Exprivia Molfetta – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 0-3 (20-25, 16-25, 17-25) – Exprivia Molfetta: Pontes Veloso 0, De Barros Ferreira 9, Polo 5, Sabbi 10, Olteanu 9, Vitelli 4, Porcelli (L), De Pandis (L), Del Vecchio 0, Partenio 0. DNP Leite Costa, Jimenez, Hendriks. Coach Gulinelli. Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 3, Zaytsev 13, Podrascanin 10, Atanasijevic 15, Russell 9, Birarelli 3, Tosi (L), Bari (L), Berger 0, Mitic 0, Della Lunga 0. DNP Buti, Chernokozhev, Franceschini. Coach Bernardi. REFEREES: Satanassi, Piana. NOTES – sets: 24′, 21′, 22′; tot: 67′. Attendence 2.000, MVP Ivan Zaytsev
22nd round of UnipolSai Superleague saw a 3-0 loss for Exprivia Molfetta versus Sir Safety Conad Perugia.
Lorenzo Bernardi’s team was too much for the team of Coach Gulinelli, despite the great fans in the sold out PalaPoli.
Before the match Giulio Sabbi was awarded with the title of Unipolsai Superleague MVP for january, Sabbi who was really in trouble versus Perugia, with only 10 points with 40% in attack.
Perugia showed as usuale some great performances in attack and in the fundamental of serve (8 aces for Block Devils, on the other hand 11 mistakes for Exprivia in this fundamental).
The MVP of the game was Ivan Zaytsev with 13 points and 56% in attack, well supported by Alexander Atanasijevic, top scorer of the game with 15 points.
It was a good start for Molfetta, in front 5-1 early in the first set, but well soon Perugia came back with authority with Atanasijevic, taking the lead on 11-10 and winning the first set 25-20.
Early in the second it was a balanced set, but starting from 15-12 in favour of Perugia, Molfetta got a big slump, losing the set 25-16.
In the third the attack of Perugia stepped up once again, taking a big lead on 18-9, and with the mistake in the fundamental of serve of Giulio Sabbi, Perugia won sete and match 25-17.
Flavio Gulinelli (Exprivia Molfetta): “They are a great team, they had a terrific rhythm in serve, they put us in trouble in reception, putting us under a bad pressure. We should keep their rhythm in serve, to stay at their level, but we struggled alot in this fundamental, giving them an easy opportunity to win”.
Ivan Zaytsev (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “Molfetta has a great audience, it has been important for us to win this game after the bad loss versus Lube. We forced our serve all game long, putting them in trouble, and this was the key fundamental for us to win”.
