Revivre Milano-Diatec Trentino 2-3 (25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 14-25, 13-15); Kioene Padova-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (25-20, 22-25, 15-25, 14-25); BCC Castellana Grotte-Azimut Modena 0-3 (21-25, 18-25, 28-30); Biosì Indexa Sora-Gi Group Monza 0-3 (25-27, 17-25, 20-25); Cucine Lube Civitanova-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-1 (25-18, 20-25, 25-10, 25-12); Wixo LPR Piacenza-Bunge Ravenna 1-3 (21-25, 18-25, 35-33, 24-26); Calzedonia Verona-Taiwan Excellence Latina in programma il 25 gennaio 2018.
Revivre Milano – Diatec Trentino 2-3 (25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 14-25, 13-15) – Revivre Milano: Perez Rivera 0, Schott 12, Galassi 6, Abdel-Aziz 25, Klinkenberg 4, Piano 9, Piccinelli (L), Sbertoli 1, Fanuli (L), Averill 2, Tondo 0. N.E. Cebulj, Preti, Daldello. All. Giani. Diatec Trentino: Giannelli 5, Kovacevic 22, Zingel 4, Vettori 3, Hoag 6, Carbonera 10, Kozamernik 7, Lanza 12, De Pandis (L), Chiappa (L), Teppan 12. N.E. Boninfante, Cavuto, Partenio. All. Lorenzetti. ARBITRI: Boris, Goitre Mauro Carlo. NOTE – durata set: 27′, 29′, 31′, 24′, 19′; tot: 130′. Spettatori: 3.448. MVP: Kovacevic.
After 2 hours and 10 minutes diatec Trentino finally won at tie break at PalaYamamay in Busto Arsizio over tough Revivre Milano, in a very spectacular game. Down by two sets, Angelo Lorenzetti’s team fought back and came back into the game, trailing with personality and strength, driving the big night of Mvp Uros Kovacevic, 22 points for the serbian hammer in the game. 12 points for camptain Filippo Lanza, coming off the bench, and 10 points for brasilian middle blocker Eder Carbonera. Some troubles on the opposite side for Lorenzetti, with Teppan and Vettori with lack of continuity. On the other side of the net a good game as usual for Nimir Abdel Aziz, 25 points for the dutchman, and 12 points for german Ruben Schott. Avery exciting game between two teams with still alot to say in this tournament.
MVP: Uros Kovacevic (Diatec Trentino)
Spettatori: 3.448
Matteo Piano (Revivre Milano): “We were aggressive in first two sets, in third we lost a bit the focus, then we found it back in fifth, but it wasn’t enough. We were in front 12-10, and we lost. We played a good volleyball, but we should earn something more than one point”.
Uros Kovacevic (Diatec Trentino): “We showed once again we have big carachter, after the bad start, down 2-0 and with Abdel Aziz difficoult to contain. In third set we started play better, showing we came here for the win. These kind of wins are great, we have a great team, we are looking for some continuity after a bad start of the season, we are on the right track to come back”.
