Serie A1
Round 20 (forwarded)
Results:
Bre Lannutti Cuneo – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 2-3 (25-23, 15-25, 21-25, 25-23, 12-15); Andreoli Latina – Sir Safety Perugia 1-3 (21-25, 23-25, 25-18, 20-25); Altotevere Città di Castello – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-2 (19-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 16-14); Copra Elior Piacenza – Diatec Trentino 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-20); Calzedonia Verona – Casa Modena 1-3 (20-25, 29-27, 22-25, 19-25)
Posticipata a sabato 8 marzo 2014, ore 20.30
CMC Ravenna – Exprivia Molfetta
ANDREOLI LATINA – SIR SAFETY PERUGIA 1-3 (21-25, 23-25, 25-18, 20-25)
ANDREOLI LATINA: Rossini (L), Gitto 9, Sottile 2, Skrimov 15, Verhees 8, Tailli, Paris, Noda Blanco 15, Fortunato, Starovic 14. DNP Michalovic, Fragkos. Coach. Simoni.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Buti 10, Paolucci 2, Petric 5, Giovi (L), Cupkovic 6, Barone, Mitic 5, Vujevic 15, Atanasijevic 24, Semenzato 7. DNP Della Corte, Della Lunga, Fanuli. Coach. Kovac.
Perugia came out on top in four sets at the end of a tight encounter against Latina. The visitors proved more effective in the clutch time. Perugia consolidated its third place while Latina’s chance to get into the playoffs have gotten slimmer.
MVP: Aleksan Atanasijevic.
Candido Grande (DS Andreoli Latina): “It is tough to reach the playoffs, we tried our best but we faced two excellent teams on our way: Verona and Perugia. At times, we played face to face, but they had the better of us at the end of sets”.
Goran Vujevic (Sir Safety Perugia): “We knew it was going to be a difficult game in a heated atmosphere. Latina does not deserve to be where it stands in the table. We have been doing well recently, we played fine in the decisive moments of the game. We did not give much away. We’ll aim to keep this third place even if it’s tough, and something we could certainly not have expected at the start of the season”.
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – DIATEC TRENTINO 3-0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-20)
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Papi 4, Fei 7, Simon 8, Zlatanov 14, Tencati, Vettori 13, De Cecco 3. DNP Le Roux, Partenio, Smerilli, Kaliberda, Husaj. Coach. Monti.
DIATEC TRENTINO: Solé 10, Ferreira 2, Suxho 3, De Paola, Lanza 9, Colaci (L), Nelli 7, Fedrizzi 1, Burgsthaler 6. DNP Giannelli, Birarelli, Thei, Polo. Coach. Serniotti.
Eighth consecutive win at the PalaBanca arena for Piacenza in the league at the expense of a Trento team that has to deal with various injuries. Besides, Sokolov, Szabò and Birarelli, Sintini was forced out because of fever. Piacenza needed as many points as possible to stay in the hunt of Macerata and they did just that. They are now four behind as the leaders needed a tiebreak to get rid of Cuneo. Zlatanov was named MVP, he is just two points away from the 9000 in career.
Luciano De Cecco (Copra Elior Piacenza): “The outcome of the game depended totally and exclusively on us. Fortunately we managed to stay united and play motivated. We trained well and were composed. Now we’ll just train without pressure to prepare for Bologna”.
Emanuele Birarelli (Diatec Trentino): “This is a horrible moment for us, and things got worse in the club. We have so many injuries, and the team is a bit disheartened. On the other hand, the youngsters have shown progress tonight, they’re gaining experience on court. As for the Italian Cup final four, hopefully we’ll have a couple of players back”.
CALZEDONIA VERONA – CASA MODENA 1-3 (20-25, 29-27, 22-25, 19-25)
CALZEDONIA VERONA: Zingel 8, Blasi, Pesaresi (L), Ter Horst 14, Gasparini 29, White 14, Boninfante 2, Bellei, Anzani 5, Gonzalez. DNP Coali, Centomo. Coach. Giani.
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Sala 8, Sket 19, Deroo 3, Kampa 1, Bartman, Beretta 5, Mossa De Rezende 1, Hendriks, Kovacevic 12, Ngapeth 22. DNP Donadio, Bossi. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Modena came back from Verona with a 3-1 victory as the hosts were not solid enough in the clutch time. Mitja Gasparini finished top scorer with 29 points, among which 3 aces. Zingel registered 6 blocks, while Bruninho was named MVP of the game.
Aidan Zingel (Calzedonia Verona): “We made a lot of mistakes tonight and that influenced the final result. They have been better than us. We have to start over tomorrow in the gym, focusing on the next game against Molfetta. We have to keep working on the positive aspects that emerged tonight”.
Earvin Ngapeth (Casa Modena): “We played well but in the second set we lacked composure. When we lose our focus, we struggle, and you could see that tonight. But then we played with fighting spirit and managed to seal it”.
ALTOTEVERE CITTÀ DI CASTELLO – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA 3-2 (19-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 16-14) – ALTOTEVERE CITTÀ DI CASTELLO: Franceschini, Fromm 22, Carminati, Corvetta 3, Dolfo, Massari 15, Tosi (L), Piano 13, Van Walle 20, Rossi 10, Marchiani. DNP Lensi, Sartoretti. Coach. Radici.
TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA: Trinidad De Haro, Plot, Steuerwald 4, Randazzo 17, Farina (L), Forni 10, Crer 9, Gavotto 27, Ogurcak 16, Presta. DNP Sardanelli, Villena. Coach. Blengini.
Another come-back victory for Città di Castello, which overcame Vibo Valentia. This is the third time they recover from 2-0 down to clinch it at the tie-break this season. In the fifth set, the hosts took a quick 6-3 lead thanks to 2 aces from Fromm, then they extended it to 9-5 but Vibo was not done yet. They fought back with Forni and Gavotto (9-8), while Crer would tie it at 12-12 with a block. At 14 all, Fromm gave the hosts a match point that Massari would convert.
MVP: Federico Tosi
Jacopo Massari (Altotevere Città di Castello): “Tough game, in the first two sets they have done extremely well in dig and attack. But then we reacted thanks to the confidence we have gathered from recent games and we managed to comeback from a situation that looked doomed”.
Gianlorenzo Blengini (Coach Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “We’re having a difficult spell. In the last month and a half we suffered many injuries and we haven’t been able to train with consistency on our schemes. So we played this game with heart and the individual qualities. Unfortunately that was not enough to take the three points”.
BRE LANNUTTI CUNEO – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 2-3 (25-23, 15-25, 21-25, 25-23, 12-15) – BRE LANNUTTI CUNEO: Rauwerdink, Antonov 13, Marchisio (L), Gonzalez 1, De Pandis (L), Casadei 8, Kohut 8, Alletti 4, De Togni 8, Coscione, Rouzier 6, Maruotti 10. Coach. Piazza.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Henno (L), Parodi 13, Zaytsev 32, Stankovic 2, Kovar 15, Monopoli, Giombini, Kurek 1, Baranowicz 6, Podrascanin 9. DNP Patriarca, Martino. Coach. Giuliani.
More than 3.000 fans were there again to support Cuneo against the leaders Macerata. In the end, Macerata eventually snatched it at the tie-break as Ivan Zaytsev was named MVP of the game with 32 points (4 aces). In the fifth set, it’s Cuneo who had taken the early initiatives (5-2), but Macerata worked hard to get back in it bit by bit until the 9-9. From then, the guests took over with Zaytsev on the serve (9-11) and Zaytsev again obtaining the match point at 11-4. Alletti cancelled one but Macerata won it on the next rally.
Oleg Antonov (Bre Lannutti Cuneo): “We all believed we could do it but just like against Piacenza we missed a little something. Shame we had this blackout in the second set. Still we did well to come back from 2-1 down. I think we have to be proud because this game proves we are improving. Not every team can take three points against Trento then 1 against Piacenza and 1 more against Macerata. Even if we could have taken at least one more in this last two games. Now we have to keep working our socks off in training to keep going like that”.
Francesco Cadeddu (Ass. coach Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “It’s been a difficult game and after seeing their game against Piacenza we knew it would be tough. We had a horrible start in the first set, with 11 mistakes on the serve which were definitely too many. We have played four tie-breaks in a row on the road but this time we won it. Zaytsev was terrific tonight, he had extremely high percentages in attack”.
League table
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 46, Copra Elior Piacenza 42*, Sir Safety Perugia 36, Diatec Trentino 31, Bre Lannutti Cuneo 26, Casa Modena 25, Altotevere Città di Castello 24, Calzedonia Verona 24, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 19, CMC Ravenna 17**, Andreoli Latina 15, Exprivia Molfetta 13*.
*1 game in hand: Copra Elior Piacenza, Exprivia Molfetta
**2 games in hand: CMC Ravenna
Fixtures
Serie A1 round 18
Saturday February 22 at 8.30pm
Copra Elior Piacenza – Andreoli Latina Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Longo-Saltalippi)
Sunday February 23 at 6pm
Altotevere Città di Castello – Diatec Trentino
(Boris-Goitre)
CMC Ravenna – Bre Lannutti Cuneo Diretta Sportube.tv
(Santi-Pasquali)
Calzedonia Verona – Exprivia Molfetta
(Zucca-Puecher)
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Sir Safety Perugia
(Genna-Tanasi)
Sunday February 23 at 6.30pm
Casa Modena – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata Live on RAI Sport 2
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Simbari-La Micela)
