SERIE A1 TIM
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO CONSOLIDATE LEADERSHIP
Cuneo did not appear as brilliant as it had been in its last 13 outings and let the victory in the big game to Trentino. The Italian Champs were stronger in attack, led by Grbic, and registered their seventh consecutive win (league and Europe) on a 3-0 score.
Forli excelled once again against a top team of this league. Still, just like seven days ago, it the excellent performance against Macerata was not enough to get a point. Macerata is now level on points with Cuneo. Igor Omrcen stood out with 31 points.
Uriarte continues to be successful as his team inflicted a 3-0 to Modena and kept its dream of a playoffs spot alive. Another one to keep dreaming, but to stay up, is Padova, who swept Martina Franca. Bruno Bagnoli’s boys built their victory on the serve and blocks. The team did well not to be distracted by the fact that Ramon Gato left the club by mutual consent with the staff.
Two encounters were decided at the tie-break: Montichiari versus Piacenza and Perugia versus Verona. Piacenza registered a spectacular comeback which, after the Champions League exit, will boost the team’s confidence. Perugia keeps increasing its record of consecutive win. Its 8th consecutive victim was Verona, who still got an important point out of it in the race for the playoffs.
SERIE A1 TIM – 22nd ROUND
Yoga Forlì – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 1-3 (22-25; 25-27; 27-25; 16-25)
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 2-3 (25-22; 25-22; 18-25; 22-25; 11-15)
Antonveneta Padova – Stamplast Martina Franca 3-0 (25-18; 25.23; 28-26)
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – Trenkwalder Modena 3-0 (25-23; 25-19; 25-20)
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia – Marmi Lanza Verona 3-2 (23-25; 25-20; 25-16; 21-25; 15-12)
Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-0 (25-17; 25-17; 25-20)
Monday 23 february at 8.30
Framasil Pineto – Sisley Treviso LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
(Cipolla – Castagna)
TABLE
Itas Diatec Trentino 52, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 48, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 48, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 43, Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 41, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 37, Marmi Lanza Verona 33, Sisley Treviso 32, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 27, Trenkwalder Modena 25, Stamplast Martina Franca 22, Framasil Pineto 20, Yoga Forlì 17, Antonveneta Padova 14.
Note: 1 Game in hand: Sisley Treviso, Framasil Pineto;
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI – COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA 2-3 (25-22, 25-22, 18-25, 22-25, 11-15)
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari: Sala 10, Rauwerdink 13, Pesenti 2, Horstink 18, Tiberti, Esko 1, Howard 10, Bellei, Gavotto 23, Zito, Manià (L). Dnp Forni. Coach. Berruto
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza: Rak 10, Pampel 27, Insalata, Meoni 1, Marshall 19, Grassano 14, Boninfante 1, Durante (L), Dunnes, Bjelica 10. Dnp Zingaro, Zlatanov. Coach. Lorenzetti
Robert Horstink (Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari): “I’ll repeat exactly what i said last Sunday after the Verona game: When we play well we’re very strong, but when we start a set and things don’t go according to plan, we can’t seem to be able to react. Next is Trentino, it will be a very tough one. It’s a shame we lost this one because we could have got a better result”.
Christian Pampel (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza): “I was convinced we could do well, but I was not as sure that we could win it. The first two sets were very difficult for us, but then we managed to get back in it because we improved on our serve. All in all, we played well, but Montichiari were not bad either”.
ANTONVENETA PADOVA – STAMPLAST MARTINA FRANCA 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 28-26)
Antonveneta Padova: Garghella (L), De Togni 6, Maniero, Raymaekers 11, Kral, Mattera 1, Perazzolo 10, Kromm 17, Maruotti 15. Dnp Gottardo, Saracino, Meggiolaro. Coach. Bagnoli Bruno.
Stamplast Martina Franca: Ricciardello (L), Coscione, Stancu 2, Cernic 14, Guglielmi (L), Mastrangelo 5, Corsini 1, Sequeira 14, Furtado, Rodriguez 6. Dnp Stoijkovic, Quartarone. Coach. D’Onghia
Bruno Bagnoli (Antonveneta Padova): “We played with character. We really wanted this win and we got it against an excellent team. We did a good job of putting them under pressure: the 8 aces and 11 blocks is a clear testimony of our aggresiiveness from the first to the last minute. We managed to be incisive in the key moments too”.
Manuel Coscione (Stamplast Martina Franca): “Padova believed in it, unfortunately we didn’t. We digged well, but we were not as effective in attack. This is our problem since the beginning of the year. Now we have to bounce back”.
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA – MARMI LANZA VERONA 3-2 (23-25, 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 15-12)
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia: Kovacevic, Savani 27, Nemec, Serafini, Sintini 1, Felizardo 12, Pippi (L), Vujevic 6, Stokr 22, Fanuli (L), Bovolenta 12. Dnp Cruz De Carvalho, Botti. Coach. Di Pinto
Marmi Lanza Verona: Latelli (L), Parodi 10, Popp 9, Sottile 2, Lasko 16, Dehne, Szabo, Colaci (L), Maric 10, Semenzato 3, Bontje 15, Mosterts 3. Dnp Volpini. Coach. Giuliani
Vigor Bovolenta (RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia): “This has been the toughest of the last four or five matches. We needed a difficult game like this because we were getting used too much to winning without fighting too hard. We managed to win it and that’s what matters”.
Daniele Sottile (Marmi Lanza Verona): “We got a point but are a bit disappointed. Still, we showed once more what is our main strength: the character. This point will be very important for the league table anyway”.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-20)
Itas Diatec Trentino: Kaziyski 15, Segnalini (L), Birarelli 6, Della Lunga, Vissotto Neves 15, Grbic 5, Winiarski 9, Bari (L), Piscopo 5. Dnp Zygadlo, Leonardi, Garcia Pires Ribeiro, Stefanov. Coach. Stoytchev
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo: Wijsmans 12, Gonzalez, Fortunato 7, Vergnaghi (L), Nikolov 9, Curti 6, Abbadi 4, Biribanti 1, Pieri (L), Platenik 2. Dnp Ariaudo, Nuti. Coach. Prandi
Emanuele Birarelli (Itas Diatec Trentino): “We had a great performance. Our opponent focused on their serve, but they did not get what they wanted out of it and they made many mistakes. We struggled a bit against their middleblockers, but we had decided to focus on their main men, Wijmans and Nikolov”.
Vladimir Nikolov (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “It’s great to be back here because we did something exceptional here last year. It was fantastic to receive such a nice welcoming, the fans have been great. As for the games, we faced the leaders, who are superior than us in every department of the game”.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA – TRENKWALDER MODENA 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-20)
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia: Contreras 13, Cozzi 9, Vieira De Oliveira 2, Diaz Mayorca 16, Simeonov 11, Shumov 7, Cicola (L). Dnp Ditlevsen, Sammelvuo, Ferraro, Cannistrà, Barone, Bozidis. Coach. Uriarte
Trenkwalder Modena: Lee 1, Ciabattini (L), Tencati 1, Kooistra 3, Rinaldi (L), Dennis 18, Sartoretti 9, Santos 7, Smuc, Travica, Siebeck, Endres 8, Casoli. Coach. Zanini
Jon Uriarte(Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “I’m very glad with the way the boys played. To win against Modena is a step forward in the table. From Tuesday, we’ll have to focus exclusively on the Verona game and work like we did in the past few days. Thanks to our fans who supported us from start to finish”.
Emanuele Zanini (Trenkwalder Modena): “We really have to forget about the disapointment for thos defeat. We definitely prepared the game well, but on the court we did not follow our plans at all. Congratulations to Vibo valentia, who, in my opinion, had a great performance”.
YOGA FORLI’ – LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 1-3 (22-25, 25-27, 27-25, 16-25)
Yoga Forlì: Henno (L), Molteni 10, Bendi (L), Bittar 19, Haldane 12, Redwitz, Di Franco 9, Casadei 7, Bellini 2, Patriarca 5, Bozko. Dnp Loglisci, Dolfo. Coach. Molducci
