The eve of the game had been filled with ill luck: the injury of outside hitter Lucio Oro and also Saglimbene out, and with Fiore not at his best, chairman Cicchetti would have been made up with a fourth consecutive win. In the end, coach Fenoglio had to re-invent himself with the players at his disposal and he did extremely well, leading Isernia to a tie-break victory. These are two crucial points before the road game against Roma scheduled on Wednesday 6 January.
KATAY GEOTEC ISERNIA – SAMGAS CREMA 3-2 (25-23, 18-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-12)
KATAY GEOTEC ISERNIA: Fiore 15, Valera 3, Batista 1, Piovarci 21, Di Fino 4, Di Gabriele, Pambianchi 4, Janusek 17, Salgado 7, Cacchiarelli (L), Beccaro. DNP Oro. Coach. Fenoglio.
SAMGAS CREMA: Cazzaniga 27, Andreotti Pardini, Alletti, Patriarca 11, Ricci Petitoni (L), Corti 1, Finazzi 11, Rosso 11, Silva 5, Serafim 4, Baranowicz 4. DNP Mazzonelli. Coach. Monti.
