Azimut Modena – Calzedonia Verona 1-3 (23-25, 25-18, 27-29, 28-30) – Azimut Modena: Orduna 3, Ngapeth E. 24, Le Roux 12, Vettori 10, Petric 8, Holt 10, Rossini (L), Massari 0, Travica 0, Piano 0. DNP Onwuelo, Ngapeth S.. Coach. Tubertini. Calzedonia Verona: Baranowicz 2, Kovacevic 13, Anzani 2, Djuric 26, Randazzo 6, Zingel 8, Frigo (L), Ferreira 0, Giovi (L), Stern 0, Lecat 3, Paolucci 0, Mengozzi 5. Coach Grbic. REFEREES: Rapisarda, Satanassi. NOTES – sets: 27′, 24′, 32′, 35′; tot: 118′. Attendence: 4.312. MVP: Djuric.
Calzedonia Verona played one of their besta games and defeated 3-1 Azimut Modena at PalaPanini. Despite Kovacevic not completely in the game, in first set Verona won 25-23. In second Modena fought back and won 25-18 tiying the game. Then the battle was set, two great wins at the extras for Nikola Grbic’s team, 29-27 in the third and 3-28 in fourth, for the enthusiasm of the fans arrived from Verona in Modena to support Calzedonia looking forward to historical semifinals. Next thursday live on Rai Sport 1, Calzedonia Verona will host Azimut Modena in Game 2, in front of a probable sell out crowd of Agsm Forum.
Lorenzo Tubertini (Azimut Modena): “It was a tough loss, obviously, but we need to keep our head up high and win in Verona next thursday to tie the series, there’s no other chance for us, those game will be a no tomorrow game”.
Nikola Grbic (Calzedonia Verona): “We played a great game versus a great team, the guys were great, but now we have to work looking toward the next game, will be another battle”.
