Bunge Ravenna – Wixo LPR Piacenza 2-3 (25-22, 25-13, 16-25, 22-25, 15-17) – Bunge Ravenna: Orduna 1, Marechal 16, Diamantini 7, Buchegger 21, Poglajen 14, Georgiev 10, Raffaelli 0, Goi (L), Marchini 0, Vitelli 0, Gutierrez 0. N.E. Mazzone, Pistolesi. All. Soli. Wixo LPR Piacenza: Baranowicz 2, Clevenot 17, Alletti 5, Fei 14, Marshall 4, Yosifov 10, Giuliani (L), Parodi 11, Hershko 0, Cottarelli 0, Kody 0, Manià (L). N.E. All. Giuliani. ARBITRI: Zanussi, Rapisarda. NOTE – Spettatori 2000. Durata set: 26′, 22′, 25′, 33′, 22′; tot: 128′. MVP: Giuliani (Wixo LPR Piacenza)
Wixo LPR Piacenza won on road at Pala De André in Ravenna defeating Bunge at the tie break, after an heartbeat game. Bunge started strong, by winning first set 25-22, and winning easily the second 25-13. It seems to be finished, but Piacenza reacted with heart, with Parodi and Giuliani on the court, clearly winning the third set 25-16 and taking home the fourth 25-22 completing a great comeback, winning in the end an heartbeat tie break 17-15. A block of Yosifov on 15-15 in tie break, and a spike of veteran opposite Alessandro Fei, gave the tie break win to Wixo Lpr, but the Mvp was Ludovico Giuliani, son of coach Alberto, who stepped on the court as libero, playing an outstanding game in defense and reception. After the home loss in Italian Cup, and after being down 0-2 in this game, Piacenza found the right mentality to step up and come back into the game. The best scorer for Wixo Lpr was trevor Clevenot with 17 points, on the other side of the net the best scorer was Buchegger with 21 points.
MVP: Ludovico Giuliani (Wixo LPR Piacenza)
Fabio Soli (Bunge Ravenna): “This is a lost chance, it’s too bad. Piacenza is a team we could defeat, but we weren’t able to grab the chance to take home three points. We were in front 2-0, and this thing will not happens again so often in the future. We have to learn the lesson from this loss, back to the gym and practice hard, we should learn to suffer and have much more patience”.
Alberto Giuliani (Wixo LPR Piacenza): “We started in big troubles, with some troubles in reception. In third set I put in Parodi and Ludovico, and everything was better. I liked our mentality, in the bad moment, we never gave up when it seemed that everything was gone”.
Standings
Azimut Modena 3, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 3, Gi Group Monza 3, Cucine Lube Civitanova 3, Calzedonia Verona 2, Revivre Milano 2, Wixo LPR Piacenza 2, Bunge Ravenna 1, Diatec Trentino 1, Taiwan Excellence Latina 1, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 0, Biosì Indexa Sora 0, Kioene Padova 0, BCC Castellana Grotte 0.
Next Round
2nd Round SuperLega UnipolSai
Domenica 22 ottobre 2017, ore 18.00
Kioene Padova – Diatec Trentino Live on RAI Sport + HD
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Cucine Lube Civitanova – Bunge Ravenna Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Calzedonia Verona – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Wixo LPR Piacenza – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Biosì Indexa Sora – Azimut Modena Diretta Lega Volley Channel
Revivre Milano – Gi Group Monza Diretta Lega Volley Channel
BCC Castellana Grotte – Taiwan Excellence Latina Diretta Lega Volley Channel
