Serie A1 round 1
66th championship starts with 2 tie-breaks. The Italian champs easy debut in sold-out gym. Monza and Modena grab away wins.
SISLEY TREVISO – YOGA FORLì 3-1 (21-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-18)
SISLEY TREVISO: Fei 17, Horstink 16, Kovar 2, Papi 3, Farina (L), Boninfante, De Togni, Bontje 4, Pujol 3, Maruotti 8, Vanin (L), Bjelica 10. DNP Szabo. Coach. Piazza.
YOGA FORLì: Falasca 17, Bacci, Diachkov 12, De Pandis (L), Saitta 5, Kovacevic 15, Bellei, Oivanen 7, Bovolenta 9. DNP Cuturic, Olivucci, Ainsworth. Coach. Molducci.
Roberto Piazza (Coach Sisley Treviso): “We have to be happy with the result, this is good for the league table and for the spirit. We improved as the game wore on. It was important for me in this game to make my team understand how difficult is the Italian league and I think I couldn’t have asked for a better game or better opponent to do so. We are getting better, but we are not at the level we managed to reach at the end of last season. My target is to get to that point and improve on that, but that will only be possible if we work hard in the gym”.
Piero Molducci (Coach Yoga Forlì): “We’ve lost an important point here. In the second set with Treviso trailing 22-20 and going through a difficult moment, we unfortunately failed to seal the set. Shame because we can’t afford to lose too many points here and there”.
BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT SAN GIUSTINO 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-20) –
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Henno (L), Parodi 13, Galic, Fortunato 9, Grbic 4, Peda 2, Nikolov 13, Patriarca 8, Rossi, Volkov 6. DNP Mastrangelo, Montagna, Carletti. Coach. Giuliani.
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT SAN GIUSTINO: Zhukouski 1, Van Den Dries 3, Schwarz 1, Bartoletti 8, Giovi (L), Finazzi 3, Nikic 7, Maric 13, Cester 2, Steuerwald. DNP Braga, Lo Bianco. Coach. Zanini.
Alberto Giuliani (coach Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “We had been training all together only for a week because of the players involved in the World championships, so we are not prepared yet. Hopefully, we will improve quickly because the Champions League will start soon as well. We’ll have more and more games to face and it will be more difficult to work on some aspects of the game”.
Marco Fenoglio (ass.coach RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino): “Overall, this was rather positive. We certainly didn’t come here to take the three points. We still have a lot of work to do but, given the level of our opponent and the fact that we missed our outside hitter, we can say this performance was not that bad”.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO – BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-18) –
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Birarelli 6, Della Lunga 4, Juantorena 15, Vieira De Oliveira 2, Sala 7, Bratoev 3, Sokolov, Stokr 18, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 1, Bari (L). DNP Leonardi, Zygadlo, Colaci. Coach. Stoytchev.
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Milushev 3, Rak 10, Cozzi 6, Guglielmi (L), Guerra 10, Patriarca, Falaschi 2, Torre, Dvoranen 7, Rodriguez 9, Gallotta 1. DNP Pagano, Cicola. Coach. Lattari.
Jan Stokr (Coach Itas Diatec Trentino): “we couldn’t have started any better but we deserve this because we always work very hard. There is still a lot to be done but we have started the right way. Despite the fact it is its first year in the A1, Castellana Grotte is a team with a lot of experience”.
Radames Lattari (BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte): “We’ll have to be happy for having played face to face with Trento at some points of the game, and that is already an achievement. When Juantorena serves like tonight, there is little you can do. You’d need a weapon to stop him. I’m only joking, obviously, it’s just to make you understand that we could never have challenged a team like that”.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-20) –
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Savani 16, Paparoni (L), Vermiglio 1, Stankovic 6, Martino 8, Omrcen 9, Podrascanin 6. DNP Marchiani, Conte, Vadeleux, Van Walle, Cacchiarelli. Coach. Berruto.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Coscione 1, Suljagic 1, Anderson 11, Kindgard, Baroti, Simeonov 10, Ananiev 13, Barone 9, Fanuli (L). DNP Ferraro. Coach. Di Pinto.
Mauro Berruto (Coach Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “The rhythm and quality was not excessively high but that is normal at the beginning of the season. The team showed interesting things, it showed glimpses of the quality that it will be able to put better in practice when the team will have jelled. Paparoni? Good job, not only for the stats, but also for his personality. I have seen him train for two months and he improved day after day, I had no doubt he would do well and could have performances of this kind”.
Vincenzo Di Pinto (Coach Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “There was a big difference in terms of technique and physical attributes. When you add to this that we have a young team with players who are in Italy for the first time, you can easily understand the result. We need to find our rhythm, our beginning of championship is very tough, we’ll have to find a way to improve while going through the difficult moments, by working hard.
ANDREOLI LATINA – CASA MODENA 2-3 (25-27, 25-21, 25-19, 18-25, 19-21) –
ANDREOLI LATINA: Kovacevic 19, Popelka, Kohut 10, Gitto, Sottile 1, Nonne, Pieri (L), Spairani 9, Vujevic 16, Starovic 29, Giombini 2. DNP Labardi. Coach. Medei.
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Fabroni, Kooistra 9, Dennis 19, Berezhko 14, Kooy 22, Casadei 2, Esko 5, Creus Larry 9, Casoli 1, Piscopo. DNP Ciabattini, Diaz. Coach. Prandi.
Giampaolo Medei (Coach Andreoli Latina): “I am very glad because my team has played at a good level in terms of quality and competitive spirit. This is the basis, now we have to improve in some fundamentals, like the block for example”.
Silvano Prandi (Coach Casa Modena): “I expected just about any possible result. The tie-break mirrors perfectly what happened during the game, it was very tight”.
M. ROMA VOLLEY – MARMI LANZA VERONA 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 18-25, 21-19) –
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Poey 30, Zaytsev 8, Paolucci 1, Lebl 12, Uriarte 1, Cesarini (L), Saraceni 3, Bencz, Yosifov 14, Cisolla 11. DNP Tomatis, Corsini, Corsano. Coach. Giani.
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Latelli 2, Pajenk 15, Kosmina 2, Brunner 8, Meoni, Lasko 26, Smerilli (L), Lotman, Zingel, Cala Gerardo 14, Herpe 9. DNP Bolla. Coach. Bagnoli.
Michal Lasko (Marmi Lanza Verona): “We wasted a great opportunity to win it at the tie-break. On the one hand, I am happy because we improved during the game, but on the other hand we made too many mistakes in the fifth set, and when you make that many mistakes, you can’t win”.
Adriano Paolucci (M. Roma Volley): “First of all, I want to congratulate Uriarte. He’s only trained with us for two days but he did extremely well. It’s true that I came on at the end of the game, but Uriarte played the whole game at a top level. I am especially satisfied with the reaction we had in the tie-break when we were badly trailing. Giani had told us that the first few games of the league have to be won with the nerves and pure technique”.
Giocata Sabato 23 Ottobre – Anticipo Raisport 1
COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA – ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA 0-3 (23-25, 21-25, 19-25) –
COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA: Popp 14, Semenzato 4, Marra (L), Gonzalez 4, Ruiz 1, Perazzolo, Nilsson 4, Zlatanov 18, Tencati 9. DNP Piano, Massari, Boschi. Coach. Lorenzetti.
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA: Rauwerdink 13, Krumins 1, Forni, Buti 5, Rooney 18, Travica 2, Gavotto 17, Shumov 4, Exiga (L). DNP Cetrullo, Pesenti, Zito, Molteni. Coach. Monti.
Round round results
Sisley Treviso-Yoga Forlì 3-1 (21-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-18); Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo-RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-20); Copra Morpho Piacenza-Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 0-3 (23-25, 21-25, 19-25); Itas Diatec Trentino-BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-18); Lube Banca Marche Macerata-Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-20); Andreoli Latina-Casa Modena 2-3 (25-27, 25-21, 25-19, 18-25, 19-21); M. Roma Volley-Marmi Lanza Verona 3-2 (25-22, 21-25, 25-22, 18-25, 21-19)
Next round
Saturday 30 October at 4pm
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – M. Roma Volley Live on Rai Sport 1
Sunday 31 October at 6pm
Casa Modena – Sisley Treviso Live on Rai Sport 1; Yoga Forlì – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo; Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Lube Banca Marche Macerata; BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Andreoli Latina; Marmi Lanza Verona – Copra Morpho Piacenza; RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino – Itas Diatec Trentino
Standing
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3, Itas Diatec Trentino 3, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 3, Sisley Treviso 3, Casa Modena 2, M. Roma Volley 2, Marmi Lanza Verona 1, Andreoli Latina 1, Yoga Forlì 0, Copra Morpho Piacenza 0, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 0, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 0, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 0
Serie A2 round 2
Santa Croce and Padova top with two 3-point wins. Genova and Città Di Castello behind still unbeaten
GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO – CHEBANCA! MILANO 3-2 (23-25, 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 15-9) –
GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO: Ravellino 7, Rossini (L), Vedovotto 15, Orduna 2, Nemec 32, Bortolozzo 6, Rosalba 19, Marini, Lipparini, Marino, Di Benedetto 5. DNP Del Castello, Benedetti. Coach. Radici.
CHEBANCA! MILANO: Durante (L), Insalata 7, Vecchiato 1, Di Manno 24, Vajra 10, Mattera 4, Janusek 11, Angelov 12, Reggio 2, Daolio, Robbiati 2. DNP Cauteruccio, Barsi. Coach. Fumagalli.
EUROGROUP GELA – PALLAVOLO PINETO 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-22) –
EUROGROUP GELA: Sequeira 19, Quartarone, Veloso Pinto 9, Tomassetti 5, Bucaioni, Rizzo (L), Belardi 7, Draghici, Martinengo 10. DNP Maccarone, Barbisan, Tranquillo, Mari. Coach. Dalù.
PALLAVOLO PINETO: Messana (L), Cuda 6, Sborgia 4, Galabinov 3, Marquez 18, Calderan, Moretti 5, Bozko 5. DNP Testagrossa, Centorame. Coach. Chiovini.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA – EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA 3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 20-25, 25-23) –
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Pavan 7, Roberts 24, Scappaticcio, Polidori 5, Libraro 22, Darraidou 4, Roberti 8, Gatto (L). DNP Polselli, Scuderi, De Rosas, Gaetano. Coach. Gatto.
EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Luppi 5, Candellaro 7, Mast 5, Goi (L), Bartoli 7, Grassano 1, Sivula 22, Garnica 2, Ippolito 9. DNP Mazzali, Civa, Peli. Coach. Bonitta.
NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE – VOLLEY SEGRATE 1978 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 29-27) –
NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE: Monopoli 2, Elia 6, Noda Blanco 10, Snippe 10, Mattioli 1, Tosi (L), Tamburo 13, Catania (L), Baldaccini 10, Tosi. DNP Pagni, Cotroneo. Coach. Blengini.
VOLLEY SEGRATE 1978: Cazzaniga 21, Gallosti (L), Castellani 2, Guemart 1, Alletti 6, Ronaldo Royal 1, Caprotti (L), Russo 4, Bellini 5, Canzanella 8. DNP Fontana, Giglioli. Coach. Motta.
PALLAVOLO PADOVA – GEOTEC ISERNIA 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 27-29, 25-21) –
PALLAVOLO PADOVA: Garghella (L), Gottardo, Busi, Tiberti, Koshikawa 10, Rosso 17, Uchikov 28, Burgsthaler 5, Pagni 5. DNP Giannotti, De Marchi, Zingaro. Coach. Montagnani.
GEOTEC ISERNIA: Fiore 4, Turano 6, Valera 3, Sabbi 17, Spampinato (L), Pambianchi 12, Westphal 11, Giosa 1, Capra 2, Puhar, Beccaro. DNP De Paola, De Caria. Coach. Cannestracci.
MARCEGAGLIA CMC RAVENNA – ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO 2-3 (25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 44-42, 11-15) –
MARCEGAGLIA CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 16, Plesko 5, Corvetta 1, Sirri 16, Tabanelli (L), Castellano 12, Rambelli, Zamagni, Moro 22, Salgado 17. DNP Gherardi, Monti, Saviotti. Coach. Babini.
ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO: Gabbanelli 1, Di Marco 3, Marzola 5, Dolfo 21, Paoli 16, Romiti (L), Moretti 8, Visentin, Corti 14, Mor 7, Ereu 25. DNP Marchisio, Koresaar. Coach. Rampazzo.
CANADIENS MANTOVA – CLUB ITALIA AERONAUTICA MILITARE ROMA 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22) –
CANADIENS MANTOVA: Miraglia Carvalho, Coscione, Cortellazzi 1, Marretta 11, Frosini 8, Botto 11, Beretta 3, Parusso 13, Tognazzoni (L). DNP Ferri Lazzaroni, Spiga, Cavalieri. Coach. Totire.
CLUB ITALIA AERONAUTICA MILITARE ROMA: Pinelli, Pesaresi (L), De Giorgi, Postiglioni 1, Lirutti 1, Mazzone 8, Fedrizzi 4, Vettori 13, Sperandio, Lanza 8. DNP Valsecchi, Paris, Della Corte. Coach. Schiavon.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA – CARIGE GENOVA 2-3 (25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 20-25, 12-15) –
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Morelli, Hietanen 18, Rigoni, Fusaro (L), Serafini, Tomasello 15, Curti 5, Dokic 21, Ranghieri 16, Lattanzi. DNP Prandi, Bagnolesi, Barbareschi. Coach. Dall’olio.
CARIGE GENOVA: Boroni, Zappaterra (L), Manassero 14, Mercorio, Nuti 1, Di Franco 14, Antonov 20, Paoletti 6, Pecorari 12, Ogurcak 14. DNP Donati, Groppi. Coach. Del Federico.
Round 2 results
Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello-CheBanca! Milano 3-2 (23-25, 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 15-9); Eurogroup Gela-Pallavolo Pineto 3-0 (25-18, 25-22, 25-22); Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora-Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 3-1 (25-20, 25-22, 20-25, 25-23); NGM Mobile S.Croce-Volley Segrate 1978 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 29-27); Pallavolo Padova-Geotec Isernia 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 27-29, 25-21); Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna-Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 2-3 (25-21, 22-25, 22-25, 44-42, 11-15) ;Canadiens Mantova-Club Italia A.M. Roma 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-22); Sir Safety Perugia-Carige Genova 2-3 (25-20, 25-18, 18-25, 20-25, 12-15)
Fixtures
Sunday 31 October at 11.30pm
CheBanca! Milano – Sir Safety Perugia Diretta Sportitalia 2
Sunday 31 October at 6pm
Pallavolo Pineto – Pallavolo Padova; Energy Resources Carilo Loreto – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora; Carige Genova – NGM Mobile Santa Croce; Geotec Isernia – Canadiens Mantova; Volley Segrate 1978 – Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna; Club Italia A.M. Roma – Gherardi SVI Città di Castello; Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia – Eurogroup Gela
Standing
NGM Mobile S.Croce 6, Pallavolo Padova 6, Carige Genova 5, Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello 4, Eurogroup Gela 4, Sir Safety Perugia 4, Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna 4, Canadiens Mantova 4, CheBanca! Milano 3, Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 3, Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 2, Geotec Isernia 2, Volley Segrate 1978 1, Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 0, Club Italia A.M. Roma 0, Pallavolo Pineto 0
