ; tot 74′ ;
Roma – M. Roma’s winning trend carries on with a quick win on Andreoli Latina.
Zanuto and Gibson’s attacks were not enough to stop M. Roma Volley that controlled the match without suffering any pressure from Latina in the first set.
In the second set the guests played better but when they should have gone for it the make silly mistakes and launch the romans to a 18-12. Gulinelli tries to swap setters with Bendandi goes in for Zaytsev but it does not take Roma’s digging by surprise going on attacking and digging well. Leo Marshall closes the set with 3 consecutive aces.
M. Roma Volley is practically perfect in the third set: they block the opponents and serve powerfully and precisly, Latina surrenders and for the forth time in a raw, the derby is roman.
Flavio Gulinelli (Andreoli Latina: “In the first set we played a good volleyball. From the second set our condition went down but we knew that doing any better would have been a hard task”.
Roberto Serniotti (M. Roma Volley): “We controlled the first set, in the second one we kept our concentration even if we were behind. 3-0 vicories demonstrate a team’s concentration and determination, which is not easy when you have to prepare matches in such a short time”.
MVP: Leonell Marshall
RESULTS
Sisley Treviso – Cimone Modena 3-2 (24-26, 25-17, 18-25, 25-22, 17-15)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sparkling Milano 3-0 (25-20; 25-23; 25-20)
Copra Piacenza – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 2-3 (30-32; 25-23; 16-25; 27-25; 12-15)
Prisma Taranto – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 1-3 (27-29; 20-25; 25-23; 18-25)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Antonveneta Padova 3-2 (16-25; 24-26; 25-23; 25-17; 15-10)
M. Roma Volley – Andreoli Latina 3-0 (25-21; 25-14; 25-18)
Mon Oct 15th 2007, 20:30
Itas Diatec Trentino – Famigliulo Corigliano DIRETTA SKY SPORT 2
Rapisarda – Meneghini
STANDINGS
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 14; M. Roma Volley 12; Cimone Modena 10; Itas Diatec Trentino*, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 9; Antonveneta Padova, Sisley Treviso 8; Prisma Taranto 7; Lube Banca Marche Macerata, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 6; Famigliulo Corigliano* 5; Sparkling Milano 4; Copra Piacenza 3; Andreoli Latina 1.
* one less match played
