The second edition of the Yuri Sapega memorial, which was played in front of a thousand spectators, ended with the victory of Russia’s over 40 team. It had the better of a veteran Italian national team 2-1 .
“It’s great to be able to remember such a great champion and at the same time to allocate the money to the population victim of the earthquake in the Abbruzzo region” said Davide Toro, ex Padova captain who took part in the game.
Italia Veterans – Russia Veterans 1-2
(25-20; 14-25; 22-25)
ITALIA: Davide Tovo, Stefano Margutti, Salvatore Badalato, Stefano Pascucci, Nicola Mazzonelli, Roberto Masciarelli, Maurizio Vianello, Claudio Galli, Fernando Franceschi, Andrea Zorzi, Hugo Conte. Coach: Carmelo Pittera.
RUSSIA: Konstantin Ushakov, Andrey Gorbenko, Sergey Ochinnikov, Igor Kurnosov, Alexander Yaremenko, Sergey Orlenko, Michail Kernyshov, Ilya Savelyev, Coach: Kaliunin, Oleg Antonov. Allenatore: Vladimir Kondra.
