On Saturday afternoon starting at 18 at the PalaMazzola in Taranto, a real salvation challenge will take place, on the field there will be two teams who are fighting to keep the Superlega championship. The match, valid for the ninth second leg of the Superlega championship, will also be broadcast live on RaiSport.
Gioiella Prisma Taranto and Emma Villas Aubay Siena have 14 points, Padova has 16: the Tuscans have played one match less, the one against the reigning Italian champions of Cucine Lube Civitanova Marche which was not played last Sunday due to the earthquakes that hit Siena and with the order of the mayor of Siena Luigi De Mossi on the closure of the sports facilities.
Taranto played the match scheduled for last weekend, and in Modena they lost the partials of the four sets played in Emilia Romagna by 3-1: 25-22, 25-16, 20-25 and 25-18. For the Apulians Lawani put together 25 points (with 55% in attack), Andreopoulos scored 12 and Antonov 8. In attack, Gioiella Prisma finished the match with 53% of the team.
Padova, on the other hand, lost at home in the tiebreak against Verona: the fifth set was very hard fought, closed to the advantages, with the Veronese who won it 17-19.
In the meantime, Emma Villas Aubay Siena has resumed training at the PalaEstra since yesterday. Yesterday weights and today double training session for the team coached by coach Omar Pelillo.