SERIE A1 TIM
Trentino regain leadership
The 11th round was marked by the change of leader. Indeed, Trentino regained top spot thanks to a 3-0 win in Perugia, while Macerata were defeated at the tie-break in Modena.
Two other games finished on the same score: Piacenza had the better of Martina Franca, and Cuneo beat Padova. In the latter, however, the guests managed to cause a lot of trouble to Wijmans and co, and the 37-35 of the third set is a testimony.
Verona gathered a 3-1 win over Pineto, who had to make do without Simone Buti from the beginning of the second set, as he injured his left ankle.
There was a thrilling encounter at Montichiari’s PalaGeorge gym, where the hosts played with maximum intensity to play face to face with a Treviso team desperate to get back on track. In the end, the hosts had the better in four exciting sets. Amongst the Treviso players, Oleg Antonov had a good debut game as he substituted Fei during the game? However, the main factor was the crowd, with no less than 6.000 people assisting to Gavotto and co’s victory.
Serie A1 TIM – 11th Round results
Trenkwalder Modena – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-2 (25-19, 25-22, 19-25, 18-25, 18-16)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Antonveneta Padova 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 37-35)
Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Stamplast Martina Franca 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-21)
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia – Itas Diatec Trentino 0-3 (21-25, 22-25, 20-25)
Marmi Lanza Verona – Framasil Pineto 3-1 (25-21,32-30, 21-25, 25-22)
Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari – Sisley Treviso 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 29-27, 25-22)
Monday 8 December at 8.30pm
Yoga Forli – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia LIVE ON SKY SPORT 2
(Cinti – Cesare)
SERIE A1 TIM TABLE
Itas Diatec Trentino 28, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 27, Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 21, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 21, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 20, Marmi Lanza Verona 18, Sisley Treviso 16, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 15, Framasil Pineto 14, Stamplast Martina Franca 13, Trenkwalder Modena 12, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 10, Yoga Forli 8, Antonveneta Padova 5.
1 Game in hand: Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia, Yoga Forli;
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – ANTONVENETA PADOVA 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 37-35)
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Wijsmans 17, Gonzalez 5, Fortunato 7, Vergnaghi (L), Jeroncic 5, Nikolov 16, Nuti, Biribanti, Pieri (L), Platenik 11. DNP Ariaudo, Curti, Abbadi. Coach. Prandi Silvano.
ANTONVENETA PADOVA: Garghella (L), De Togni 4, Maniero, Raymaekers 2, Kral 6, Mattera 1, Gato 11, Perazzolo 1, Kromm 12, Maruotti 8. DNP Gottardo, Meggiolaro. Coach. Bagnoli Bruno.
Silvano Prandi (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “Obviously, the result is the most important thing because that’s what dicates our way of playing. We struggled in the second and third set and that gives us something to work on. We were trailing in the third but then we did well to catch them up. We were worried about this game because Padova has excellent players and had just build up some confidence with two consecutive wins. They can do very well on the serve”.
Ramon Gato (Antonveneta Padova): “We could have won the third set, but right now, Cuneo is too strong for us”.
COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA – STAMPLAST MARTINA FRANCA 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-21)
COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA: Rak 11, Meoni, Marshall 20, Grassano, Zingaro (L), Zlatanov 15, Durante (L), Bravo 10, Dunnes, Bjelica 3. DNP Insalata, Boninfante. Coach. Lorenzetti Angelo.
STAMPLAST MARTINA FRANCA: Ricciardello (L), Coscione, Stancu 6, Cernic 5, Guglielmi, Stoijkovic 2, Mastrangelo 6, Corsini, Sequeira 12, Rodriguez 6. DNP Quartarone, Granvorka. Coach. Bonitta Marco.
Hristo Zlatanov (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza): “We had a good performance, but not the best possible. Against Kazan on Wednesday in the Champions League, that will not be enough. There have been positive things but we showed there was still a lot to do, especially in the third set”.
Marco Bonitta (Stamplast Martina Franca): “Congratulation to Piacenza, who played well, especially on the serve and in attack. We have to find our game, without putting our heads down. Our main aim remains to stay up”.
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 0-3 (21-25, 22-25, 20-25)
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA: Kovacevic, Savani 13, Nemec, Serafini, Sintini, Felizardo 7, Pippi (L), Vujevic 10, Stokr 19, Fanuli (L), Bovolenta 3. DNP Cruz De Carvalho, Botti. Coach. Di Pinto Vincenzo.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 9, Segnalini (L), Birarelli 9, Zygadlo, Della Lunga, Vissotto Neves 14, Grbic 2, Winiarski 18, Bari (L), Piscopo 4 DNP De Paola, Garcia Pires Ribeiro, Stefanov. Coach. Stoytchev Radostin.
Damiano Pippi (RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia): “If we had won the second set, it would have been a different game. But we gifted it away after leading throughout, and in the third set we struggled psychologically”.
Michal Winiarski (Itas Diatec Trentino): “The key to the game? Our block. We did extremely well in that department, especially in the second set, we got back in it thanks to our blocks. They took some risks on the serve but in the end, they made quite a few mistake”.
MARMI LANZA VERONA – FRAMASIL PINETO 3-1 (25-21, 32-30, 21-25, 25-22)
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Latelli (L), Parodi 20, Popp 16, Sottile 1, Lasko 24, Dehne 3, Szabo, Colaci, Semenzato 3, Bontje 12, Mosterts 2. DNP Volpini. Coach. Giuliani Alberto.
FRAMASIL PINETO: De Oliveira 12, Hietanen 1, Fantin 6, Vicini (L), Sborgia 8, Lampariello (L), De Gennaro Leme 1, Rodrigo 26, Buti 5, Fabroni 1, Ravellino 10, Vigilante 1. DNP Mancini. Coach. Montagnani Paolo.
Michal Lasko (Marmi Lanza Verona): “We’re very happy with the three points. It was a crucial game, especially because we had just suffered two severe defeats. It was a good team effort, we played again with fighting spirit and great will”.
Paolo Montagnani (Framasil Pineto): “We fought hard today again, we did well in some aspects. In others I really can’t be satisfied. We have to play at the maximum of our possibility. Today, it was not always the case, we lost our concentration at times. That’s why I’m not satisfied. Buti? His ankle is swollen, we’ll see the clinical tests tomorrow”.
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI – SISLEY TREVISO 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 29-27, 25-22)
ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI: Sala 7, Rauwerdink 9, Pesenti, Horstink 18, Tiberti, Paparoni 7, Esko 2, Forni 1, Howard 7, Bellei, Gavotto 20, Zito (L), Mani� (L). Coach. Berruto Mauro.
SISLEY TREVISO: Fei 4, Hubner 12, Papi 7,
Farina (L), Kohut, Saitta, Antonov 8, Endres 12, Cisolla 23, Daldello (L), Garcia 2. DNP Dolfo, Gallotta. Coach. Dall’olio Francesco.
Mikko Esko (Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari): “It’s fantastic to play in this gym. I’m really satisfied with this evening, I had never won against Treviso. It’s a great feeling, we are close to qualify for the Italian Cup, we can’t let it go now”.
Alberto Cisolla (Sisley Treviso): “In this period in which we’re performing well, we met Macerata and Cuneo, which are the two most in-form teams of the league. Despite the result, I’m satisfied with the performance, especially from Antonov, who made his debut in one of the tough games of the Italian league, substituting Fei extremely well. Now, we have to work hard to make it to the Italian Cup”.
