On Saturday’s live game in the 22nd round of the Serie A1, Vibo Valentia came back from Loreto’s Palaserenelli gym with a tie-break victory. The serve proved to be the main weapon of Jon Uriarte’s team to beat Loreto, which had got off to a brilliant start (25-16) and managed to force a tie-break after trailing 2-1. Loreto were also ahead for most of the fifth set but Barone and Gonzalez made the difference on the serve. Loreto is now three points from Forli and safety.
Alessandro Paoli (Esse-ti Carilo Loreto): “Shame because we got off to a good start again. Despite the fact that Vibo made it hard for us with their serve, we managed to push it to the tie-break, in which we were tied at 12 all. We wanted the three points at all cost but in the end we got only one. Hopefully, this will be useful to stay up”.
JON URIARTE (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “We certainly haven’t played a brilliant game. The spikers were too nervous and inaccurate. Still, we won it and consistency is important at this time of the season”.
Round 22
Saturday 23 January
Esse-ti Carilo Loreto – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 2-3 (25-16, 18-25, 19-25, 25-21, 12-15)
Sunday 24 January at 6pm
Marmi Lanza Verona – Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto – Live on Rai Sport Più
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Bartolini-Cipolla)
Prisma Taranto – Itas Diatec Trentino
(Ippoliti-Cesare)
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
(Sobrero-Boris)
CoprAtlantide Piacenza – Yoga Forlì
(Caltabiano-Gnani)
Andreoli Latina – Acqua Paradiso Monza
(Rapisarda-Santi)
Trenkwalder Modena – Sisley Treviso
(Castagna-Saltalippi)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – RESTED
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 50, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 45, Sisley Treviso 43, CoprAtlantide Piacenza 42, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 39, Trenkwalder Modena 37, Acqua Paradiso Monza 31, Marmi Lanza Verona 29, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 26, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 23, Prisma Taranto 23, Andreoli Latina 19, Yoga Forlì 17, Esse-ti Carilo Loreto 14, Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto 6.
1 game in hand: Trenkwalder Modena, Acqua Paradiso Monza, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia, Prisma Taranto, Yoga Forlì, Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto
1 game more: Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia, Esse-ti Carilo Loreto
