Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A

ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-2 (25-19, 25-18, 30-32, 21-25, 15-10)

ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 24, Segnalini (L), Birarelli 7, Zygadlo, Della Lunga 6, Vissotto Neves 31, Grbic 2, Leonardi, Winiarski 13, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 1, Bari (L), Piscopo 1. Dnp Stefanov. Coach. Stoytchev Radostin.

BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Wijsmans 16, Gonzalez 3, Fortunato 10, Vergnaghi (L), Nuti 1, Curti 7, Abbadi 1, Biribanti 24, Pieri (L), Platenik 10. Dnp Ariaudo, Rossi, Coscione Mattia. Coach. Prandi Silvano.

A full house in Trento witnessed the home team got off to a strong start with some good reactive work at the net. Without Nikolov, the starting outside hitter, Prandi’s team was not accurate in serve and attack, where Bribanti seemed to be tense. The impression is that Trento was one level above, and the second set confirmed this, as Cuneo appeared to be tired. Vissotto and Winiarski led the team to a 2-0 lead.

Cuneo started to play in the third set with Wijmans and Nuti as leaders. As time went on, the determination and belief increased. Trento faded in reception and attack but it remained tight. In the end, after wasting 7 set points, Cuneo eventually snatched it 32-30.

The game was getting interesting and exciting. In the fourth set, Stoychev sent Leonardi for Piscopo, then every Trento fan held its breath as Winiarski hurt his ankle and was substituted by Della Lunga. Cuneo had its main man in Bribanti, who gained the advantage on his serve. Trento failed to react and it was all down to the last set.

Cuneo believed in its chance to win it while Trento hanged in. Wijmans responded to Vissotto and then Stoychev sent Riad on. And that’s precisely the brazilian partnership Riad-Vissotto (the later scored 31 points) that sent Trento celebrating the first point of the semi final. The next encounter is scheduled in Cuneo on Wednesday 22 April.

Andrea Bari (Itas Diatec Trentino): “Our excellent end of game made up for the middle part which has been particularly brilliant, we had struggled to receive Cuneo’s serve. Tonight’s victory shows that we have a complete squad, with many possibilities. Our team knows how to fight till the end. At 2-0 up, the game changed but we managed to focus again on the game. It is a very important victory”.

Silvano Prandi (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “When Nuti came on, this allowed Biribanti to make his mark on the game, because our second outisde hitter has a better understanding with him. In this game, we managed to do what we had successfully done against Montichiari over the five games. We got back well in the game but we paid the price for the too many mistakes made in the tie-break”.

 2008/09 PLAYOFF DRAW

RESULTS AND FIXTURES

GAME 1

Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 3-0 (25-22; 25-15; 25-18)

Sunday 19 April at 7pm

Itas Diatec Trentino vs Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-2 (25-19, 25-18, 30-32, 21-25, 15-10)

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