SERIE A1 TIM – 11th ROUND, 2nd LEG
EARLY MATCHES
PIACENZA STOPS LEADER TRENTO
TREVISO GETS THREE POINTS AGAINST TARANTO
tue Mar 25th, 20.30 – 11th ROUND, 2nd LEG – EARLY MATCHES
Sisley Treviso – Prisma Taranto 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-19)
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Itas Diatec Trentino 3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-13)
Wed Mar 26th, 20.30 – 10th ROUND, 2nd LEG – DEFEREMENT
Cimone Modena – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
Caldarola – Ippoliti
Sun Mar 30th, 18.00 – 11th ROUND, 2nd LEG
Andreoli Latina – Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Lavorenti – Bartolini
Cimone Modena – Famigliulo Corigliano
Padoan – Sobrero
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia – Antonveneta Padova
Castagna – Cipolla
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari – Sparkling Milano
Cinti – Saltalippi
M. Roma Volley – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Sampaolo – Pasquali
SERIE A1 TIM STANDINGS
Itas Diatec Trentino** 56; Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 52; Sisley Treviso** 46; M. Roma Volley 45; Lube Banca Marche Macerata 44; Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza** 43; Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 32; Sparkling Milano 30; Cimone Modena* 29; RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia* 24; Antonveneta Padova 23; Prisma Taranto** 22; Famigliulo Corigliano 21; Andreoli Latina 19.
*una partita in meno
** one extra match
COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 3-2 (25-23, 23-25, 25-16, 23-25, 15-13)
COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA: Granvorka 16, Cozzi 2, Meoni, Boninfante, Santos Dutra (L), Zlatanov 21, Simeonov 15, Bravo 2, Gromadowski 1, Bovolenta 10, Bjelica 12. N E Rodriguez. Coach Lorenzetti Angelo.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 17, Segnalini (L), Birarelli 11, Jeroncic 3, Della Lunga 5, Grbic 5, Stoyanov, Nikolov 30, Mlyakov, Winiarski 7, Bari (L), Piscopo 4. N E Bednaruk. Coach Stoytchev Radostin.
REFs: Daniele Rapisarda, Massimo Menghini. NOTES – Spectators 3300, takings 13000, set lenght: 32′, 25′, 31′, 32′, 17′; tot: 137′.
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza stops the 11th leader Itas Diatec Trentino’s positive series of 11 consecutive victories, defeated today for 3-2. It is a very emotional match, good playing with 2 teams who fought for almost 2 and a half hours.
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza starts better in the first set. They take advantage of a better attention to blocking, together with a high efficiency of the actions replayed. The home team goes ahead and the difference in this set is made by Granvorka and Zlatanov, unstoppable in attack.
Itas Diatec, action after action, find themselves on 23-23. the decisive break is signed by Grankova and Zlatanov who give the first set to Piacenza.
The second set smiles to Trento instead. It is certainly more balanced than the 1st one. The two serving mistakes of Cozzi and Bravo in the end are vital. Itas Diatec gets even thanks to a 23-25 victory.
A balance that does not seem to break up at the beginning of the third set. The teams are on the same level up to 11-11. That is when the home team goes ahead on 16-13 at first then 20-13 for a final 25-16.
the 4th set closes with only two points between the two teams. 23-25 for Itas Diatec Trentino.
They go to tie break. Simeonov falls badly and he is forced to leave the match which is once again very intense. Zlatanov steps up towards the end. He stops Nikolov first and then scores an ace that brings his team on 13-11. Bravo spikes the 14-12 soon after that; Meoni’s block over Nikolov closes the match.
Angelo Lorenzetti (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza) “ I am happy. We played well, the big regret is for the 4th set which we could have managed better winning it. We played against the leader who is coming from a great period and tonight they made us work hard”.
Vladimir Nikolov (Itas Diatec Trentino) “We tried to win this match in any possible way. But looking at it overall, I believe it was actually very balanced. On our hand we need to register our reception”.
MVP: Novica Bjelica (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza)
SISLEY TREVISO – PRISMA TARANTO 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-19)
SISLEY TREVISO: Horstink 10, Fei 16, Hubner 9, Papi, Endres 4, Pujol 4, Cisolla 9, Ricci Petitoni (L). N E Kral, Saitta, Antonov, Maruotti. Coach Dal Zotto Renan.
PRISMA TARANTO: Latelli (L), Rak 4, Nagy, Patriarca 7, Castellano 5, Nuti, Vulin 2, Pereu 1, Shumov 5, Ardu, Vissotto Neves 15. N E Durante. Coach Lattari Radames.
REFs: Paolo Barbero, Roberto Locatelli. NOTES – Spectators 780, takings 2700, set lenght: 20′, 27′, 20′; tot: 67′.
Sisley Volley against Prisma Taranto for the 11th round early match, before the Indesit Champions League’s Final Four which will see Treviso against Lodz in Poland.
A 3-0 that arrived despite Farina at home with the flu (he will be in Lodz), replaced by Ricci Petitoni, author of a good performance. A resting round ofr captain Papi too, Horstink playing on his behalf, while Prisma playes with all their players even though some of them are not at their best due to the flu.
Prisma starts well in the first two sets, with Vissotto stinging in attack, 15 points for the Brasilian, but Sisley keeps the contact at all times and as soon as they push on the accelerator, there is nothing their opponents can do.
Incisive serves, 10 aces in total, and a wild Hubner, MVP with 9 points, 4 aces and 100% in attack, give Sisley the victory.
In the third set there is nothing to do for Taranto from the beginning. Fei hammers from behind the three metres, 17 points, and the whole teams looks like they are in a state of grace which hides the absences: it is 25-19 in the end and a 3-0 that allows Dal Zotto’s men to save precious energies for saturday.
Renan Dal Zotto (Sisley Treviso): “We need everyone at 110% that is why we spared Papi tonight, for the Championd League. I am very happy about the team’s effort and concentration”.
Leandro Vissotto (Prisma Taranto): “They are high and ready to go for the Champions League so winning here was impossible especially with Sisley fighting with this continuity. There is not much to do, we tried, we will try and make up for it in the next few matches which are a bit more affordable”.
MVP: Stefan Hubner (Sisley Treviso)
