Five teams are fighting to reach playoffs, with two games remaining in regular season.
Top Volley Latina-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (18-25, 17-25, 27-25, 23-25)
Top Volley Latina – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (18-25, 17-25, 27-25, 23-25) – Top Volley Latina: Sottile 0, Ishikawa 8, Rossi 3, Fei 15, Maruotti 18, Gitto 4, Caccioppola (L), Fanuli (L), Pistolesi 0, Strugar 0, Penchev 7, Quintana Guerra 5. DNP Klinkenberg. Coach Bagnoli. Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 2, Zaytsev 18, Podrascanin 9, Atanasijevic 24, Russell 18, Birarelli 5, Bari (L), Mitic 0, Tosi (L), Della Lunga 0, Buti 1. DNP Berger, Franceschini, Chernokozhev. Coach Bernardi. REFEREES: Sobrero, Luciani. NOTES – sets: 24′, 24′, 30′, 31′; tot: 109′.
Sold out at PalaBianchini in 24th round Unipolsai Superleague for the game between Top Volley Latina and Sir Safety Conad Perugia. And it was a great show. Before the game Alessandro Fei was awarded of a trophy for his 9000 points in Italian league as and Italian Cup. It was a battle, with Perugia who earned three points good to stay in second place of the standings, tied with Diatec Trentino. The starters for coach Lorenzo Bernardi were De Cecco, Atanasijevic, Podrascanin, Birarelli, Russell and Zaytsev, with Tosi libero.
For Daniele Bagnoli the starters were Sottile, Fei, Rossi, Gitto, Ishikawa, Maruotti, with Fanuli libero. A good start for Perugia with a bunch of great serves by Atanasijevic, Zaytsev and Podrascanin, closing the set 25-18. A good start for Latina in the second, but with Zaytsev in the fundamental of serve Sir Safety overcome Latina at 14-9, winning also the second set 25-18. It seemed finished, but Latina fought back in the third, keeping a thin lead until the extras, winning the set with Marui¨¬otti at 27-25. Enthusiasm at PalaBianchini, but in the fourth Perugia grabbed the win, despite a great set played by Top Volley who surrended at 23-25.
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MVP Aaron Russell
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Attendence 2000
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Daniele Bagnoli (Top Volley Latina): “We missed some few things to reach the tie break. In first two sets we suffered Perugia, in the third we fought back, getting back into the game. Now let’s focus on the playoff hunt, starting from the game versus Vibo”.
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Lorenzo Bernardi (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): ” I feared this game, but in the end we grabbed the win. I expected a tough game, they are healthy now, but we put on the ground some good serves, probabily we have to work down the net. Penchev played a great game”.
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