Kioene Padova – Revivre Milano 3-1 (32-30, 22-25, 25-19, 25-20) – Kioene Padova: Shaw 5, Maar 24, Averill 10, Giannotti 21, Milan 12, Volpato 6, Zoppellari 1, Balaso (L), Bassanello (L), Koncilja 0, Fedrizzi 0. DNP Link, Sestan. Coach Baldovin. Revivre Milano: Sbertoli 2, Hoag 12, De Togni 6, Adamajtis 14, Marretta 3, Galassi 6, Rudi (L), Skrimov 12, Tondo 1, Cortina (L), Galaverna 1. DNP Nielsen, Boninfante. Coach Monti. REFERESS: Saltalippi, Lot. NOTE S- sets: 34′, 27′, 22′, 24′; tot: 107′. Attendence: 1.611. MVP: Stephen Maar (Kioene Padova).
After 11 losses in a row, finally Kioene Padova back to win in the game versus Revivre Milano, another team who had some troubles in this season. Padova was more tough and practic in the crunch time of the game, a good team performance, with Stephen Maar in great shape, MVP of the game with 24 points.
The first set was a big battle, very balanced until the end, with Kioene who grabbed the win on 32-30.
In the second the protagonist of the first set Giannotti (21 points in the end for him) continued to hammer, but Revivre fought back, taking the lead on 23-18. A little come back for Padova until 22-23, but the set was for Milano on 25-22, grabbing the tie in the game.
A good job down the net and a couple of fundamental blocks for Padova gave the win to Bianconeri in the third set, won 25-19 by Kioene.
In fourth set a great turn in the fundamental of Serve of Milan gave an important break to Padova, who controlled the game until the end, winning the set 25-20 and finally winning a game after 11 consecurtive losses.
Valerio Baldovin (Kioene Padova): “It wasn’t a beautiful game, technically speaking, but I saw the determination of my players in the key moments, and that’s what I want to see. This is an important win, and now we need to focus on next home game, next sunday versus Top Volley Latina.
Luca Monti (Revivre Milano): “We missed quality in earning the breaks. They had good performances by Maar and Balaso, and this made the difference. The tournament is not finished. We will have nextsunday another ket match versus Sora, we need to make treasure of our mistakes here in Padova to finish the regular season in the best way possible”.
