MODENA BACK TO VICTORY, MILANO DOUBLES AWAY
In the three matches valid for the 8th round, 1st leg of the Serie A1 TIM championship, Sisley Treviso takes over in Rome, just like Modena beats Padova, away victory for Milano too, winner in Corigliano.
RESULTS
M. Roma Volley – Sisley Treviso 2-3 (25-23, 19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 11-15)
Antonveneta Padova – Cimone Modena 2-3 (21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 11-15)
Famigliulo Corigliano – Sparkling Milano 1-3 (25-22, 22-25, 22-25, 21-25)
M. ROMA VOLLEY – SISLEY TREVISO 2-3 (25-23, 19-25, 22-25, 25-22, 11-15)
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Mastrangelo 3, Henno (L), Savani 13, Coscione 3, Tofoli, Marshall 9, Molteni, Hernandez 10, Miljkovic 6, Semenzato 16. NEKooistra, Romero. Coach Serniotti Roberto.
SISLEY TREVISO: Horstink 2, Novotny, Fei 19, Hubner 15, Papi 5, Farina (L), Kral, Endres 12, Pujol 8, Cisolla 18, Ricci Petitoni (L). NE Saitta, Maruotti. Coach Dal Zotto Renan.
REFS: Sandro La Micela, Roberto Boris.
NOTES – audience 2200, takings 9300, set lenght: 27′, 26′, 24′, 28′, 14′; tot: 119′.
Roma – Despite the football derby, 2000 people turn up for the match between M. Roma Volley and Sisley Treviso. And they cannot say they regret it. It took 5 sets to have a winner, with Treviso overtaking Roma.
No news with regards to the starting six with Serniotti and Dal Zotto able to line up their best men.
The first set is balanced until the home team manage a few extra points and wins 25-23.
Fast start for Sisley in the second set, it is 8-2 at the first TTO. Roma tries to recover with Serniotti replacing Miljkovic with Hernandez and Molteni with Marshall but the gap gets too big and it ends 19-25.
The third set is singed by Treviso too. Hubner and Cisolla take control of their team leading it to victory for 22-25 after a straightforward set.
M. Roma Volley does not agree though. They take over the game with a wild Marshall-Hernandez duo despite Horstink replacing Cisolla. Roma flyes to victory 25-22 sending everyone to tie break.
At tie break Treviso goes straight to 1-8. Miljkovic is back in and it shows with Roma recovering. 4-6 is signed by Semenzato. But Sisley has not taken off and wins 11-15.
Roberto Serniotti (M. Roma Volley): “We have been good at going to the 4th set despite a difficult evening. We have struggled in attack due to Sisley’s service, bu we could have received better on some easier serves. Now we have a brea, some of the players are leaving, some are staying. We will try to take advantage of this time at our best”.
Renan Dal Zotto (Sisley Treviso): “We have served really well. forcing them to play a lot of slow balls. This is an important victory after a very negative start of our championship”.
MVP: Stefan Hubner (Sisley Treviso)
ANTONVENETA PADOVA – CIMONE MODENA 2-3 (21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 25-20, 11-15)
ANTONVENETA PADOVA: Garghella (L), De Togni 9, Olli, Esko 7, Platenik 15, Tovo, Perazzolo 21, Diaz Mayorca 14, Bontje 9. NE Quarti, Bellini, De Marchi. Coach Bagnoli Bruno.
CIMONE MODENA: Donadio (L), Tencati 7, Dennis 23, Sartoretti, Dos Santos Junior, Nascimento 15, Heller 10, Casoli 16, Garcia 3, Endres (L). NE Bertoli, Soli. Coach Giani Andrea.
REFS: Daniele Rapisarda, Massimo Menghini.
NOTES – audience 2000, Takings 6500, Set lenght: 29′, 26′, 29′, 29′, 17′; tot: 130′.
Padova – Padova and Modena are meeting for the 61st time in their history. Bruno Bagnoli on Antonveneta’s bench, last year Modena’s coach, now in the Andrea Giani’s hands.
The starting six are well up for it from the first set with Padova going on 8-7 thanks to Perazzolo once again on top form.
It carries on head to head with Modena’s coach asking for a TO on 20-19 and going crazy when Garghella saves a ball that would have been out leading the way to a 21-25.
The second set carries on from the first one with Dennis scoring an ace on 1-4 forcing Bagnoli to ask for a TO. De Togni signs the recovery on 8-9 but Dennis is on top form tonight and his ace on 9-12 shuts PalaNet up.
On 14-16 Garghella is lat on a ball forcing coach Bagnoli to call on his men again.
Antonveneta Padova plays on and off, alternating great agonistic moments to what seems to be tiredness.
Dennis closes the set 23-25.
In the third set Antonveneta Padova is more aggressive with Esko’s class showing again. Platenik ragefully strikes the 8-6 but the tension is still high at PalaNet.
The same spiker carries on with his ride (18-16) but Modena is calm and cynical. The 22-22 signed by Heller is off a manual but Padova does not give up and a raging Platenik closes on 25-23.
The start of the 4th set is on the edge. Bontje carries Padova to 13-11. When Modena seems to have taken control of the game, Padova surprises everyone thanks to a concentrated Diaz and a blocking starting to work. It’s 25-20.
Tie break is emotional. The teams, both exausted, continue their fight head to head until 11-15 with Garcia Ricardo MVP and last set striker.
Bruno Bagnoli (Antonveneta Padova): “shame about the first and second set, we played below our abilities. We have received badly too and this has probably costed a lot. With Modena, 2 sets are difficult to recover. The break is penalising us because we are in good shape and our supporters are with us at the moment. Anyway, this is an important point towards safety”.
Andrea Giani (Cimone Modena): “Padova surprised me even though I knew it would not have been easy playing here. We still have somme difficulties with our coral game and I thought our opponents would have taken advantage of it. I expect a lot from my boys and I am sure we are on the right track”.
MVP: Garcia Ricardo (Cimone Modena)
STANDINGS
M. Roma Volley* 19; Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 17; Itas Diatec Trentino 16; Sisley Treviso* 14; Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari, Antonveneta Padova* 13, Cimone Modena* 12; Sparkling Milano* 11; RPA LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 10; Lube Banca Marche Macerata 9; Copra Piacenza, Prisma Taranto 8; Famigliulo Corigliano* 5; Andreoli Latina 1.
*una partita in più
Thu 1st of nov 2007, 17:30
Prisma Taranto – Copra Piacenza
Ippoliti – Caldarola
thu 1st of nov 2007, 18:00
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Diatec Trentino
Padoan – Sobrero
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Live on SKY Sport Extra
Cammera – Coppola
Andreoli Latina – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
Barbero – Locatelli
