Serie A1 TIM
Taranto wins the marathon game against Vibo Valentia. This is the third longest game in history: 2’43.
PRISMA TARANTO – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 3-2 (26-24, 28-26, 28-30, 15-25, 15-13) –
PRISMA TARANTO: De Oliveira 17, Ricciardello (L), Candellaro, Montagna, Cozzi 8, Moretti 1, Suxho 4, Westphal, Elia 7, Rodrigo Pinto 24, Quartarone, Bartman 15. Coach. Serniotti.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Gonzalez 8, Corvetta, Marquez 29, Andrae 22, Quiroga 18, Tencati 7, Barone 6, Cicola (L). DNP Ferraro, Moltò. Coach. Uriarte.
Difficult to find the key to a game that has been marked by a huge number of mistakes. Taranto went 2-0 up but was pegged back to 2-2. In the end, the team that made less mistakes won it: Taranto (25-32). Brasilian spiker Cleber founght like a lion in the fifth and also with the composure he had lacked until then. He scored 5 points in the tie-break, amongst which the last three of the home side. This was the third longest game in the A1 since the Rally System Point was introduced. Behind, there is Piacenza versus Macerata, game 2 of the playoff 2009 (2’27) and Roma vs Taranto in 2006 (2’26). The record goes to Massa versus Bassano played this season in the A2 with 2’30.
Antonio Bongiovanni (Presidente Prisma Taranto: “I’m not happy at all with this win. We failed to seal it at 3-0. I would like to assist to a clear victory from my team and see good volleyball but this year it seems like I just have to make do with all this suffering”.
Fosco Cicola (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “It was a very tight game with a lot of turning points. When we thought we’d won the set, Taranto did, and vice versa. Once the home team took a three point lead in the tie-break it played with less pressure, even if we managed to tie it at 12. In the end, the team that made less mistakes won it”.
Result
Prisma Taranto – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3-2 (26-24, 28-26, 28-30, 15-25, 15-13)
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 56, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 51, CoprAtlantide Piacenza 48, Sisley Treviso 43, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 42, Trenkwalder Modena 40, Acqua Paradiso Monza 37, Marmi Lanza Verona 35, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 27, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 26, Prisma Taranto 25, Andreoli Latina 19, Yoga Forlì 17, Esse-ti Carilo Loreto 14, Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto 6.
Note: 1 game in hand: Sisley Treviso, Lube Banca Marche Macerata, Trenkwalder Modena, Acqua Paradiso Monza, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia, Yoga Forlì, Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto; 1 more game: Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia.
Round 24
Sunday 14 february at 6pm
Trenkwalder Modena – Itas Diatec Trentino – Live on Rai Sport Più
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Rapisarda-Pessolano)
Yoga Forlì – Acqua Paradiso Monza
(Cesare-Padoan)
Marmi Lanza Verona – CoprAtlantide Piacenza
(Braico-Barbero)
Andreoli Latina – Lube Banca Marche Macerata
(Boris-Caltabiano)
Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto – Sisley Treviso
(Cappello-Ravallese)
Esse-ti Carilo Loreto – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia
(Cipolla-La Micela)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – RESTED
