SERIE A1 TIM
Third consecutive win for Vibo Valentia
The Uriarte cure keeps working wonders for Vibo Valentia, who won 3-0 once again with its new coach. In the PalaOlimpia gym, the guest of Verona had to surrender against the enthusiasm and determination of the hosts.
Forli’s 3-0 victory over Padova in the big clash at the bottom of the table means Molducci’s team is catching up Pineto and Martina Franca, both on the losing end, respectively against Piacenza and Modena.
In the PalaBanca, Piacenza left only one set to Pineto. Cleber was not enough for Montagnani’s team. The red and whites did well to make up for the many players missing playing with great character to obtain three crucial points.
Modena won it in the tie-break, just like Cuneo and Macerata, who remained unbeaten at home in the league this season. In Cuneo, Wijmans and co stopped Perugia, who had registered 9 successive wins, in a game playe dat maximum intensity.
Treviso came away with a bitter defeat but still obtained an important point for the playoffs. Treviso fought hard during the five sets but in the end Macerata prevailed.
Montichiari bounced back playing well in front of its fans andgetting the three points. They lost the first set by the minimum margin but then became more accurate, especially in attack. Esko was on song and was dishing out good balls for Gavotto and Horstink, who combined for 42 points. That’s how they had the better of the league leaders Trentino, who stays top but whose advantage has been reduced by two points by Cuneo and Macerata.
There are only two places up for grabs in the playoffs. Indeed, the top sixth are now mathematically qualified for the post season.
SERIE A1 TIM – 23rd ROUND
Sunday 1 March at 6
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-11)
Trenkwalder Modena – Stamplast Martina Franca 3-2 (25-21, 15-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-13)
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Framasil Pineto 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 18-25, 25-19)
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari – Itas Diatec Trentino 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Sisley Treviso 3-2 (19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 20-25, 16-14)
Yoga Forlì – Antonveneta Padova 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-23)
Marmi Lanza Verona – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 0-3 (22-25, 20-25, 15-25)
TABLE
Itas Diatec Trentino 52, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 50, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 50, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 44, Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 44, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 40, Sisley Treviso 34, Marmi Lanza Verona 33, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 30, Trenkwalder Modena 27, Stamplast Martina Franca 23, Framasil Pineto 22, Yoga Forlì 20, Antonveneta Padova 14.
STATS AND POST GAME QUOTES
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 25-21, 23-25, 15-11)
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Wijsmans 25, Rossi 4, Gonzalez 8, Vergnaghi (L), Nikolov 16, Nuti, Curti 8, Abbadi 2, Biribanti 6, Pieri (L), Platenik 11. Dnp Ariaudo, Fortunato. Coach. Prandi Silvano.
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA: Kovacevic 9, Savani 6, Nemec 1, Serafini, Sintini 1, Felizardo 9, Pippi (L), Vujevic 16, Stokr 20, Fanuli (L), Bovolenta 12, Botti. Dnp Cruz De Carvalho. Coach. Di Pinto Vincenzo.
Silvano Prandi (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “With this win againsy Perugia, we’ve increased our chances to finish in the top three. They play good volleyball, it’s been like a rehearsal before what’s coming ahead. We had a good spell on the serve and dig, but it also went missing at times. Young Rossi was useful to the team and he could come handy too in the next games”.
Renato Felizardo (RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia): “Cuneo had a good game and we only found our rhythm after the first set. This was my first time as ex in this gym, so it was a special game for me”.
TRENKWALDER MODENA – STAMPLAST MARTINA FRANCA 3-2 (25-21, 15-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-13)
TRENKWALDER MODENA: Lee 4, Ciabattini (L), Tencati, Rinaldi (L), Dennis 31, Sartoretti, Santos 6, Smuc, Travica 5, Siebeck 1, Endres 14, Casoli 7. Dnp Kooistra. Coach. Zanini Emanuele.
STAMPLAST MARTINA FRANCA: Ricciardello (L), Coscione 3, Stancu 13, Cernic 17, Guglielmi (L), Mastrangelo 11, Sequeira 12, Furtado 1, Rodriguez 18. Dnp Stoijkovic, Corsini, Quartarone. Coach. D’onghia Gianni.
Angel Dennis (Trenkwalder Modena): “It was a difficult game, very tense.We knew we had to win it and we just managed to do it. Unfortunetaly, our main targets have not been reached but we have to give our best to finish this difficult season seriously and professionally”.
Luigi Mastrangelo (Stamplast Martina Franca): “We got back in the game twice and in the fifth set, we got off to a better start than Modena. Unfortunately, our Achilles proved to be the reception again. To win a game, it’s not enough to build a 4 or 5-point gap”.
COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA – FRAMASIL PINETO 3-1 (25-19, 25-23, 18-25, 25-19)
COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA: Rak 8, Pampel 15, Insalata, Meoni 1, Marshall 22, Grassano 7, Boninfante 1, Zingaro, Durante (L), Dunnes, Bjelica 11. Dnp Zlatanov. Coach. Lorenzetti Angelo.
FRAMASIL PINETO: De Oliveira 19, Hietanen, Fantin 15, Sborgia, Lampariello (L), De Gennaro Leme 4, Rodrigo 15, Buti 7, Fabroni, Ravellino 5, Vigilante. Dnp Jago, Mancini. Coach. Montagnani Paolo.
Angelo Lorenzetti (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza): “We needed to be more consistent, not so much in the results but in our game working from the Montichiari game. We did that, I liked our attitude. Congratulations to Meoni who played as if he had six starters instead of the being in the tricky situation we’re in right now”.
Paolo Montagnani (Framasil Pineto): “Very disappointed about the second set when at 22-21, we failed to finish off a play…Given Forli’s result, we’ll have to get down to work and focus on our main target: staying up”.
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 3-1 (25-27, 25-23, 25-23, 25-23)
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI: Sala 2, Rauwerdink 10, Pesenti, Horstink 20, Tiberti, Esko 4, Forni 11, Howard 6, Gavotto 22, Manià (L). Dnp Bellei, Zito. Coach. Berruto Mauro.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 6, Segnalini (L), Birarelli 8, Della Lunga 5, Vissotto Neves 18, Grbic 3, Winiarski 15, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 5, Bari (L), Stefanov 4, Piscopo. Dnp Zygadlo, De Paola. Coach. Stoytchev Radostin.
Nikola Grbic (Itas Diatec Trentino): “We’re playing in different competition and they are all extremely important for the club. This si not an excuse to justify today’s defeat, but all the sets were quite tight and we played against a team that fought hard from start to finish. In my opinion, we can still be satisfied with the performance we had. It’s been a tough game and Montichiari did a good job of taking some risks, especially on the serve, which caused us quite a few problems”.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – SISLEY TREVISO 3-2 (19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 20-25, 16-14)
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lebl 13, Giovi (L), Vermiglio, Bartoletti, Snippe 1, Martino 13, Monopoli, Corsano (L), Santana 8, Omrcen 31, Swiderski 10, Podrascanin. Dnp Saraceni. Coach. De Giorgi Ferdinando.
SISLEY TREVISO: Fei 20, Papi 8, Farina (L), Kohut 7, Antonov, Endres 18, Cisolla 17, Daldello, Garcia 1. Dnp Bortolozzo Matteo, Dolfo, Saitta. Coach. Dall’olio Francesco.
Ferdinando De Giorgi (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “We had a lot of ups and downs in various areas of the game, which is why we did not manage to make many blocks. Still, our character made the difference in the clutch moments, and that is always a good sign, all the more so considering the Champions League game we have on Wednesday against Kazan”.
Alessandro Fei (Sisley Treviso): “We played a lot better than our last recent outings, but we faded in the key moments of the game. Still, this loss at the tie-break must be seen with a positive eye because we got an important point out of it”.
YOGA FORLì – ANTONVENETA PADOVA 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 25-23)
YOGA FORLì: Haldane 5, Henno (L), Molteni 16, Redwitz 2, Di Franco 5, Casadei 18, Bellini, Patriarca 11, Bozko 2. Dnp Bendi, Cardona, Loglisci. Coach. Molducci Piero.
ANTONVENETA PADOVA: Garghella (L), De Togni 2, Meggiolaro, Maniero 4, Raymaekers 5, Kral, Mattera 1, Perazzolo 6, Kromm 22, Maruotti 9. Dnp Gottardo. Coach. Bagnoli Bruno.
Alberto Casadei (Yoga Forlì): “We had to come out with the goods and we did it. Always composed, with an excellent reception and a good job at the net. Besides, we managed to be clinical right until the last play, winning the third set coming from behind. We did pretty well”.
Giordano Mattera (Antonveneta Padova): “It’s disappointing, we had prepared the game well, but we failed to perform in various areas of the game. We’ll now try to get as high as we can, even though we know this was a great opportunity and we did not manage to make the most of it”.
MARMI LANZA VERONA – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 0-3 (22-25, 20-25, 15-25)
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Latelli (L), Parodi 10, Popp, Sottile 2, Colaci, Lasko 16, Dehne, Volpini (L), Maric 10, Semenzato 2, Bontje 3, Mosterts 1. Dnp Szabo. Coach. Giuliani Alberto.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Contreras 15, Cozzi 4, Vieira De Oliveira, Diaz Mayorca 13, Simeonov 16, Shumov 6, Cicola (L). Dnp Ditlevsen, Sammelvuo, Ferraro, Barone, Bozidis. Coach. Uriarte Jon.
Elvis Contreras (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “We got off to an excellent start while Verona did not play very well. We did well to take advantage of the opportunities that came our way. We keep working towards to playoffs playing one game at a time, then we’ll see what are the results”.
Alberto Giuliani (Marmi Lanza Verona): “We wanted to obtain our playoff spot today but we failed to do so. We did not make the most of our qualities: the character and the serve, blocks and dig, which are fundamentsla that shows the character. The technique was not as important, I think the pressure got us a bit nervous”.
