SuperLega UnipolSai round 8: LPR PIACENZA – GI GROUP MONZA 2-3 (30-28, 25-22, 23-25, 19-25, 8-15) LPR PIACENZA: Manià (L), Coscione 4, Kohut 8, Ter Horst 19, Perrin 20, Papi (L), Sedlacek 2, Patriarca 6, Zlatanov 1, Luburic 12, Tencati 3, Rodrigues Tavares 1. DNP Cottarelli. Coach. Giuliani.
GI GROUP MONZA: Sala 6, Galliani 3, Mercorio, Jovovic 2, Rizzo (L), Botto 18, Verhees 11, Beretta 13, Zanatta Buiatti Renan 7, Rousseaux 15, Gao Qi 9. DNP Daldello, Brunetti. Coach. Vacondio.
Piacenza can’t find a way to victory no more. Giuliani’s men were 2-0 up but were pegged back before losing it at the tie-break against Monza, which were looking for points to stay in the playoffs zone. Libero Manià went out injured (shoulder) in the first set. Papi took his place before getting injured too in the last set. Piacenza showed character and some quality in the first two sets but Monza never ceased to believe, and led by Botto (MVP with 18 points), they fought back to register a valuable victory.
Ter Horst (Lpr Volley Piacenza): “We played well for the first two sets. In the third, we should have played harder to put Monza in trouble, but we failed to do so. We let them back in it and they took full advantage. We did not manage to maintain our level of play”.
Oreste Vacondio (coach Gi Group Monza): “This was a big game for us as well as for them. They wanted the win to get back in the playoffs race, while we wanted to stay in the top 8. I am extremely satisfied with this performance. We won it thanks to some substitutions. Extremely satisfied too with Sala and Gao”.
SuperLega UnipolSai round 8 results: Diatec Trentino-Ninfa Latina 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-16); Sir Safety Conad Perugia-Exprivia Molfetta 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-16); Calzedonia Verona-Revivre Milano 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 27-25); LPR Piacenza-Gi Group Monza 2-3; Tonazzo Padova-CMC Romagna 3-0 (30-28, 25-20, 28-26); Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova-DHL Modena 2-3 (22-25, 19-25, 25-18, 25-19, 15-17)
League table:
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova 20, DHL Modena 20, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 18, Calzedonia Verona 17, Diatec Trentino 17, Exprivia Molfetta 13, Gi Group Monza 9, Ninfa Latina 9, CMC Romagna 9, Tonazzo Padova 6, LPR Piacenza 4, Revivre Milano 2.
